<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Portland State's Department of Anthropology and the Anthropology Student Association </font></div><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">invite you to join us today for a conversation about the <b>State of Portland Archaeology</b>. </font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the addition of Oregon's Assistant State Archaeologist, Susan Lynn White, to the panel. We also plan to continue the dialogue past this afternoon's conversation and welcome input from all stakeholders of Portland archaeology. </font></div>
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<font><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">S</font></b><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">tate of Portland Archaeology</font></b></font></div><div><font><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Thursday March 4th, 4 p.m.</font></b></font></div>
<div><font><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294</font></b></font></div><div><font><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">(</font></b><span style="line-height:13px"><b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">1825 SW Broadway, 97201)</font></b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13px"><b><br></b></span></font></div></span></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Join us today and enter to win a copy of <span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780465076697-2" target="_blank">The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory</a> by Tom Dillehay.</span></font></div>
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<div><font><span style="line-height:13px"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></span></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">*Below are some of the questions we will be asking the panelists. Please consider sending your own answers to these questions to <a href="mailto:wendyannwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendyannwright@gmail.com</a>.</font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><b>Describe the archaeology and history of archaeology in the Portland metro region:</b><br>
<div>-Where are sites?<br>-What kind of sites are they?<br>-How old are the sites?<br></div><div>-Who has done the archaeology?<br>-Why is the archaeology happening?<br><br></div><b>Describe the past and current research questions and applications of Portland </b><b>archaeology:</b><br>
-What questions are you and others asking?<br><div>-What can the archaeology of Portland do for people?<br></div>-How do you want archaeology to be used?<br><b><br>Describe how archaeologists communicate about Portland archaeology:</b><br>
-How are you sharing what you learn with archaeologists and others?<br>-How are you publishing information?<br></span><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">-Who is receiving the information?</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Our panelists for today's conversation include:<br>
<br></font><b><a href="http://web.pdx.edu/~amesk/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Dr. Kenneth M. Ames</font></span></font></a></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Portland State University<br>
<br></font><b><a href="http://willamettecra.com/staff.html" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">David V. Ellis, M.P.A.</font></span></font></a></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, Principal Archaeologist, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, Ltd.<br>
<br></font><b><a href="http://www.ainw.com/Staff.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Jo Reese, M.A., RPA</font></span></font></a></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, Corporate Vice President and Senior Archaeologist, Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc.<br>
<br></font><b><a href="http://www.aar-crm.com/staff.html" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Bill R. Roulette, M.A., RPA</font></span></font></a></b><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">, President and Principal Investigator, Applied Archaeological Research, Inc.</font></div>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/ARCH/contact_us_directory.shtml" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><b>Susan Lynn White, M.A., RPA</b></font></a><b>,</b> Assistant State Archaeologist, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office<br>
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</span></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">*Also mark your calendars for the April 1st program, when we welcome Gwendolyn </font><span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Trice, the </span></font></span><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">founder and Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.maxvilleheritage.org/" target="_blank">Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center</a>. Ms. Trice will bring stories of the Maxville Heritage Project, featured on OPB's Oregon Experience, "<a href="http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/19-The-Logger-s-Daughter" target="_blank">The Logger's Daughter</a>", which describes the multicultural community of a northeastern Oregon town built by a Missouri lumber company in 1923. </font></div>
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<span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Students in Dr. Douglas Wilson's Historic Archaeology course in PSU's Department of Anthropology are currently assisting the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center with background research for the Maxville Heritage Project. Come learn about this important site and discuss the potential for its archaeology.</span></p>
<div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><b>For questions, suggestions or more information about the Portland State's First Thursday Archaeology Lecture Series please call 503.725.3081 or email <a href="mailto:wendyannwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">wendyannwright@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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