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Plan your calendar! Jan 2022   • Jan 4 - MAS Board Meeting at 7:00pm, The MAS Board meeting will be on Zoom.  All MAS members are welcome to attend!  Please contact us at info@mnarchsociety.org  for information if you wish to attend.  • Jan 8 - Snowshoeing into the Past, Saturday event at Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, 1-2:30pm, Step back in time as we look at artifacts and take a snowshoe trek to locations where archaeologists found evidence of a village from the 1600s and a "campsite" dating to over 3,000 years ago. Email the naturalist at erin.fallon@state.mn.us or call 320-532-3269 to register before 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 8. Please include the following in your message: the program name & date, the number of people attending, your name and phone number (please say your number twice). A confirmation and meeting location for the program will be sent to you in the same method received, to show you successfully registered for the program. Click on the link for additional information. • Jan 22 - Winter Frolic, Saturday event at Snake River Fur Post, Noon-4pm, Cost: $7.50, Learn about winter travel during the fur trade and join in activities like tossing a curling stone, playing a round of Ojibwe snow snake, snowshoeing around the site or visiting the historic ice fishing tent.     Feb 2022  • Feb 1 - MAS Board Meeting at 7:00pm, The MAS Board meeting will be on Zoom.  All MAS members are welcome to attend!  Please contact us at info@mnarchsociety.org  for information if you wish to attend.    • Feb 18 - Modern migrations from Mesoamerica in the context of economic precarity and climate change in the region, Friday lecture by Rosa Tock, Executive Directory of the Minnesota Council on Latin Affairs, The Maya Society of Minnesota, 7:00pm. Check the website for details on how to registrar for this zoom event (under the Events heading).  • Feb 24 - The archaeological and paleoecological legacy of the Itasca Bison Site, a MAS online lecture by Chris Widga and Thomas Shay. The lecture is Thursday February 24th at 7pm, free and open to all. Register (preregistration is required) via our facebook page or email info@mnarchsociety Mar 2022  • Mar 1 - MAS Board Meeting at 7:00pm, The MAS Board meeting will be on Zoom.  All MAS members are welcome to attend!  Please contact us at info@mnarchsociety.org  for information if you wish to attend. • Mar 3 - Virtual History Matters Advocacy Day, The Minnesota Archaeological Society is proud to be one of the mentioned  organizations sharing and preserving history in our state. • Mar 10 - The Forest for the Trees: Recent Archaeological Research in the Chippewa National Forest and Beyond, join the Wisconsin Archaeological Society and the U.S. Forest Service archaeologist Sean Dunham for an exploration of the archaeology of the North Woods of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan. On line event and registration required.  • Mar 19 - Lake Superior Basin Workshop, zoom meeting hosted by the Ontario Archaeological Society, Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm (all times in EDT), please see attached PDF to register and Minnesota attendees should be aware of the hour earlier time zone! • Mar 25 - Music of Ancient Mesoamerica, Friday lecture by Jared Katz, Ph.D., The Maya Society of Minnesota, 7pm, CST, Check the website for details on how to registrar for this zoom event (under the Events heading). • Mar 26 - Archaeomusicological Methods, Saturday, 9:00am, CST, Check the website for details on how to registrar for this zoom event (under the Events heading). • Mar 26 - Central States Archaeological Society, the 68th annual meeting will be in Collinsville, IL. • Mar 30 to Apr 3 - Society for American Archaeology, the SAA 87th annual meeting will be held in Chicago, IL. Upcoming MAS 2022 Meetings: • Apr 5 - MAS Board Meeting at 7:00pm • May 3 - MAS Board Meeting at 7:00pm    Upcoming Northern Lake Archaeological Society Meetings: • Most NLAS meetings are held on the third Monday of each month (Sept - May).  Meetings are held at the Superior Public Library from 7-8:30 pm unless otherwise noted. All meeting are free and open to the public.  For more information, call Duluth Archaeology Center at 218/624-5489 or email archcenter@aol.com or visit http://www.dulutharchaeologycenter.com/page8.html   Other Upcoming Events:  • May 16 to 20, 2022 - Society for Archaeological Sciences, the next symposium will be in Lisbon, Portugal  • Jul 5 - Aug 19, 2022 - UMD Anth 4696 Field School, see attached pdf for application information!  • Sep 2022 - Minnesota Archaeology Week • Sep 2022 - MAS Annual Meeting • Oct 2022 - International Archaeology Day, watch for additional information and date. • Oct 12 to 15, 2022 -  Plains Anthropological Conference, the 79th conference will be held in Oklahoma City, OK • Oct 13 to 15, 2022 -  Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc, the MAC conference will be held in La Crosse, WI Announcement: Minnesota Archaeological Society @ AmazonSmile • Do you shop at Amazon.com? If you do, please consider doing your shopping through AmazonSmile. 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