Anthropology Week

October 22-29

Anthropology Week celebrates several events, most of which are sponsored by the Anthropology Department and Anthropology Student Club at Grand Valley. Whether it’s Movie Night or a distinguished speaker on cultural resource management, a local event for National Archaeology Day or an Open House for faculty, staff, and students interested in anthropology – there is something for you!

• Saturday, October 22 – National Archaeology Day: Celebrate the “Next Generation” of archaeologists! Students from area universities discuss their experiences as members of archaeological projects and present research results. 1-3 p.m., 121E DeVos, GVSU Pew Campus. For more information, call 616 331-3231.Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, West Michigan.

• Tuesday, October 25 - Professor Schwartz demonstrate experimental archaeology. Students will design clay bowls, learn how to flint knap, and (weather permitting) throwing atlatls. 6 pm Room 253 LMH.
   
• Wednesday, October 26 – At 5:30 pm in the Anthropology Lab, student will celebrate the Day of the Dead! Learn about this holiday and make masks and colorful paper flowers!
   
• Thursday, October 27 - Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence Lecture, Troy M. Schindlbeck, 4-5 p.m., 253 LMH. Title: "Tools for Managing Our Planet's Cultural Resources." Anthropology and other interested students are welcome.
   
• Thursday, October 27 – Speaker Reception and Anthropology Open House, following the lecture, come meet Mr. Schindlbeck, as well as faculty, staff and students. 5-6 p.m., 249 LMH. Food and beverages served. Sponsored by the Anthropology Club. Anthropology and other interested students are welcome.
   
• Friday, October 28 – Student Brown Bag: The Anthropology Club will be hosting a “brown bag” lunch in the Lab from 12-1pm. Students are encouraged to come and speak about their field experience, study abroad, and/or summer research. 12 – 1 p.m.

If you have any questions for the events sponsored by the Anthropology Club, please feel free to ask them by contacting Haley Scott scottha@mail.gvsu.edu or Kevin Gurski  gurskik@mail.gvsu.edu

• Saturday, October 29 - Homecoming Expo: Join anthropology faculty at the Mindgating event prior to the football game. Both the Anthropology Department and the Archaeology program will have “spooky” cultural exhibits for students, families and tailgaters in general. Come meet Professors Madden, Morison, Reed, Rhoads, Schwartz and Vannier. 4-6 p.m. Basketball courts, north of the Kelly Family Sports Center.

Click to see a color flyer of the week's events!

 Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence 2011:
Troy M. Schindlbeck
(Cultural Resource Technologies)

Troy M. Schindlbeck graduated in 1995 with a B.S. in Anthropology and a Minor in History, and subsequently served as a field assistant with the GVSU Archaeology field school. After working as an archaeological survey technician in Michigan preserving cultural resources on National Forest lands, Troy took employment in numerous consulting positions over the years, including working as field archaeologist for a WMU project, the Great Lakes Research Associates, and the Commonwealth Cultural Resource Group. In 2001, he founded his business, Cultural Resource Technologies (located in Spring Lake, Michigan), specializing in the manufacturing of products and tools - used in over 20 countries by professional archaeologists and cultural resource management firms. Troy’s career demonstrates the application of his anthropology training and enterprising skills to innovation and service in the field of archaeology.

October 27, 4:00 – 5:00 pm – Distinguished Lecture, Room 253 LMH
Presentation: "Tools for Managing Our Planet's Cultural Resources"
Abstract: The material culture of our past, from the Middle Woodland village occupation, the multi-bermed enclosures of a 1840's lumber camp, or the one depression farmstead from the late 19th Century with a lilac bush growing next to it, all have a story to tell but often such places (and the material remains associated with them) are destroyed or damaged by modern human activity. As cultural resource managers scramble to excavate and collect data from threatened sites locally as well as around the world and having limited time and financial resources, I realized there was something I could do to help. I started a company that would help to speed up the archaeological excavation and data collecting process utilizing specific tools to assist in such endeavors.

October 27, 5:00–5:45 pm – Student Reception and Open House, sponsored by the Anthropology Club, Anthropology Lab, LMH 249

October 28, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence Luncheon, Alumni House, with guests Cindi Schindlbeck, Janet Brashler and Russ Rhoads