January 20, 2018 - Lecture at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center - Official Flier, Online Component, and Registration Instructions

The lecture for January 20th is set. Many thanks to Schlitz Audubon Nature Center and the School of Continuing and Online Learning at Cardinal Stritch University. Below you'll find an image of the flier as well as a downloadable PDF. For teachers, I've included here the PDF of the handout we'll use at the lecture. The flier and handout have instructions for accessing the online enrichment materials. We very much hope you'll participate online and in person! A video detailing registration for the free and optional online component is also posted below.

Thanks and come on out to participate in archaeological science

Click here for flier PDF to print and post.

Teachers: Click here for the handout.

 

Public Lecture and Interactive Online Seminar scheduled for January 20, 2018 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Join Schlitz Audubon director of conservation and me at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside, WI on January 20th for a discussion of preliminary findings from archaeological investigations of their lakeside property on Lake Michigan. This in-person lecture and discussion is part of a collaboration between the School of Continuing and Online Learning at Cardinal Stritch University and Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.

The in-person lecture will be supported by interactive online materials that will go live on January 6, 2018. Online participation is optional, and you do not need to participate online to attend the in person lecture. To register online, visit online.stritch.edu/academics/courses and select the red 'community partners' tab. The discussion will continue online until February 20th, 2018.

The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is located at 1111 Brown Deer Road, Bayside (Milwaukee County), Wisconsin, 53217. The lecture is free for students showing valid IDs, adults paying admission to or members of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.

Come out, learn, and join the conversation about local history and ecology!

Site Found! Schlitz Audubon Nature Center / Fox Point (Milwaukee), Wisconsin

Over the summer and into the autumn, Dr. Pacifico, the School of Continuing and Online Learning (SCOL), and the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center (SANC) explored the potential for a partnership.

As of October 27th we're going to move forward exploring the possibility of future and sustained archaeological research on their property as a partnership between SANC, SCOL, and MCAP.

The SANC lakeside property in Fox Point is known as the former pastureland for the Schlitz Brewing Company draft horses. However, previous to the property's acquisition by Schlitz at the end of the 19th century, the property was the site of several farmsteads settled by European immigrants from areas now part of Germany and the Netherlands. Documentary and archaeological excavation will tell us much about life for the early settlers of this area and the founding of Milwaukee.

Of course, this area was previously settled by American Indian people. The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center site is reported to have been the location of scattered campsites, villages, and workshops and so archaeological investigation on the property could extend our knowledge of local history and original residents even further into the past.