MUSEUM TO HOLD ARTIFACT ID DAY IN BLYTHEVILLE

From: Mar 26th, 2011 @ 1:00 pm
To: Mar 26th, 2011 @ 3:00 pm

MUSEUM TO HOLD ARTIFACT ID DAY  IN BLYTHEVILLE

The public is invited and encouraged to bring your historic and prehistoric artifacts to

the Delta Gateway Museum for Artifact ID Day on Saturday, March 26. Staff from the

Arkansas Archeological Survey (AAS) will be at the museum to identify and provide

information about objects and artifacts brought in by private collectors and members

of the public. Leslie Hester, founding director of the Delta Gateway Museum, is a

Heritage Studies PhD student at Arkansas State University.

March is Arkansas Archeology Month, and according to Dr. Claudine Payne, archeologist

at the AAS Blytheville Station, artifact identification is one of the services that the AAS

provides to the public in honor of Archeology Month.  "While we can't appraise or

speculate about the value of an object, we can certainly talk about who, what, when,

where, and how.  Its a great opportunity to discuss your artifact with a professional

archeologist," Dr. Payne said.

"This is a free public service for people who have historic or prehistoric artifacts that

they can't identify or that they just want more information about.  We also think there

are forms and symbolism out there that we haven't had the opportunity to see before,

especially among prehistoric Native American objects, and that's an exciting prospect

for archeologists and museum professionals," said Leslie Hester, Founding Director of

the Delta Gateway Museum.

Artifact ID Day will be from 1 - 3 pm on Saturday, March 26 at the Delta Gateway

Museum, located in the historic Kress Building at 210 W. Main Street in Blytheville.

For details, contact Leslie Hester (lhester43@yahoo.com), founding director of the

Delta Gateway Museum, at (870) 824-2DGM or(870) 824-2346.