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been the winter season.

Indian Artifact Show
(free to the public)

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Time: 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Place: Rotary Club Building
Sponsor: Sedalia West-Central Chapter,
Host: Henry County Historical Society

$1.00 raffle tickets will be available as a fund raiser with drawings to occur at 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Raffle items will include replica artifacts, reference material and related items.

There will be displays by area/regional collectors of authentic Native American artifacts and early historical items. The public is invited to bring their personal artifacts for free identification as to type, age, culture and usage (no artifact will be bought, sold, traded or appraised). An experienced member of the flint knapping hobby will exhibit modern reproductions and demonstrate tools, stone and techniques required to make arrowheads.

For additional information contact:

The Battle of Marshall Civil War Survey was a success, though scaled down considerably from what we had hoped to do. Having Dr. Doug Scott, the father of battlefield archaeology, guiding us was a huge help, and brought us considerable media attention (we were all over the internet, including some mentions in England).

We are considering doing a bit more survey work in early May, possibly with Dr. Michael Fuller from St. Louis Community College, looking at weekends in early May.

Any Archaeology Society members interested in participating would be gladly accepted.

                                                                                                                                Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                Dr. Peter Warnock

Mr. Spicer, a former resident of the Holden area, was a well-known and respected farmer, cattleman and dairyman in Johnson County. He was born August 17, 1916 at Route 1, Centerview, MO, the son of Vivian Edward and Ida Mitchell Spicer. He graduated in 1939 from Central Missouri State Teachers College with a degree in Industrial Arts. On April 24, 1943 he married Katye Nichols in Douglas, Georgia.

Mr. Spicer served in World War II as a Crew Chief in the Army Air Corps from November 1941 until August 1945. He was awarded the Presidential Citation and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for Valor for his bravery on D-Day. He also received seven bronze stars for campaigns in the Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes, Northern France, Southern France, Normandy, and Italy. He was also given the American Defense Service Ribbon, three Overseas Bars, a Unit Citation Badge and the Good Conduct Medal. After the war, he and Katye moved to Johnson County where he returned to the family farm. Mr. Spicer and his late wife, Katye, were long-time members of the Blackwater Methodist Church.

Mr. Spicer was the former president of the Johnson County Farm Bureau and served on the boards of the Mid-America Dairy Board, Soil Conservation, M.F.A. and was member of the Federal Land Bank Board for twenty-four years. He was also a lifetime member of the Sedalia West Central Missouri Archaeological Society. During the last two and a half years of his life, he resided at the Missouri Veterans Home, Warrensburg where he was President of the Neighbors' Association. On September 30, 2009, he participated in an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. with 39 other WWII veterans. At 93, he was the oldest person on the trip and one of the oldest veterans ever to make an Honor Flight trip.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Katye Nichols Spicer in 2007. He is survived by his daughter, Kathleen Spicer Doyle and her husband, Robert, of Overland Park, KS and one granddaughter, Karen Doyle Poland and her husband, Valor Poland of Seattle, Washington.

Burial will be private. Friends are invited to a visitation on Friday, December 3, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Williams Funeral Chapel, Warrensburg. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, December 4, at 3:30 p.m. also at Williams Funeral Chapel. Memorials may be sent to the Veterans Assistance League, Missouri Veterans Home, 1300 Veterans Road, Warrensburg, MO 64093.

Online condolences may be left at www.williamsfuneralchapel.net

The Sedalia West-Central Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society met for its September meeting in Stover, Missouri on September 26, 2010.

The subject of the program was recollections of the life of archaeologist Rolland Pangborn. Rolland is best known to many as the co-dicoverer with Dr. Raymond Wood of the famous jaguar gorget in Benton County, Missouri.

collectors of authentic Native American artifacts and early historical items.

Many of those with an interest in our earliest Americans attended, viewed, discussed and asked questions about the numerous weapons and tools displayed by hunter/collectors from Western Missouri and the surrounding area. Visitors, one coming all the way from Switzerland, brought artifacts for cultural period identification and probable use. A flint knapper was present to demonstrate how Native Americans manufactured their stone weapons and tools.

The show is sponsored annually by the Sedalia West-Central Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society. Non-chapter members are encouraged to bring artifacts for display on a space available basis. Chapter By-laws prohibit the buying, selling, trading and appraising of authentic Native American artifacts.

For thousands of years Clinton and the surrounding area was home to a number of Native American cultural groups. Although most don't give this fact a thought, proof is often found by hunter/collectors in the form of ancient arrowheads and other stone tools.

Many Native Americans utilized our area as hunting and home sites as they traveled the prairie in search of animals and plants for use as food, clothing and shelter. Among the last to have frequented our location were the Osage people who in the early 1800s, relocated to Indian Territory (Kansas) after giving up their land in this area to the U.S. Government. Immigrant white settlers from the east were quick to begin homesteading the area vacated by the Osage.

The show was moved from Leeton to Clinton for 2010 to increase the available display space. It included displays by area/regional

 

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On the evening of September 26, 2009, the Sedalia West-Central Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society held its monthly meeting in Clinton at the Henry County Historical Society's DeLozier Building.

A number of people from Clinton and the surrounding area with an interest in archaeology were present with one person driving from St. Louis to attend. With 30 plus in attendance the program was presented by chapter member and artifact expert Dr. Tom Hoyne of Stover. His topic centered around the stone artifacts of the Late Archaic Sedalia Complex, with particular emphasis on the making and use of Sedalia diggers and Sedalia adzes of which many examples were on display. These tools are two of the trademark artifacts left behind in our area by the Sedalia people during the Late Archaic period. This period lasted from approximately 4,000 years to 3,000 years before the present time. Dr. Hoyne explained, due to the availability of good 10-40 power microscopes it is now possible to learn precisely the use of each of these tools by examining closely the wear patterns and scars that have developed through use. This knowledge allows us to better understand the lives of those who walked where we walk.

Dr. Hoyne stated the first serious research on the Sedalia culture was begun by the late Robert Seelan of Sedalia during the 1940-1960s timeframe. Although a non-professional archaeologist, Seelan became highly respected in the professional archaeologist community for his dedication and accuracy. Most of his research was conducted in the Sedalia area and he chose the name Sedalia to identify the tools and weapons of that culture.

It should be noted the Sedalia culture was not only present in Western Missouri, but evidence is found throughout almost the entire state, as well as a large part of Western Illinois, Southern Iowa, extreme Southeast Nebraska and a very small portion of Eastern Kansas.

After Dr. Hoyne's presentation and a question and answer session, there was much examination and discussion of artifacts while enjoying iced tea, coffee and cookies. Interesting and eerily true, after the presentation the following comment was made by a Clinton visitor, "You know, as we walk or drive about Henry County each day, our paths and those of the Sedalia people undoubtedly often cross. The only thing separating us is time."

Sedalia Chapter meetings are open to those of the public whose interest in Native Americans range from merely casual to a much stronger desire to further their knowledge of the weapons and tools used by early Americans.

Last, our Sedalia Chapter wishes to express its thanks to Dan Miles, Jr. and the staff at the Clinton Daily Democrat for their help in telling the public we would be in Clinton. Also, hats-off and thank you to Alta Dulaban, director of the Henry County Museum and Dwight Whitton, Sedalia chapter member and member/volunteer of the Henry County Historical Society for making the DeLozier building available.

Our Sedalia Chapter welcomes those with an interest in archaeology. Membership Chairperson is: Jean Hoyne, PO Box 198, Stover, Mo., 65078 573-377-4149

Best regards, Larry DesCombes
Missouri Archaeological Society, trustee emeritus
Sedalia West-Central Chapter-MAS, trustee

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On the evening of September 26, 2009, the Sedalia West-Central Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society held its monthly meeting in Clinton at the Henry County Historical Society's DeLozier Building.

A number of people from Clinton and the surrounding area with an interest in archaeology were present with one person driving from St. Louis to attend. With 30 plus in attendance the program was presented by chapter member and artifact expert Dr. Tom Hoyne of Stover. His topic centered around the stone artifacts of the Late Archaic Sedalia Complex, with particular emphasis on the making and use of Sedalia diggers and Sedalia adzes of which many examples were on display. These tools are two of the trademark artifacts left behind in our area by the Sedalia people during the Late Archaic period. This period lasted from approximately 4,000 years to 3,000 years before the present time. Dr. Hoyne explained, due to the availability of good 10-40 power microscopes it is now possible to learn precisely the use of each of these tools by examining closely the wear patterns and scars that have developed through use. This knowledge allows us to better understand the lives of those who walked where we walk.

Dr. Hoyne stated the first serious research on the Sedalia culture was begun by the late Robert Seelan of Sedalia during the 1940-1960s timeframe. Although a non-professional archaeologist, Seelan became highly respected in the professional archaeologist community for his dedication and accuracy. Most of his research was conducted in the Sedalia area and he chose the name Sedalia to identify the tools and weapons of that culture.

It should be noted the Sedalia culture was not only present in Western Missouri, but evidence is found throughout almost the entire state, as well as a large part of Western Illinois, Southern Iowa, extreme Southeast Nebraska and a very small portion of Eastern Kansas.

After Dr. Hoyne's presentation and a question and answer session, there was much examination and discussion of artifacts while enjoying iced tea, coffee and cookies. Interesting and eerily true, after the presentation the following comment was made by a Clinton visitor, "You know, as we walk or drive about Henry County each day, our paths and those of the Sedalia people undoubtedly often cross. The only thing separating us is time."

Sedalia Chapter meetings are open to those of the public whose interest in Native Americans range from merely casual to a much stronger desire to further their knowledge of the weapons and tools used by early Americans.

Last, our Sedalia Chapter wishes to express its thanks to Dan Miles, Jr. and the staff at the Clinton Daily Democrat for their help in telling the public we would be in Clinton. Also, hats-off and thank you to Alta Dulaban, director of the Henry County Museum and Dwight Whitton, Sedalia chapter member and member/volunteer of the Henry County Historical Society for making the DeLozier building available.

Our Sedalia Chapter welcomes those with an interest in archaeology. Membership Chairperson is: Jean Hoyne, PO Box 198, Stover, Mo., 65078 573-377-4149

Best regards, Larry DesCombes
Missouri Archaeological Society, trustee emeritus
Sedalia West-Central Chapter-MAS, trustee

Not only were both of his daughters, Billie and Vicki, there to share memories of their father; but also present were Dr. Bruce McMillin, Dr. Raymond Wood and Dr. Marvin Kay. Each of these individuals were associated with Rolland at various times in their careers and graciously shared their fond and sometimes amusing memories of him. To say the least, Rolland Pangborn was a true professional and a most unique individual.

Our Sedalia Chapter is fortunate to have experienced such a gathering.

Special thanks are due Sedalia chapter member Dr. Tom Hoyne for his tireless work in arranging this event.

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weapons found in Northwestern North America resemble those found in Northeastern Asia. An argument receiving increasing acceptance claims our earliest peoples arrived from Europe.

Archaeological researchers are increasingly noting some stone tools and weapons from the ice age timeframe found in Western and Northwestern Europe are identical to those found along the east coast of the United States. One would ask why it would not be plausible for our earliest Americans to have arrived here from Europe.

When we consider the ocean level thousands of years ago to have been much lower, travel by water would have been safer. Land masses would have been in much closer proximity to each other, which would have meant less time in danger on an open sea.

Most of us unknowingly cross the thousands of year old paths of these ancient people each day. But regardless of how they arrived on the North American continent, evidence of their presence in West-Central Missouri is often found by hunter/collectors who search for it.