Archaeological Advisory Council meeting agenda

Ed Jones Auditorium Ellington Agricultural Center
5105 Edmondson Pike, Nashville
Friday, January 21, 2005 - 2 P.M.

Introductions - Dr. Kevin Smith, vice chair

Reports By Members
  • University of Tennessee System - Dr. Jeff Chapman [Director, McClung Museum, Knoxville]
  • University of Memphis - Dr. David Dye
  • Middle Tennessee State University - Dr. Kevin Smith
  • Vanderbilt University - Dr. John Janusek
  • Native American Representatives
       - Leela Cross, Huntsville [East TN]
       - Patrick Cummins [Middle TN]
       - Russell E. Baugh, Nashville [West TN]
  • Amateur Archaeological Organizations [?] - Bill Swan, Signal Mountain
  • Public-at-Large - Susan Hollyday, Nashville
  • Tennessee Historical Commission - Hortense Cooper

Invited Comments by various Native American representatives

Report on State of the Division of Archaeology - Nick Fielder, State Archaeologist

New office space for DOA (really this time)
TDEC reorganization
Hot issues:
    • Discussion of Attorney General Opinion 05-005
    • Two Rivers Mound site or McCrosky site (40 SV 9)
    • Burial treatments: preservation or desecration?
    • Site acquisitions: Castalian Springs and Johnston Site

Open Discussion on Other Matters of Interest to the Council
Comments from the Public