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Welcome to the home of Franklin Pierce University's Anthropology Club. Here you will find information on club activities, graduate schools, field work oppurtunities, volunteer oppurtunities and internships, as well as photographs, a forum and contact information.
September 2009
Congratulations are in order for the Franklin Pierce Hurling Ravens, who (almost) swept the women's division at the fourteenth annual Northeast Open Atlatl Championship at Chimney Point State Park in Addison, Vt. this weekend, winning five of six medals. FPU Junior Devin Batchelder was overall women's champion and Taber Morrell picked up a bronze medal in the men's distance category. Pictured below from left to right, Taber Morrell, Devin Batchelder, Becca Mills, Celine Rainville (FPU Class of 2009), Julie Waxman and Kelsey Keegan). For more info on the event, see http://www.historicvermont.org/chimneypoint/atlatl/index.htm
To see more pictures from this event, check out our Photographs link. http://www.freewebs.com/anthropologyclub/photographs.htm
April 2009
The Anthro Club is having a very busy semester.
Atlatl practices have begun again, twice a week and we are getting really good.
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We had a very successful St. Patrick's Day Music Night on March 9th.
We did some experimental archaeology during our meetings. We tried mastering the art of Flintknapping.
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We also did some experimenting with making our own atlatl darts.
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We went on a dig to help the president with her thesis research.
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For more pictures of these events click here: http://www.freewebs.com/anthropologyclub/photographs.htm
Our Atlatl Team is Featured in Archaeology Magazine, January/February Edition!!!!
http://www.archaeology.org/0901/etc/conversation.html
Whats On Now!
January 2009
Six members of the Anthropology Club and our archaeology professor Bob were invited to present about atlatls at the Archaeology Fair for the Archaeology Institute of America's Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from January 9-11. It was a great success and we were invited back to next year's conference which will be in Anaheim California. We also each received a year's subscription to Archaeology Magazine for our participation.
December 2008
These are the ideas we came up with for the Fall semester:
-Skeleton Pop fundraiser
-Day of the Dead Themed event
-Open House, possibly demonstrate atlatls
-Trip to see Jane Goodall at Dartmouth College
-AIAs in Philli
-Get a forensic anthropologist to come talk here
-Get a primatologist to come speak here
-Make atlatl darts
-Flint Knapping party
-Club Bowling
-Club/atlatl team t-shirts or hoodies
-Anthro club bake-off, stratified layer cake
-Bocce Tournament
-Get together with Anthropology Club from UVM
-Club Field School Day
-Job Shadowing for Club Members
-Newsletter for Club members past and present
-New Display for canoes in Marcucella
-St. Patrick's Day Music Night
-Peace Corps Talks
-NEAA's
-Teacher Appreciation
-Internship and Graduate School Opportunities
"Do you dig it?"
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