Spring OAC Member Meeting, May 8, 2026
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Full set of abstracts for 2026 Spring Member Meeting.
Spring Member Meeting
May 8, 2026
9 AM to 4 PM
Cardinal Room, Ohio History Connection
The Membership Meeting is for current OAC members only, a separate Zoom link will be sent out for those who cannot be in Columbus. For questions or more information please reach out to Chris Kraska at chriskraska@gmail.com.
Below is the preliminary schedule for the day.
9:00 am-9:30 am Arrival and Welcome Remarks- Chris Kraska, OAC President, and Kevin Schwarz, OAC President-Elect (Free coffee and donuts available)
9:30 am-10:15 am Keynote: “Storytelling with Old Stuff – Highlights from Heartland: The
Stories of Ohio through 250 Objects.” Andrew Richmond, ISA, AAA, Wipiak Consulting & Appraisals
10:15 am-10:45 am “Out from Under the Floorboards: A Summary of Excavations at the
Overfield Tavern.” Jessica C. Royster, MA, RPA, and Brenda L. Detty, MS, RPA, Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc.
10:45 am-10:55 am Break
10:55 am-11:25 am “Immigrant Life in a Marginal Urban Environment: Recent Excavations at
Cleveland’s Irishtown Bend.” Robert C. Chidester, PhD and Meagan N. Bell, MPS, The Mannik & Smith Group.
11:25 am-11:55 am “Four Decades of Archaeological Investigations at the Shaker Community of Union Village.” Andy Sewell, MS, Lawhon & Associates, Inc.
11:55 am-1:10 pm Lunch, on your own. (Limited options available in Cafe.)
1:10 pm-1:50 pm Talk and Q&A Session with Ohio History Connection Representative(s) on Program Changes, updates.
1:50 pm-2:20 pm Ohio Archaeological Council Business Meeting
2:20 pm-2:50 pm “Archaeology at the Wilson Bruce Evans House, Oberlin, Ohio.” David F. Klinge, MA, RPA and Brant Venables, PhD, RPA, ASC Group, Inc.
2:50 pm-3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm-3:30 pm “Notes on the Efficacy of UAS-Based Photogrammetry Survey Paired with Traditional Geophysical Survey at Historical Archaeological and Cemetery Sites.” Joseph E. B. Snider and Alexander C. Corkum, PhD, Terracon
Consultants, Inc.
3:30 pm-4:00 pm “Fourteen Years of Public Archaeology Exploring One of Ohio’s Earliest Potteries.” Wesley Clarke, MA, RPA, The Castle Museum.
4:00 pm+ Open Discussion (if needed)
Prepared by Al Tonetti, Chair
Andy Sewell, Megan Shaeffer, and Mike Striker, Committee Members
Columbus Public Library, Main Branch
Meeting Presentations are free and open to the public.
The latest update (December 2021) of the OHIO811 Excavator Manual
On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service announced the formal nomination of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This April the OAC is pleased to announce that we will make a return to in-person meetings, while also continuing the practice of live-streaming the content to make it accessible to everyone.
It’s time again to support Ohio archaeology by designating a portion of your Ohio income tax refund for the Ohio History Fund.
