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MHM at the 2010 Minnesota Archaeology Fair at Fort Snelling State Park

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MHM thanks Pat Emerson, Head of Archaeology for the Minnesota Historical Society, for allowing us to participate once again in Minnesota's Archaeology Fair

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On 8-9 May 2010, Maritime Heritage Minnesota staff Ann and Christopher set up Model Shipwrecks and a visual exhibit to inform visitors to the Minnesota Archaeology Fair about our activities. The Model Shipwrecks were inspired by the mock shipwreck "Sinkentine" used in the Maritime Studies Program at East Carolina University as a teaching tool, and MHM has been using them for one year. MHM informed Archaeology Fair visitors about our current projects, particularly research on the history of the USS Essex history and site conservation, and our plans do document the starboard side of the steamer Andy Gibson. Welcome to the 2010 Minnesota Archaeology Fair! The Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center at Fort Snelling State Park is very welcoming to its visitors. Christopher Olson completes the set-up of a Model Shipwreck of a River Steamboat. MHM's Informational Exhibit. Anna Morrow of the Minnesota Archaeological Society with the Society's informative literature table. Paul Mielke of the Minnesota Archaeological Society alongside the Society's exhibit table of reproduction pottery vessels and chipped stone tools. The Minnesota Archaeological Society's Rod Johnson and Dan Wendt demonstrate flintknapping for Archaeology Fair visitors. A close-up of Rod Johnson's flintknapping in action. Assistant State Archaeologist Bruce Koenen discusses archaeological activities in Minnesota with Fair-goers.