Special to arkadelphian.com
The Ouachita Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society will host a talk by Tamar Mannikko of the Ouachita National Forest on “Forest Service Archeology – Why and How.” The talk will take place on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Rainey Room in the new CIC Building at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, 200 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs.
The event is free and open to the public.
Did you know that there are archeologists working for the Forest Service? If you know that, have you ever wondered why the Forest Service has archeologists? The Forest Service is not an archeological research organization, so what do Forest Service archeologists do?
This presentation will answer these questions and provide a description of how Forest Service archeologists do their jobs – from establishing the area of potential effect (APE), conducting background research, planning and conducting survey, and recording archeological sites, to report writing and consultation.
Mannikko is the Heritage Program Manager/Forest Archeologist for the Ouachita National Forest. Originally from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, she has lived and worked in numerous places in the United States during her 20+ year career with the Forest Service. She moved to Hot Springs a little over three years ago. She doesn’t consider herself a specialist in any one area of archeology.
“Working for the Forest Service, I have to be able to recognize archeological resources from 50 years ago to 15,000 years ago,” Mannikko said, “and I consider myself a ‘Jack of all trades’ archeologist.”
The Arkansas Archeological Survey’s research station at Henderson State University, 1042 Haddock St., Arkadelphia, holds regular Archaeology Lab Days on Thursdays. Students and members of the public are invited to come by the research station on Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to learn more about archaeology in Arkansas. For more information, contact Mary Beth Trubitt at 870-230-5510.
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