Lost Names and Forgotten Graves (CANCELLED, see below for details)

Thank you for your interest. Due to concerns from audience members with regard to the coronavirus outbreak, we have decided to cancel the event for now. An email will be sent out shortly to all those who purchased tickets. We will be issuing refunds, please keep an eye on your accounts.

We plans to reschedule the event for this fall. More details will follow in the coming weeks. We apologize for an inconvenience.

Lost Names and Forgotten Graves is a day-long conference hosted by the Hamline University Center for Anthropological Services (HUCAS).

The program will include four panel discussions that highlight the interdisciplinary methods used to investigate three historic unidentified human remains cases under the disposition of the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist. A tentative program is below.

There is underground parking in the Anderson Center (enter off Englewood) that runs a rate of $1/hour. Street parking surrounds campus as well.

Refund Policy:

Tickets will not be refunded after being purchased.

If you have questions please email hucas@hamline.edu

Tentative Itinerary

8:00-8:30 Registration (light refreshments and a morning snack provided)

8:30 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks from Dean Marcela Kostihova, Amanda Gronhovd (State Archaeologist), and Melissa Cerda (Senior Cultural Resources Specialist, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council)

9:15 - 10:15 Panel: Faribault Clandestine Burial

Topics: Burial recovery, osteology, artifact analysis, DNA analysis, isotopic analysis 

• Dr. Susan Myster, Forensic Anthropologist
• Jeremy Jackson, Historical Investigator
• Amy Pagel, Historical Researcher
• Kyle Knapp, Researcher

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30 Panel: Red Lake Falls Unmarked Graves

Topics: Burial disturbance and recovery, archival research, osteology, paleopathology,

• Dr. Barbara O’Connell, Bioarchaeologist, Professor Emeritus 
• Dr. Marcia Regan, Paleopathologist
• Jeremy Jackson, Historical Investigator
• Amy Pagel, Historical Researcher

11:30 - 12:15 Lunch (provided with registration) 

12: 15 - 1:15 Panel: Rose Hill Cemetery (Part 1 of 2)

Topics: Burial recovery, site history, osteology, reverse genealogy, isotopic analysis, collaborating with living relatives

• Amanda Gronhovd, Minnesota State Archeologist
• Dr. Marcia Regan, Paleopathologist
• Jeremy Jackson, Historical Investigator
• Fritz Morlock, Living relative

1:15 - 1:30 Break

1:30 - 2:30  Panel: Rose Hill Cemetery (Part 2 of 2)

Topic: Mummified remains, historic coffin, autopsy, tissue sampling, tuberculosis

• Amanda Gronhovd, Minnesota State Archaeologist
• Dr. Cade Arriez, Lab Medicine & Pathology Resident
• Tom Sanders, Journeyman Blacksmith
• Whitney Puetz, Autopsy Technician

2:30 Remarks/Reception

There will be some short remarks by Dr. Brian Hoffman, Anthropology Department Chair and Director of HUCAS. After there will be a short reception with snacks for those who wish to stick around and mingle.