The very successful Kincaid Field Conference took place on July 25, 2009, at the Baymont Inn in Metropolis, Illinois. Sponsored by the Center and the Kincaid Mounds Support Organization (KMSO), the program featured recent work at the Kincaid site as well as presentations on current and previously unreported research on Mississippian archaeology throughout the Greater Confluence Region. The program included 15 oral presentations and 4 posters (link to Abstracts). Over 120 people attended the event, including archaeologists and students from 6 states. A guided field trip to the Kincaid site, in which over 70 conferees participated, followed the formal program.

Captions: (above left) Brian Butler interprets the Kincaid site during the field trip. (above center) Paul Welch explains the site on the top of Mx° 8. (above right) Conferees arrive at the Kincaid site for the field trip. (left) Doctoral candidate Tamira K. Brennan explains artifacts recovered from the Kincaid site.
(right) Conferees mingle before a presentation at the Baymont Inn. (Photo credits:John E. Schwegman: upper left, center, and right; Terry A. Choate: bottom left and right)