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Background St. Cloud State University is the second-largest University in the State of Minnesota, and the largest University in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, with approximately 700 faculty members and 16,000 students. With an Archaeological laboratory, a Cultural and Environmental Landscapes Laboratory, and the Spatial Analysis Research Center (GIS lab), SCSU is uniquely equipped to produce archaeological predictive models. SCSU has a long history of archaeological and Volunteer Excavation at Oak Savannah historical in Shcrburne County, dating back to the fieldwork of Prof. Richard Lane in the 1970s. Prof. Rothaus has worked co-operatively with the Sherburne County Historical Society to conduct surveys and a small excavation, using local volunteers, at the Oak Savannah Land Preserve. In addition, Prof. Rothaus has made presentations to the Historical Society. Prof. Rothaus has particular expertise in the use of GIS and modeling in archaeology, and has created archaeological predictive models for the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey in Greece, and the Mille Lacs Kathio Landscapes Project in Minnesota.! Prof. Rothaus was the lead archaeologist on the excavation of the St. Cloud State Library Pioneer Cemetery, and conducted a survey of the Hartman Homestead in St. Michael.2 Prehistoric Sites: Mille Lacs Lathio State Park SCSU is particularly interested in this project as it meshes well with the ongoing research activities of Prof. Rothaus and it will be an expansion of the ongoing co-operative activity with Sherburne County Historical Society. SCSU does not regular engage in archaeological contract work as our primary mission is teaching and research. I R.M. Rothaus "A Geoarchaeological Approach for Detecting Prehistoric Aegean Harbors," Metron: Measuring the Aegean Bronze Age, 9th International Conference, forthcoming, with T. Tartaron, E. Reinhardt and J. Noller.; R.M. Rothaus, "Surface Survey and Landscape Archaeology at Mille Lacs Kathio," Minnesota Archaeologist 60 (2001) 45-54; R.M. Rothaus, "Site Detection, Land Cover Mapping, and Archaeological Modeling with Landsat TM Multispectrai Imagery," Remote Sensing in Archaeology, ed. S. Campana and M. Forte, 149-180, Firenze: Edizioni All'lnsegna Del Giglio, 2001, with A. DeMorett. 2 R. M. Rothaus, "'The Grave Was Unmarked And Had Long Been Forgotten': The First Protestant Cemetery Of St. Cloud, Minnesota (21-Sn-0136)," Minnesota Archaeologist 60 (2002) 23-50, with D. Gold. R.M. Rothaus, "Hartmann Homestead: Preliminary Analysis, 25 May 2000," unpublished manuscript.