Museum Chronicle 41 Fall 2012

N E W S F R O M T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F A L A B A M A M U S E U M S • N U M B E R 4 1 • F A L L 2 0 1 2Alabama Museum of Natural History • Discovering Alabama • Moundville Archaeological Park

Office of Archaeological Research • Gorgas House • UA Museum Collections

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: OAR Erskine Ramsay Addition | Expedition 34 | Geology Rocks! | Moundville Plaza | Moundville –Birding Gateway | Bayview, an Historic “New” Town | TVA Reservoir Operations | Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve

Moundville native aMerican FestivalOctober 10-13

Above: Brad Clonch (Mississippi Choctaw) and Jeff Carpenter (Chickasaw), featured performers at the 2012 Moundville Native American Festival.

Published periodically during the year by The University of Alabama Museums

Robert Clouse, Ph. D.Executive Director

The University of Alabama Museums

Ben Barnett, Board PresidentTuscaloosa, AL

Larry Taylor, Board Vice PresidentMoundville, AL

Prescott Atkinson, Ph. D., M. D.Birmingham, AL

Ed Bridges, Ph.D.Montgomery, AL

Catherine Sloss CrenshawBirmingham, AL

Darla GravesBirmingham, AL

Tommy HesterTuscaloosa, AL

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Mike JenkinsMontgomery, AL

Steve JohnsonTuscaloosa, AL

Thomas JoinerTuscaloosa, AL

Eleanor MayTuscaloosa, AL

Douglas McCrawFt. Lauderdale, FL

Tom McMillanBrewton, AL

Howell PooleMoundville, AL

Beverly PhiferTuscaloosa, AL

Tom SemmesSan Antonio, TX

Leah Ann SextonTuscaloosa, AL

Craig Sheldon, Ph. D.Wetumpka, AL

Kristie TaylorTuscaloosa, AL

Nick Tew, Ph. D.Tuscaloosa, AL

Terry WatersTuscaloosa, AL

Tom WatsonTuscaloosa, AL

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BOARD OF REGENTS

S E P T E M B E R 10-24 Museum Mondays for K-2 from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. (3 Mondays total) Registration required. $25 for three sessions or $10 per session - (AMNH) 15 Saturday in the Park - Pots and Potters - (MAP) 22 Saturday in the Park - Mother Earth and the Three Sisters- (MAP) 22 Natural History with the Experts (Free) - (AMNH) 23 Piano Concert on the restored Square Grand Piano, Gorgas House, 2:00 p.m. (Free) 29 Saturday in the Park - Mississippian Textiles - (MAP) 29 Natural History with the Experts/Museum Day Live! (Free) - (AMNH)

O C T O B E R 5 Growing Up Wild Preschool Morning ($2 per participant) - (AMNH) 6 Saturday in the Park - Shell Carving - (MAP) 8-22 Museum Mondays for Grades 3-5 from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. (3 Mondays total) Registration required. $25 for three sessions or $10 per session - (AMNH) 10-13 Moundville Native American Festival - (MAP) 20 Saturday in the Park - Mounds and Mississippians: A View from the Top - (MAP) 27 Saturday in the Park - (MAP) 29 Haunting at the Museum 6-8 p.m. (Free) - (AMNH) & Gorgas House

N O V E M B E R 3 Saturday in the Park - West Alabama Birding Trail Launch - (MAP) 10 Saturday in the Park - Carving and Flute Making - (MAP) 10 Natural History with the Experts (Free) - (AMNH) 12 Veteran’s Day Nature Camp 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Registration required. $25 per participant - (AMNH) 17 Saturday Craft Class - Introduction to Native American Beadwork - (MAP) 17 Natural History with the Experts (Free) - (AMNH) 24 Thanksgiving Weekend - (MAP)

D E C E M B E R 1 Saturday Craft Class - Ornaments from Nature - (MAP) 2 Museum Open House 4-6 p.m. (Free) - (AMNH) 2 Christmas Open House, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Gorgas House (Free) 7 Growing Up Wild Preschool Morning ($2 per participant) - (AMNH) 8 Santa’s Workshop for K-5 from 10:00 a.m. to noon ($10 per participant) - (AMNH)

Spirits, the third album recorded by the flute/guitar duo, has been sent offfor production and is expected to be released on September 10th.

Moundville Native American Festival

AMNH – Alabama Museum of Natural HistoryMAP – Moundville Archaeological Park

UA Museums’ Moundville Archaeological Park is looking forward to celebrating its 23rd year of hosting the Moundville Native American Festival, held this year from October 10 through 13. Many old friends are returning as presenters, exhibitors or volunteers and the festival also welcomes several new faces.

At the Native American Stage, our favorite flutists Billy Whitefox, Sydney Mitchell and Jimmy Yellowhorse are joined by flute/guitar duo Injunuity, who are returning from last year. Charlie Mato-Toyela, a flutist and a newcomer to this year’s event, will demonstrate flute making as well. After missing last year’s festival, singer/songwriter Michael Jacobs is also returning to perform this year.

The festival is also excited to announce that storyteller Gayle Ross will be performing throughout the festival. Gayle is the great granddaughter of John Ross, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation during the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. Hailing from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Gayle is renowned for her enthralling style and has appeared at nearly every major storytelling and folk festival in the U.S and Canada. She has authored several books, made numerous recordings and is a much sought after speaker on college campuses and at education and humanities conferences.

Two longtime festival presenters also passed away this past year – silversmith Bobbie Gillespie and bow smith Jimmy Taylor. Bobbie’s son, Erik Gillespie has picked up where his father left off and will demonstrate silversmithing at the Arts and Craft Arbors. Rickey Phipps, one of Jimmy Taylor’s former students, will set up in Jimmy’s old spot near the riverbank to demonstrate and sell bows. Like Jimmy, Rickey also lets children learn to bow shoot under his supervision and has even let kids work on making a bow.

Throughout this year’s event, the Chickasaw Nation Dance Troupe will demonstrate stomp dancing for visitors. The troupe was formed in 1992 to educate, preserve and

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Spirits, the third album recorded by the flute/guitar duo, has been sent offfor production and is expected to be released on September 10th.

Left to right: Michael Jacobs; portrait of John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation; and Gayle Ross. Below: ChickasawDancers.

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restore the Chickasaw traditions and they serve as goodwill ambassadors for the tribe. The dancers share the ancient art of shell shaking and songs with universities, festivals, and ceremonial gatherings around the country and festival organizers are enthusiastic about getting more Chickasaw people involved.

A welcome new addition to our living history presentations includes volunteer Brian Mast, an educational assistant at the University of West Alabama’s Black Belt Museum. Brian will play the part of a French Marine stationed at Fort Tombecbee during the 1800s. The remains of Fort

Tombecbee are located in present day Epes, Alabama and have recently undergone much archaeological and historical investigation. Brian will discuss the relationship between the historic Choctaw of the 1800s and EuroAmericans who were just beginning to settle the area.

Many different volunteer opportunities exist for people of all ages, levels of education and physical abilities. Anyone who is interested in volunteering for this year’s festival can call the park’s education office at 205-371-8732 or email [email protected].

The Chickasaw Nation Dance Troupe (pictured below) has performed at the Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.


The Effects of Erosion on Archaeological Sites in the Tennessee Valley

Exposed shell midden on the banks of the Tennessee River in North Alabama.

Shoreline erosion on the banks of Wheeler Reservoir in Madison County.

The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA), Reservoir Operations Compliance project began in 2004 with an effort to document historic properties on eleven reservoirs in seven states. TVA is charged with generating power, maintaining navigation, flood control, and promoting recreation on their many reservoirs. As part of that mission, they attempt to anticipate seasonal fluctuation in precipitation and flood control. In the fall and early winter, TVA drops the water level on its reservoirs in preparation for late winter and spring rains. They then raise the water level again and maintain the reservoirs’ pools during the summer months. These fluctuations are an effort to balance both hydroelectric power generation and recreational opportunities across the Valley. TVA is also the Federal agency responsible for managing the archaeological sites along the shorelines of their lakes and rivers, helping to protect them from damage or destruction.

In anticipation of a plan to maintain the water levels of several reservoirs for longer periods, TVA began to document previously unrecorded archaeological sites that might be affected by the continued maintenance of summer pool levels. From 2004 to 2009, more than 2000 miles of shoreline were surveyed and over 1600 archaeological sites were documented. As part of the Reservoir

Operations Compliance project, TVA is to monitor these sites for the next 25 years. This monitoring is designed to determine the extent of erosion and potential impacts associated with longer term flooding and hydrological activities on each site’s cultural deposits.

This past winter, TVA partnered with the University of Alabama Museums, Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) to monitor the sites. Matthew Gage, Director of OAR has been involved with the project since its inception. Gage and the OAR staff spent several weeks over the past winter examining archaeological site conditions and documenting shoreline erosion and reporting to TVA which sites were in peril. Prehistoric shell middens, the remains of inundated towns, and flooded mound complexes were examined to record the effects of erosion and better inform TVA of which historic properties were experiencing the worst damage.

The combined efforts of TVA and UA will help protect historic properties that might otherwise be lost to the effects of time and water. The information provided by UA will serve TVA as a management tool to help protect Alabama’s non-renewable cultural resources.


Moundville Archaeological Park a ‘Gateway’ to

Above, right: Red-winged Blackbird. This bird can be seen darting back and forth flashing its bright red “epaulets” around the pond on the rear of the park’s museum.

Right: Eastern Bluebird. Can be seen all around the park’s treeline year-round. Alabama’s population of Eastern bluebirds increases as birds that spend their summers further north come south for the winter.

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Photo credit, Paul Franklin.

Moundville Archaeological Park has been named a ‘Gateway Site’ on the new West Alabama Birding Trail. The ‘Gateway’ designation was bestowed because of Moundville’s tremendous birding opportunities and capacity to orient visitors to other bird watching sites. An initiative led by the Alabama Department of Tourism, in partnership with the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, Birmingham Audubon Society, and the State Non-Game Wildlife Program, the West Alabama Birding Trail will be one of eight Alabama Birding Trails. When completed, the eight trails will unify existing and potential birding sites into a series of cohesive trails collectively marketed as part of a state-wide system. A special dedication event at Moundville featuring educational birding activities for all ages is being planned for November 3, 2012. Visit alabamabirdingtrails.com for more information.

Gorgas House Christmas TourThis holiday season, the Gorgas House Museum will be joining the Jemison Van de Graaff Man-sion, Battle-Friedman House and Gardens, and the Old Tav-ern for their annual Christmas tour. The event is scheduled from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., December 2, with transportation provided between loca-tions. Each location will be decorated for the holidays, with re-freshments served. Admission is free. As this is our first year participating, the Gorgas House is seeking assistance with decorating the Museum in a histori-cal fashion. We are in need of artificial garland, trees, and an-tique ornaments. To make a donation, or volunteer the day of the event, please call 348-5906 or email [email protected].

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The Erskine Ramsay Collections Building at Moundville is dedicated to the storage of over 1,000,000 archaeological artifacts in the University of Alabama Museum’s collections. After three plus years of planning and negotiations, construction has begun on a new addition to the existing collections storage facility. The existing facility was constructed in 1946, renovated to its current condition in 1984, and has space enough to store just over 15,000 boxes of artifacts. Since the current facility is nearing capacity and at present growth rate has less than 2 years before it is completely full, the additional space was critical to house the ever growing collections. It is hoped that the new facility will provide space for collections growth for a minimum of 15 years.

The “modern-era” curation program started in 1984 with the renovation of the Erskine Ramsay building. The structure became a regional curation repository with the acquisition of the

collections from the Richard B. Russell reservoir in Georgia and South Carolina. It currently houses archaeological collections for 12 federal agencies, many state and private archaeological consulting firms, and collections generated by the cultural resource management program of the University of Alabama Museums, Office of Archaeological Research, all of whom pay a fee to the University of Alabama Museums to care for their collections. Additionally, collections generated by the University of Alabama Department of Anthropology, Moundville Archaeological Park and Alabama Museum of Natural History are curated here.

This addition was paid for largely with funds generated by payments from agencies and organizations that have had collections curated here for the last 30 years. The remaining finances required to complete the facility were graciously provided by the University of Alabama’s Division of Academic Affairs.

NEW Archaeological Collections Storage Facility Under Way

NEW EXHIBIT - GeoloGy Rocks! Our earth and human lives are literally built on rocks and minerals. They compose the bedrock beneath our feet and form the foundation of modern life, providing the raw materials for the production of a host of goods, from aluminum cans to fireworks. People throughout time have cherished, collected and adorned themselves with rocks and minerals and these natural treasures are no less revered by society today. The rocks and minerals displayed in the new Geology Rocks! Exhibit have been collected from across the globe, including from our own state of Alabama. Drop by the Museum to see Geology Rocks! and enjoy the beauty and wonder of nature’s building blocks!

Archaeological collections building under construction.

This exhibit was made possible in part by a gift from Marguerite Turner Short.


NEW Archaeological Collections Storage Facility Under Way

BAYVIEW, a Historic “New” Company Town in Jefferson County, AlabamaLocated in northwest Jefferson County, Bayview was designed with components that few planned developments can claim: radial street plans, three villages or camps, comfortable and picturesque cottages, green spaces, athletic fields and community recreation facilities, meeting halls, its own schools with teachers’ cottages provided, lakefront lots, and its own store! One of the most interesting aspects of Bayview’s position as a leader in planned communities is that it was built over 100 years ago.

The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company founded the industrial town as a “workingman’s paradise” in 1911. It was designed to provide housing for workers who labored in Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company’s (TCI), United States Steel Corporation (USS) coal mines near Bayview. Built on an artificial lake with water surrounding three sides, the community was an effort in creating a positive residential atmosphere for the hard working men of USS and their families.

In 2012, Gene Ford, Architectural Historian for the University of Alabama Museums, Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) received an Alabama Historical Commission grant to document this unusual community. Ford spent weeks

The 101 year old lakefront community of Bayview and two of the house models.

pouring over TCI/USS records and photographing the remaining structures of the Bayview community. Amazingly, much of the industrial town remains; a tribute to the design and construction techniques employed by its builders.

Bayview is now one of only four industrial towns of its type in the state. The community of Westfield, also built near Fairfield, would have been a fifth such town, but it was demolished in the 1970s. The other three include Chickasaw near Mobile which served the shipbuilding industry, Fairfield itself, and Kaulton. All of the towns served industrial and mining endeavors and were considered visionary in their layout and architectural design (even if they originally had no indoor bathrooms).

Ford’s documentation will help to bring Bayview back into the light of architectural design and community planning at a time when population density and the cost of transportation are conspiring to reduce the appeal of urban sprawl. The lessons we can learn from Bayview may help to promote future residential development and create new well thought out and commercially viable towns and communities across Alabama.


Expedition 34 Excavates Prehistoric Sites in Colbert County

Under the direction of UA Museums Executive Director Dr. Robert Clouse, an archaeologist by training, staff and participants in Expedition 34 spent an extremely hot and dry June conducting archaeological investigations at two newly recorded prehistoric sites in Colbert County. Both sites sit on high ground: one in a cultivated field and the other in what appears to be an undisturbed wooded environment. Based on the recovery of diagnostic spear points, both sites appear to have been occupied during what archaeologists have designated as the Late Archaic Period. The Late Archaic Period dates from about 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. Native Americans living in this part of Alabama during that time were well adapted to the forested and riverine ecology of the region, hunting, gathering wild plants, fishing and collecting mussels in the nearby Tennessee River. These resources were exploited through a cycle of seasonal movement on the landscape to tap resources as they became available.

Top left: Dr. Clouse gives a participant instruction on using a transit. Top middle: Participant holding the stadia rod to measure elevations. Top right: Dr. Clouse leading a tour at the famous Stanfield-Worley site. Middle left: Participants exploring the caves near Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. Middle right: Dr. Clouse coaching a participant in flint knapping. Bottom left: Participants and staff rest after a hike in the nature preserve along Cane Creek. Bottom middle: One of the projectile points uncovered during archaeologigcal excavations. Bottom right: Participants sifting soil in search of artifacts.

Participants in the Expedition excavations learned to classify soils, operate surveying equipment, and create measured plan drawings while uncovering hundreds of objects that ranged from complete spear points, to knives and scrapers, to the waste products left behind from making and re-sharpening stone tools. Both sites are commonly found in this part of Alabama, but a pristine site is rare since so many sites have been disturbed by plowing, timbering or erosion.

To better understand how stone tools were made and to appreciate the talents of prehistoric occupants of this region, Expedition participants and staff alike got an opportunity to test their own skills trying to make stone tools themselves. Some participants were quite skilled from the start, while others were appreciative of the ready supply of band-aids.


Gorgas House - Grand Piano Restoration Dedication Ceremony and Concert

J. Bradley Baker, Janice Drake, Dr. Edward Uehling, Erin Harney,Jerry Adcox, and John Boutwell.

On August 17th, 2012 the Gorgas House Museum resounded with the sounds of a fully restored, square grand piano built by the Haines Brothers Company in 1875. The dedication ceremony formally welcomed the piano back to the Museum and recognized Dr. Edward Uehling for his gracious memorial gift. To continue the celebration, The Gorgas House Museum is hosting a 2:00 Sunday afternoon concert on September 23rd, featuring J. Bradley Baker, a doctoral student in the University of Alabama-School of Music.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of North West Alabama there is a little known canyon with breathtaking views and steeped in the rich history of our state. Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve offers hiking trails through unspoiled land consisting of mountainous ridges, natural overlooks, bluff shelters, hollows, and waterfalls. This land, part of the Tennessee River watershed and drained by Cane Creek, is privately-owned by Dr. and Mrs. Jim Lacefield.

The Lacefields generously opened their 600 acres to the participants of the 34th Annual Museum Expedition at no charge and provided us with the opportunity to hike, camp and enjoy the beauty of the natural surroundings. They also provided delightful fruits and vegetables from their organic garden – fresh

Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve

Jim and Faye Lacefield in front of their home at Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve (CCCNP), and one of the many scenic spots in the CCCNP.

blueberries, new potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash and green beans routinely made their way on the Expedition menu courtesy of the Lacefields.

Dr. Lacefield lavishly shared his knowledge about the history of the surrounding area and led participants on guided walks to see the remarkable geology along the Tennessee River. On behalf of everyone who took part in Expedition 34, we deeply express our appreciation to Jim and Faye Lacefield for sharing with us their little corner of paradise.

Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve is free and open to the public daily. For more information about the site, visit http://www.facebook.com/pagesFriends-of-Cane-Creek-Nature-Preserve or contact Jim or Faye Lacefield at 256-381-6301.


Lydia Ellington

The Museum Collections Department is pleased to welcome a new member to its staff! Lydia Ellington joined the University of Alabama Museums, Museum Collections Department, as the Collections Technician for natural history collections on May 27, 2012. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia and a Master’s Degree in Heritage Preservation with a concentration in Public History from Georgia State University.

Lydia is originally from Cornelia, Georgia but has lived in Atlanta for the past twelve years. She comes to Tuscaloosa from the Archibald Smith Plantation Home, a historic house museum in Roswell, Georgia where she worked for the past eight years. There, Lydia garnered collections management experience by maintaining a diverse collection of over 30,000 original artifacts that included everything from civil war era textiles to furniture. She also has previous experience working for the Georgia Power Corporate Archives in Atlanta, Georgia processing their historic meter collection.

Lydia is looking forward to working with natural history collections and is currently continuing a long term project that was initiated in 2010. She has started the very large and time consuming task of assigning accession numbers to, and physically labeling, all of the artifacts in the Gorgas House so that the Collections Department is able to keep track of their whereabouts and condition.

The Moundville Plaza Project

At Moundville, UA students have the unique opportunity to participate in important research at a nationally significant archaeological site. From upper left: Erik Porth, UA doctoral student in anthropology maps features, or stains left in the soil by decomposed wooden house posts; Rebecca McLaurine hands soil up from a deep pit feature to Aaron Posey whileTraci Roller watches; Jeremy Davis (below), UA doctoral candidate in anthropology directs field excavations.

Museum Collections Department Welcomes New Staff Member Lydia Ellington

University of Alabama archae-ologists have been busy over the summer with important major excavations in the area of Moundville’s ancient plaza. Many Moundville visitors enjoyed touring the excavations and talking to UA students about their finds. Called the Moundville Plaza Project, these excavations are the dissertation research project of UA anthropology doctoral student Jeremy Davis under the supervision of Dr. John Blitz. Over 700 years ago, Moundville’s vast plaza, in the center of the outer perimeter of mounds, was a public gathering space with some public buildings. This large, flat area is manmade, artificially leveled through the movement of an enormous amount of dirt around AD 1250.

The primary goal of the Moundville Plaza Project is to

map the distribution and arrangement of virtually all of the ancient public buildings in Moundville’s plaza. Aided by a magnetometer survey of unprecedented scale in Mississippian archaeology completed two years ago, we can now realize this goal. The survey has revealed the locations of magnetic anomalies that are thought to represent buried buildings. During the summer excavations, a sample of these buildings have been “ground-truthed,” that is, exposed through archaeological excavations so that similar remains elsewhere in the plaza can be confidently identified on the magnetometer images without time-consuming and costly excavation.

Funding for the project is provided by an Alabama Historical Commission grant and the UA Department of Anthropology. Weekly updates on the excavations, including many great photos, have been provided on the project’s blog at www.moundvilleplazaproject.wordpress.com/. Watch for more details on the findings from this research in the next issue of Museum Chronicle.

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November 17th - Introduction to Native American BeadworkRenowned beadsmith Cat Sloan (Echota Cherokee) introduces three different types of beadwork to beginning enthusiasts as well as discussing loom and applique beading techniques in this class. The class size is limited to 8 people and all materials are provided. Ages 12 and up are eligible to attend. This is a great mother/daughter class! The cost is $25 per person ($20 for Museum Members). Call 205-371-8732 to register.

December 1st - Ornaments from NatureEducator and artist Betsy Irwin hosts a class for people wanting to make unusual ornaments for their Christmas tree. Each student gets to transform cornshucks, gourds, sinew, beads and an assortment of other supplies and natural materials into three different ornaments – a cornshuck angel, a dreamcatcher and a decorated miniature gourd. Class size is limited to 15 people and all materials are provided. The cost is $30 ($25 for Museum Members) and is open to students ages 10 and up. This is another great mother/daughter class!

Moundville Archaeological Park Saturday Craft Classes - Beadwork and Ornaments

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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Tuskegee National Forest, Macon County, Alabama.

Alarm over declines in amphibian and reptile populations worldwide has increased the need for baseline and long-term data. UA Museums' most recent scientific Bulletin on the herpetofauna of southeastern Alabama provides a valuable point of reference for studying environmental change.

Cost of the Bulletin is $14.00 plus tax. Ordering information: contact Carolyn Averettat 205-348-7551 or email [email protected].

UA Museums Publishes New Study on Amphibians and Reptiles

The Amphibians and Reptiles of

Tuskegee National Forest,

Macon County, Alabama

by Sean P. Graham, David A. Steen,

Roger D. Birkhead, and

Craig Guyer

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