10/25/2008: 22nd Joint Archaeological And Historical Conference announcement

THE INC. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER, NYSAA

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY

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THE NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

22nd JOINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL CONFERENCE 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

LAUTENBURG VISITOR CENTER, ST

ERLING FOREST STATE PARK

115 OLD FORGE ROAD, TUXEDO, NY

MORNING PROGRAM: 9:30 AM TO NOON

Guided hike to Crawford (Belcher) and Brennan mine sites, miner's cabin ruins, Indian rockshelters and up a mountain to BLACK ROCK, a sacred site of the Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation, in Sterling Forest State Park.  Hiking shoes required.  Meet at visitor's parking lot at HENRI Building (opposite Lautenburg Visitor's Center).  We will car pool to Blue Lake.  Hike will be led by Thomas Fitzpatrick.

AFTERNOON PROGRAM: 1:00 TO 4:30, Susan Deeks, NJHHS, presiding

1:00-1:25 “Historic Archaeobotany of Delaware: 25 Years of Site Flotation.”

William Sandy, R.P.A.

1:25-1:50 “Investigating the Authenticity of the NY Botanical Garden Petroglyph.”

Dr. Allan S. Gilbert, Fordham University.

1:50-2:15 “From Farmstead to Mansion: 18th and 19th Century Life at “The Locusts” and Jay Mansion in Rye, NY.”  Eugene J. Boesch, Ph.D., R.P.A.

2:15-2:40 “Indian Raids in Orange Co.: Opportunistic or Planned Assaults? The Use of Free/Open  Source Special Software in Historic and Archaeological Contexts..”

Jonathan Witcoski, Tyco Telecommunications.

2:40-2:55 COFFEE BREAK

2:15-3:20 “The Real Story of the Sterling Furnace, 1736-1923. Doc Baynes, Sterling Forest State Park.

3:20-3:45 “Henry Doremus House – New Netherlands Herit

age.” Kathy Fisher, Montville Township Historic Preservation Commission.

3:45-4:10 “Emigrant Trains, Steerage Class on Wheels: From New York to Manifest Destiny.”

Nancy L. Gibbs, NJHHS.

4:10-4:30 Exhibition of Paintings by Kevin Storms, President, Inc. OCC, NYSAA and announcement of 50th Anniversary pf Orange County Chapter.

Program Chair: Edward J. Lenik: Inc.OCC, NYSAA. ASNJ and NJHHS

 This is a great leaf peeper day, last year standing room only...everyone is welcome.