THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
THE INCORPORATED ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
OF THE NEW YORK STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Vol. 8, October 1, 2012
Chapter meetings are held on the third Friday of each month except July and August.
The October meeting will be held on Friday, the 19th, at 7:30 P.M at
Mulberry House (Middletown) Senior Center.
The address is 62-70 West Main Street in Middletown. The location is handicapped accessible.
October Program – Chapter member Chuck Tudor will talk about Otzi
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| Image Credit: The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology |
Following the October business meeting and election officers, Chuck will discuss his visit last summer to the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, and specifically, Otzi, a mummified human discovered in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Alps, on the border between Austria and Italy. He died around 3300 BC. Research revealed that he was a shepherd, who died, a victim of murder and disease.
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President’s Message
I hope everyone had an enjoyable summer. As mentioned in June during September and October I will be in Arizona and New Mexico researching the correlation between groundwater, Chacoan Great Houses and Chacoan Roads. Therefore Chuck Tudor will conduct the meetings. I will be home for the Annual Dinner in November.
Dave
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Elections
September 28, 2012
As Davey Johnson mentioned in our September newsletter, it is election time. I have been asked to head the election committee. At the September meeting we opened the floor for nominations for all positions. Chuck Tudor has stepped down as Vice President, and Stephanie Tice was nominated and accepted the nomination for his position. However, Chuck was nominated for Trustee and accepted the nomination for that position. For the other open Trustee position Doc Bayne was nominated and he accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations from the floor but we are going to leave the nominations open until October 10th. Therefore, if you would like to nominate someone for any officer or trustee position please do so via email or mail (my address is listed below) and we will add their name to the ballot. Once the nominations are closed, I will then email the final ballot for voting. Votes will be tallied by our October 19th meeting and results will be announced at our Annual Dinner in November.
Below is a complete list of all positions and nominees for our chapter, please note that the incumbent officers have agreed to another term.
Nominees
Incumbents:
President: Davey Johnson
Treasurer: Jon Leonard
Secretary: Priscilla Johnson
Corresponding Secretary: Sharon Assmus
New nominees:
Vice President: Stephanie Tice
Trustee: Chuck Tudor, Doc Bayne
Trustees: Barry Kass and Gary Keeton still have one year left on their term .
Chapter members in good standing, please get back to me at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your participation.
Sincerely,
Angela A. Nardo
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November Annual Dinner
The annual dinner will be held on November 10, 2012 at Catlin Gardens, 2865 Route 6 • Slate Hill, NY 10973 • ph (845) 355-3555. The price will be $35 and the speaker will be announced at the October meeting. Please pay our treasurer for reservations.
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Field Trip
Special Chapter Tour of Rockshelters near Iona Island led by Doc Bayne!
Sunday November 4, 2012
Meeting 11am at the Iona Island kiosk.
Doc will lead us on a tour of surviving rock shelters near Iona Island. Since the Island has been extensively used and developed for so many purposes since colonial times most of the pre contact sites have been destroyed - but Doc knows where those surviving sites are!
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Florist Site
Stephanie's crew has been working at the Florist Site and will continue to work there as long as the weather is favorable. If you have any questions please contact our Field Chair, Stephanie.
This site provides all our members a wonderful opportunity to experience serious archaeology first hand with a good sense of humor. We hope all of our members can take advantage of this opportunity to develop their skills as archeologists. If you are new to the chapter here is your opportunity to participate in an archaeological investigation and learn the techniques needed to properly document a site.
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Highlands Conference
26th ANNUAL HIGHLANDS CONFERENCE
Hosted by
INC. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER, NYSAA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FRIENDS OF STERLING FOREST
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012
LAUTENBURG VISITOR CENTER, STERLING FOREST STATE PARK
115 OLD FORGE ROAD, TUXEDO, NY
Traditionally, this conference features a morning hike or field trip in the Highlands and an afternoon of papers on topics in Northeastern history or archaeology.
Questions? Call Ed Lenik at 973-835-0770 between 9AM and 4PM Monday through Friday.
REGISTRATION: The conference is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.
BOOKROOM: Books on historical and archaeological topics will be available for sale. Please let Ed know if you would like to set up a display in the book room.
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Dues
Dues are due!. Please contact our treasurer, Jon Leonard, to send in your payment. Or you can pay your dues at the monthly meeting.
U.S. mail: IOCCNYSAA, 34 Clark Road, Goshen, NY 10924
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