Monday, February 14, 2022

Chapter's February 18th 7:30 pm meeting will be virtual.

 Chapter's February 18th 7:30 pm meeting will be virtual.

Dave Moyer is IOCCNYSAA's Featured Speaker following the meeting.

     Join us on Zoom on February 18 at 7:30 p.m. to hear Dave Moyer, owner & president of Birchwood Archaeological Services, speak about recent excavations in Callicoon, Sullivan County, NY. Dave is also a friend in the New York Archaeological Association, where he currently serves as vice president.

Dave's talk is entitled, "Archaeological Excavations at the Callicoon Creek Precontact Sites." Archaeologists, who were working as part of a new wastewater project in the Village of Callicoon, have identified a series of precontact archaeological sites dating back thousands of years. Artifacts recovered have included chipped stone tools, fragments of pottery and debitage from stone tool production. While the artifacts suggest use of these sites over thousands of years, features including cooking hearths, post molds and food storage pits suggest an intensive occupation dating to Late Woodland times.

Results of the study reveal important information about seasonality, ceramic production and mobility in the Upper Delaware watershed.

To register for the program, please email ioccnysaa@gmail.com.


Wednesday, January 5, 2022

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 1, January, 2022

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST for January, 2022 has been sent to the membership.


Happy New Year!

Saturday, December 4, 2021

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST, December 2021

 THE ARCHAEOLOGIST for December 2021 has been sent to the membership1
Please email us if you don't receive your copy in soon!
Happy Holidays and good health to all!


Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Chapter’s November, 2021 Hybrid Meeting Mulberry House Senior Center

 Chapter’s November 19th 7:30 pm meeting will be hybrid. 

Email ioccnysaa@gmail.com for meeting link. 
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We will be meeting in person at Mulberry house for a "watch" meeting this month. That means you can join us online for the meeting and presentation OR you can come view the presentation with us in person! Please join us, whichever way you are comfortable with. We will give it a shot as we maneuver through what works best for our members. 
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November’s Program: 

“Colonial Carver John Zuricher and his Gravestones from the Hudson River Valley to Charleston, South Carolina” 
Presented by Prof. Sherene Barbara Baugher & Ethan Dickerman

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

June is a show-and-tell meeting.

 June is "a show-and-tell meeting. We do not have a speaker, unless one of our own wants to do one, short notice.


We can invite members to show:
1. An unusual artifact
2. A cool craft to do

These would provide us with some great and fun discussions.

—Veronica"

Join with Google Meet Friday June 18th and 7:30 pm:
email: ioccnysaa@gmail.com for the link!

Monday, June 7, 2021

IOCCNYSAA at the Gem and Mineral Show, Museum Village yesterday!


We met lots of interested adults and kids alike at the Orange County Mineral Society’s Rock / Fossil / Gem show. We sold a few hand-sewn felt sloths and mastodons (they are still available!), gave out lots of archaeological coloring pages/activities for kids, and handed out brochures to teens and adults about membership. We discussed “Harry” (the mastodon) a lot, due to chapter members’ work to preserve him, a display poster  former VP Gary Keeton made, and the ability to visit him right there at Museum Village!

We thank the OC Mineral Society for allowing us to be visible at this event, remind folks we are here, and meet some interested locals for the first time. We were even able to point some very interested out-of-area folks to their local NYSAA chapter.