THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 6 June, 2015

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST

Vol. 6 June, 2015

Chapter meetings are held on the third Friday of each month except July, August & November, at the Mulbury House Senior Center located at 62-70 West Main Street, Middletown, NY 10940. All are welcome.

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Vice-President’s Message: 

Stephanie’s full attention is with young Charles, who is Westchester Medical Center again with respiratory issues. 😟   Our best wishes for his speed recovery!

September’s program will be an update on recently discoveries concerning the earliest first people on this continent. Presented by yours truly.

“Dawn of Humanity,” airing 9 pm Wednesday, September 16 on PBS features Glenn Keeton’s fiancé, Hannah Morris! They were working together on a dig in the Carolinias when she got a call and was off to a South African cave, for an astounding discovery tht reveals clues to what made us human! <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/dawn-of-humanity.html>

Gary Keeton

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Sharon Assmus

Mourning losses of:

Susan Quigley Dratch

Sharon Assmus, long time member, corresponding Chapter Secretary and the Chapter’s liaison with both New York and Pennsylvania State Archaeological Associations passed away on Friday August 14, 2015.

http://m.recordonline.com/art…/20150816/OBITUARIES/308169991

Susan Quigley Dratch passed away September 12, 2015, wife of member Eric Dratch.

http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150915/OBITUARIES/309159993/0/SEARCH

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2015 Chapter Picnic:

Sunday, July 19th 12pm – 4pm

Town of Mount Hope Park

340 Finchville Turnpike, Otisville, NY 10963 

On one of the hottest day of the year, the Town of Mount Hope Park pavilion was perfectly situated on a buff, keeping us shaded and surprisingly comfortable with a nice breeze! Good food, good company, wonderful discussions and artifacts.

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Dues

Once again dues are due for calendar year 2015! Please contact our treasurer, Jon Leonard or you can pay your dues at the monthly meetings. Checks should be made out to IOCCNYSAA.

Annual Dues:

Active Member $25.00 _________.___

Husband/Wife or couple $35.00 _________.___

Student including college, (no bulletin) $12.00 _________.___

Life $350.00 _________.___

Total enclosed: _________.___ 

Name (s) _________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

City, State, zip _________________________________________

Phone _________________________________________

email _________________________________________

20TH ANNUAL

HIGHLANDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL CONFERENCE

PRESENTED BY

THE NORTH JERSEY HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

THE INC. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER, NYSAA

THE FRIENDS OF STERLING FOREST

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015

LAUTENBERG VISITOR CENTER, STERLING FOREST STATE PARK

115 OLD FORGE ROAD, TUXEDO, NEW YORK

MORNING PROGRAM: 10AM TO NOON AT THE VISITOR CENTER

 Flintknapping Demonstration by Gary Sipila, Inc.OCC,NYSAA

 Native American History of Sterling Forest: Talk and Walk to nearby rockshelter by Edward J.Lenik, R.P.A.

AFTERNOON PROGRAM: 1:00 TO 4:00 AT THE VISITOR CENTER

 Lower level:  Carol Siri Johnson, PH.D., NJHHS, presiding

1:00 PM to 1:25 PM: “An Unusual Paleoamerican Cache Find in Eastern Pennsylvania: Experiments and Insights into Fluted Point Manufacture.” Jack Cresson, Society of Experimental Archaeology and Primitive Technology; A.S.N.J.

1:25PM to 1:50PM: “Lenape Spiritual Use of Fossils” Richard Sears Walling, Independent Scholar.

1:50PM to 2:15PM:  “A Long Time Coming. The Historical Archaeology of the Mixed Heritage Native and African American Community of Setauket, New York.” Christopher Matthews, Ph.D,. Professor of Anthropology, Montclair State University.

2:15PM TO 2:30PM: Coffee Break

2:55PM to 3:20PM:  “The Wiechquaeskeck (S.W. Connecticut, Westchester and Manhattan Island) and the Origins of the Raritan and the Munsee Indians of New Jersey: The Raritan Valley Buffer Zone as a Refuge Area for Some Native Americans During the 17^th Century.”  Marshall Becker, Ph.D., West Chester University.

2:55PM to 3:20PM: “Sara Roelofse, A Dutch-American Woman of Her Times”  Meta Janowitz, Ph.D., AECOM, Burlington, NJ and School of Visual arts, NYC.

3:20PM to 3:45PM:  “Blandina Bayard, Indian Trader, and Her Legacies”  Nancy L. Gibbs, NJHHS, Independent Scholar.

1:00 to 4:00 Book Room.  

Program Chair: Edward J. Lenik, R.P.A., Inc.OCC,NYSAA, A.S.N.J. & NJHHS. 

Meeting facilities courtesy of Sterling Forest State Park, Jeff Hutchison, Park Manager