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:
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| 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 17th 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
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