THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 7, July 2019

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 7, July 2019 has been sent to the membership!

Join us for our Annual Picnic Sunday 7/14 at the Town of Mount Hope Park in Otisville.

 This will be rain or shine so let's hope for shine! We will have the atlatls and are excited to see any interesting items you may have questions about or just want to show and tell! The Chapter will provide hamburgers, hotdogs and fixings for our traditional strawberry short cake! Any contributions of salads, beans, snacks, dips, beverages or monetary donations are greatly appreciated but not mandatory!

If you are able to attend please let us know via ioccnysaa@gmail.com at least two days before the picnic so that we have a guesstimate for good stuff!

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 4 April 2019

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST Vol. 4 April 2019 has been sent to the membership!

April meeting at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 19th, at the Mulbury House Senior Center located at 62-70 West Main Street, Middletown, NY 10940

Join the Orange County Chapter at our April meeting or mail in your application:
http://tinyurl.com/k3jyfka

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST - Vol. 1, January 2019 is on its way to the membership.

January 2019 "THE ARCHAEOLOGIST"

Send in your submissions for January 2019 "THE ARCHAEOLOGIST" to Clif at ioccnysaa@gmail.com.
Stories, reports, photos, events, etc.

2018 Final Meeting of the Year & Holiday Grab Bag!

The December 21st meeting will feature the Holiday potluck dinner and the Grab-Bag.

** Please let Stephanie know what you are bringing so we can make sure there will be a variety of food and drinks at the party.

Here are the rules for the grab-bag:

1. You can attend the meeting and not participate in the grab-bag.
2. Anyone who wishes to participate in the grab-bag needs to contribute one or more gift.
3. Although archaeological themes are welcome, other gift ideas are also acceptable such as baked items. In other words, simply use your imagination.
4. We are suggesting the value of the gift be up to $10.
5. All gifts need to be wrapped and identified as to gender-specific if needed.
6. All participants draw a number.
7. Number 1 goes first followed by consecutive numbers.
8. Upon taking a gift it needs to be opened and shown to the group.
9. Following number 1 each of the other participants can either take a gift from the table or from one of the other participants with a lower number, however, you cannot take the same gift back twice in the same turn.
10. If your gift is taken you can go back to the table and take another gift, or take a gift from another person.
11. After all the numbers are completed and gifts opened, the person with number one can exchange their gift with anyone they choose.
12. All participants are encouraged to take a gift from another person if they like that gift. This is what makes it more interesting. So don’t be bashful.

The ARCHAEOLOGIST for December 2018

The ARCHAEOLOGIST

for December 2018 has been sent to the membership.

Please let us know if your's does not arrive.

Happy Holidays!

October 2018 Program: A GROUND SLATE POINT FOUND ON THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY

Program following the October 2018 Chapter meeting:

A GROUND SLATE POINT FOUND ON THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY

by

John Phillips 

In October 2016 a polished, notched slate biface was found by the author on the east shore of the Hudson River, 25 miles north of Manhattan.

Subsequent inquiries about this anomalous find led to a re-examination of slate as a tool stone, the manufacture and physical properties of slate bifaces, the distribution of slate projectile points and blades in Northeastern North America, and theories about the technology’s origin.