Archaeological Season

Events - Field SchoolS

2006

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Events

Adirondack Region

The Making of the DVD Documentary THE LOST RADEAU: NORTH AMERICA'S OLDEST INTACT WARSHIP"  

Monday, July 10, 2006, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm.

Description: Power point presentation by Joseph W. Zarzynski-Underwater

Archaeologist & Executive Director-Bateaux Below, Inc. - about the DVD documentary "The Lost Radeau: North America's Oldest Intact Warship"

Location: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Darrin Fresh Water Institute,

Rt. 9N, Bolton Landing, New York  

Directions:  Route 87 (Northway) to Exit 23 - toward Diamond Point.Take left

on to Lake Shore Drive (9N towards Bolton Landing).  6 miiles to Darrin Fresh Water Institute on the right side of Rt. 9N    

Contact for additional info: Dr. Chuck Boylen (RPI DFWI) 518-668-3558;  

   Joseph W. Zarzynski, (Bateaux Below, Inc.) 

Cost: Free
Details: Joseph W. Zarzynski will present a power point presentation on the making and production of the award-winning DVD documentary "The Lost Radeau: North America's Oldest Intact Warship."  The documentary is about the history, discovery, and underwater archaeological investigation of the 1758 Land Tortoise radeau shipwreck in Lake George, New York.  The unique, seven-sided British floating gun battery was found during a side scan sonar survey by Zarzynski's research team in 1990 and mapped under an permit granted by the State of New York.  In 1995, the shipwreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1998, was designated a National Historic Landmark, only the sixth shipwreck in America with that recognition. 

Shipwreck Detectives: Recent Underwater Archaeological Research 

         at  Lake George

Tuesday, July 18, 2006, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Description:Power point presentation about recent underwater archaeology

                  at Lake George by Joseph W. Zarzynski (Underwater Archaeologist

                  & Executive Director--Bateaux Below, Inc.)

Location: Lake George Association, Lake George, New York

Directions to event: Exit 21 of the Northway (Rt. 87) on Rt. 9N. The Lake            George Association building is located between the Mobil station &           ADK building on Rt. 9N, just off Exit 21.

Contact for additional infromation: Karin Badey 518-668-3558

                                                             Joseph W. Zarzynski

Details:  Among the many topics discussed will be: recently discovered shipwrecks, the reputed 1758 Land Tortoise radeau shipwreck relic, artifacts recovered from the steamboat Pamelaine, the case of the mystery statuette of the lake, and other stories from the depths of the "Queen of American Lakes."  Mr. Zarzynski will also talk about the recently released award winning DVD documentary--"The Lost Radeau:North America's Oldest Intact Warship"--the story of Lake George's French and Indian War Land Tortoise radeau shipwreck, a National Historic Landmark.  Copies of the DVD will be for sale at the lecture.


Allegany Region

 

Capital/Saratoga Region

Harbor at the Headwaters of Prosperity: Albany's 18th century  Stockade 

           and Waterfront

March 22, from 12:15 to 1:15 - Wednesday
Description: Power point presentation of excavations at the State University

                        Construction Fund Site, Albany, NY
Location: In the Librarian's Room in the State Library, 7th floor of the Cultural

                   Education Center, Empire State Plaza. Albany, New York,
Contact Person for additional information: Christopher Kilkenny,

           Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc (518) 427-0382
For More Information go to: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/press.htm

Cost: free

Details: Excavations at this site in downtown Albany during the summer of 1999 revealed the 1750s stockade, two 300-foot bulkheads that represent the city’s earliest waterfront expansions in the late 18th century, and a variety of 19th-century structures.  In addition to the remains of some of the earliest waterfront features in the city, the archeological site contained foundations of warehouses and other structures that represent the city’s late 18th- and 19th-century prosperity.  The archeology of this single city block represents widespread changes that are central to the history of New York including Albany’s transition from a strategic military staging point to a central transhipment point along the Erie Canal and the corresponding change in the surrounding region from a military frontier to a prosperous trade corridor.

 

Northeast Anthropological Association 46th Annual Meetings

May 5, 6,  and 7, 2006
Keynote Speaker, Dr. James Axtell, College of William & Mary.

Annual meeting will inlcude presentations on all fields of anthropology including Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics
Location: Clarion Hotel, Watervliet Ave. Extension, Albany NY
Application Deadline: see website for details
Contact Person for additional information: See website for details

For More Information go to: http://www.neaa.org/Conf06.htm
Cost: See Website for details

PUBLIC VISITATION DAY - Pethick Archaeological Site
Monday July 3, 2006, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.
Sponsored by: New York State Museum and University at Albany, SUNY
Location: Central Bridge, Schoharie County, New York
Period of Occupation: 3,000 B.C. to 19th century
Contact for Additional Information: Christina Rieth (crieth@mail.nysed.gov), Jaime Moore (jm141615@albany.edu) or Linda Goodwin (518-442-4700)
Cost: Free

From Field, to Lab, to Exhibit: Behind-the-Scenes
Archaeology at the New York State Museum
Tuesday October 17, 2006 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
 Location: New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY.
Description: Find out what it takes to bring archaeological fieldwork into public view.

Directions:  Madison Ave, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York.
Contact for additional info and registration: Peggy Steinbach (518)473-7154 or Christina Rieth (518)402-5975;
Cost: Free  - Registration deadline of October 12, 2006.
Details: Participants will learn how archaeologists analyze artifacts and how this information is used in exhibits, museum reports, and to answer research questions. Join staff from the State Museum's Cultural Resource Survey Program for a behind-the-scenes tour of a working archaeology lab. Examples of recent excavations will be on display. The tour is limited to 60 people.

 

Catskills Region

PUBLIC VISITATION DAY - Pethick Archaeological Site
Monday July 3, 2006, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.
Sponsored by: New York State Museum and University at Albany, SUNY
Location: Central Bridge, Schoharie County, New York
Period of Occupation: 3,000 B.C. to 19th century
Contact for Additional Information: Christina Rieth (crieth@mail.nysed.gov), Jaime Moore (jm141615@albany.edu) or Linda Goodwin (518-442-4700)
Cost: Free

 

Central Region

PUBLIC VISITATION DAY - Pethick Archaeological Site
Monday July 3, 2006, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.
Sponsored by: New York State Museum and University at Albany, SUNY
Location: Central Bridge, Schoharie County, New York
Period of Occupation: 3,000 B.C. to 19th century
Contact for Additional Information: Christina Rieth (crieth@mail.nysed.gov), Jaime Moore (jm141615@albany.edu) or Linda Goodwin (518-442-4700)
Cost: Free

Finger Lakes Region

OPEN HOUSE DAY  - Old Quaker Meetinghouse Archaeological Site

Wed. June 21, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.

Sponsored by: Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) Archaeology

                           Fieldschool

Location: Old Quaker Meetinghouse, Wayne County, New York
Application Deadline: Contact for more information

Period of Occupation: 19th and early 20th Century Euro-American

Contact for Additional Information: Dr. Ann Morton, FLCC

For More Information on this site go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

Cost: Free

 

Genesee Region

OPEN HOUSE DAY - Bittner Farm Archaeological Site

Monday July 24, 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m.

Sponsored by: Monroe Community College (MCC) Archaeology Field School
Location: Bittner Farm, Rochester, New York
Application Deadline: Contact for more information
Period of Occupation: Historic Euro-American 19th-20th Centuries
Contact for additional Information : Dr. Ann Morton, MCC

For More Information on the site go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

Cost: Free

 

Hudson Valley Region

Current and Future Archaeological Research in Minisink and The Black Dirt Area

March 24, 2006 -  7:00pm

Presented by: Bill Sandy, RPA

Sponsored by: Town of Minisink Museum

Location: Minisink Town Hall
For additional information contact: Bill Sandy
Cost:
Details: The presentation will discuss the how, what and why of modern archaeology, including using flotation to recover small things like beads, seeds and charcoal, and using radiocarbon dating to date the charcoal and the sites.  It will relate these techniques to ongoing work in the Wallkill River Valley and discuss reasons why the next great discovery into the search for the origins of the First Americans very well may come from right here in the Wallkill River Valley.  Recently the Town of Minisink enacted a Cultural Resource Management ordinance.  The presentation will discuss the results of the first two site examined under this ordinance, the Historian and Board Sites, including details on the first radiocarbon dates obtained for the town and prehistoric plant remains that were recovered. 

New York State Archaeological Association -90th Annual Meeting

April 28-30, 2006

Sponsored by: the Incoporated Orange County Chapter, NYSAA
Keynote Speaker, TBD

Annual meeting will inlcude presentations on archaeological projects from around New York State.
Location: Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonksen, NY
Application Deadline: see website for details
Contact Person for additional information: See website for details

For More Info: go here
Cost: See Website for details

Long Island Region

 

Metropolitan /NYC Region

Public Improvement Projects: Does Archaeology Delay Progress?  The Real Story"

April 23rd, 2006, 1:00-3:30pm  

Sponsored by: the Professional Archaeologists of New York City (PANYC) Location: the Museum of the City of New York , 5th Avenue at 103rd Street . Speakers: to be announced.   

Event Organizer: Diane Dallal

Cost: Free

Listing of presentations:

The Subway and the "Wall" in Battery Park

Linda Stone, Dewberry-Goodkind

 The WillisAvenueBridge, Planning for Replacement

Cece Saunders, Historical Perspective, Inc.  

Washington Square Park Restoration Project: A Win-Win Situation

Joan H. Geismar, PhD. LLC.

Navigating Archaeology on a Large-Scale Navigation Project

Lynn Rakos, Army Corps of Engineers, New York District

Beyond the North Gate: The Rum Distillery on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany, New York

Justin DiVirgilio, Hartgen & Associates

 

 

Niagara Region

Hull House Archaeology Project Volunteer Digs

April 22, May 20 and June 3, 2006, 10 am to 3:30 pm

Sponsored by: UB Archaeological Survey & Hull House Restoration Project

Location: Intersection Genesee St. & Pavement Rd, Town Lancaster, Erie Co.

Description:  Historic house tour, site excavation and on-site artifact processing at the Hull House, c. 1815 pioneer residence among the oldest stone houses in Erie County.

 Contact:  Doug Perrelli, UB Archaeological Survey - (716)645-2297x113,

                   Gary Costello, Hull House Project, (716)837-0893

Cost: FREE

 

Houghton Chapter NYSAA Speaker Series - Fall-Spring 2006/07

Buffalo Museum of Science, 7:00pm -Third Wednesdy of each month.  For more information view the chapters "Activities" Web Page at http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Houghton/activities.html 

September 20 - Archaeological Conservation at Sardis and Kaman-Kalehöyük, Turkey, by Colleen Snyder and Chris Watters, graduate students, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College

October 18 - Archaeology at the Ontario Heritage Trust, by Dena Doroszenko, Archaeologist, Heritage Programs and Operations, Ontario Heritage Trust

November 15 - Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy of Central America, by Dr. Aaron Shugar, Assistant Professor of Conservation Science, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College

December 20 - Woodland Period Stone Tool Use at the Erie Canal Harbor Site, by Dr. Don Smith, Staff Archaeologist, Panamerican Consultants, Inc.     

January 17 - The Life Cycle of Roman Pottery, by Dr. Ted Peña, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University at Buffalo  

February 21 - More than meets the eye: Understanding Variability in Iroquoian Ceramics, by Dr. Kostalena Michelaki, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University

March 21 - Out of “The Heartland”: Mississippian and Iroquois Links, by Dr. Mary Ann Niemczycki, Research Fellow Emeritus, Rochester Museum and Science Center

April 18 - Spatial Analysis of Magdalenian Sites in the Paris Basin, by Dustin Keeler, graduate student, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo

May 16  - Revisiting the Martin Site, by Dr. Lisa Anselmi, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, Buffalo State College

 

 

Susquehanna Region

Thousand Islands Region

 

 

Field Schools

New York by Region

Adirondack Region

 

Allegany Region

 

Capital/Saratoga Region

Teacher Workshop in Field Archaeology
Affiliation: New York State Museum, University at Albany, and Greater

  Capital Region Teacher Center
Location: Schoharie County, New York
Session dates:July 24-28, 2006
Application Deadline: July 15, 2006
Period of Occupation: Early and Late Woodland periods; 19th century
Project Director: Dr. Christina Rieth, New York State Museum
For More Information go to: The New York State Museum webpage at
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research/anthropology/crsp/ or
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education

 

Catskills Region

 

Central Region

SUNY College at Cortland Summer Field School in Archaeologyger Lakes

Affiliation: SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY

Location: Cortland County Area
Session dates:May 24 - June 28, 2006
Application Deadline: Contact for details

Period of Occupation: Archaic through Woodland periods

Project Director: Dr. Ellis McDowell-Loudan, SUNY Cortland

For More Information go to: The SUNY Cortland Field School Web page

 

Finger Lakes Region

Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) Archaeology Fieldschool

Affiliation: Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua N.Y

Location: Old Quaker Meetinghouse, Wayne County,New York
Session dates: June 12, 2006 - June 23, 2006
Application Deadline: Contact for details - June 12, 2006

Period of Occupation: 19th and early 20th Century Euro-American

Project Director: Dr. Ann Morton, FLCC

For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

Finger Lakes National Forest Farmstead Archaeology Project

Affiliation:SUNY College at Brockport
Location: Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector, New York
Session dates: July 05, 2006 - August 04, 2006
Application Deadline: Not applicable
Period of Occupation: 19th and early 20th Century Euro-American

Project Director: Dr. LouAnn Wurst, SUNY at Brockport

For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

Archaeological Fieldwork on a Cayuga Iroquois Site, Central New York
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Location: Carman site, Tompkins and Schuyler counties
Session dates: June 12 to July 21, 2006
Application deadline: April 30th
Period of occupation: Late 1500s AD
Project director: Dr. Kathleen M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh
For more information: http://www.pitt.edu/~pittanth/undergrad/fldsch.html

Genesee Region

Monroe Community College (MCC) Archaeology Field School
Affiliation:Monroe Commmunity College

Location: Bittner Farm, Rochester, New York
Session dates: July 10, 2006 - July 25, 2006
Application Deadline: Contact for details - July 10, 2006
Period of Occupation: Historic Euro-American 19th-20th Centuries
Project Director: Dr. Ann Morton, MCC

For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity


St. John Fisher College Archaeology Field School

Affiliation: St. John Fisher College and Mount Morris Historical Society
Location: General William A. Mills House (Mills Mansion Site),

                  Mount Morris, Livingston County
Session dates: Six Weekends: Saturdays & Sundays, July 8 - August 13, 2006
Application Deadline: until start of the course
Period of Occupation: Multi-Component: 1837 to present, and prehistoric.
Project Director: Justin A. Tubiolo, St. John Fisher College
For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

The dig at the Mills Mansion Site will continue on weekends through
September. Student/volunteers from the community (teens through adult)
may register to participate directly through the Mount Morris Historical
Society. In addition to excavation, laboratory work is underway as
recovered artifacts are processed. Individual and group tours are also
available.
Contact:Site Manager Terry Mistretta, Terry0622@frontiernet.net  or Project Director Justin A. Tubiolo

Hudson Valley Region

West Point Foundry Project

Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Location: West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, New York
Session dates: May 10 - June 23 and June 26 - July 30, 2006
Application Deadline: Contact for details - May 01, 2006

Period of Occupation: Historic, 19th Century
Project Director: Patrick Martin and and Timothy Scarlett
For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity or go to the Michigan  Technological Univ.  page at http://www.westpointfoundry.org/


Long Island Region

 

Metropolitan /NYC Region

Brooklyn College Summer Archaeological Field School
Affiliation: Brooklyn College, CUNY
Location: Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY
Session dates: June 5 – 23, 2006
Application Deadline: May 30th
Period of Occupation: Historic (1719-1989)
Project Director: Dr. H. Arthur Bankoff
For More Information go to: Brooklyn College Field School Website

Niagara Region

 

Susquehanna Region

Community Archaeology Program (CAP)
Affiliation:Public Archaeology Facility (PAF), Binghamton University
Location: New York,
Session dates: General CAP (ages 14 and older): July 17-21;

                           CAP for Kids (ages 9-13): Session 1, July 17-20

                                                                         Session 2, July 24-27
Application Deadline: July 07, 2006
Project Director: Dr. Nina Versaggi,, Laurie Miroff, and Lynda Carroll, PAF

For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity or the Community Archaeology Program site at http://www.binghamton.edu/cap/

Susquehanna Valley Field School
: Dr. Laurie Miroff & Dr. Nina Versaggi, Binghamton Univ.

For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity or the Binghamton Univ. site at http://anthro.binghamton.edu/fieldsch2006.html

Thousand Islands Region

 

Nearby Areas

Connecticut

Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School

Affiliation: Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston & Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
Location: Eastern Pequot Reservation - southeastern Connecticut
Session dates: June 28 - August 4, 2006
Application Deadline: April 07, 2006

Period(s) of occupation: Colonial (Historic), Precontact (Woodland, Archaic)

Project Director:Dr. Stephen Silliman, University of Massachusetts, Boston
For More Information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

Massachusetts -

UMass Amherst Archaeological Field School

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Amherst &Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts
Session dates: June 13-July 15 (including July 4), Tues. - Sat., 8 AM-5 PM
Application Deadline: April 15, 2006

Period(s) of occupation: Late Woodland and Contact Period

Project Director: Elizabeth S. Chilton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

For More information go to: AFOB listing for this opportunity

 

Archaeological Season

Events / Field SchoolS Past Years

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