Spring 2014 Meeting of the New York Archaeological Council (NYAC)
Buffer The New York Archaeological Council met in Oneonta, New York on Friday, April 11, 2014. The business meeting was followed by a presentation on the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) by NYAC’s guest, Patrick Garrow, President of RPA. This report summarizes some of the highlights of the meeting: Report on the Robert E. Funk […]
Christmas is Coming…It’s A Season of Joy, and a Time of Giving
Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat, Would you please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, A ha’ penny will do, If you haven’t got a ha’ penny, God bless you. Holiday giving and end-of-the-year generosity are old traditions that help to cheer us through the […]
Funk Foundation Presence at the Spring Archaeology Meetings in New York
The Robert E. Funk Memorial Archaeology Foundation made presentations to the New York Archaeological Council (NYAC) and the New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA) at their joint meeting in Johnstown, New York, April 15-17, 2011. Edward V. Curtin, Jonathan Lothrop, and Wayne Lenig, all members of the Funk Foundation’s Governing Council, attended the meetings (Wayne […]
The New York State Spring 2011 Archaeology Meetings
Over the weekend of April 15-17, Kerry Nelson and I attended the joint meeting of the New York Archaeological Council (NYAC) and the New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA), along with about 150 friends and colleagues. For NYAC, it was the spring meeting, and there was a program on educational outreach to the public. For […]
Robert E. Funk Memorial Archaeology Foundation
BufferRobert E. Funk was the New York State Archaeologist from 1971-1993. He made significant contributions to the archaeology of several regions, but most substantially to the understanding of the prehistoric and early contact periods in the Hudson, Mohawk, and Susquehanna valleys. In the 1960s, Bob also initiated Cultural Resource Management archaeology at the State Museum […]