Archaeology and History Events Around the Capital Region and Beyond, Sept. 16-18
Archaeology and history buffs in and around Eastern New York will have some tough choices to make this weekend. Here’s a run down of events. Hat tip to New York History Blog for several of these. Our own Ed Curtin will be giving a talk entitled “The Missing 2000 Years: The Continuing Mystery of the […]
“He was Bought at Public Sale” Slave Life Explored at Johnson Hall Saturday 8/20
Kindle From Darlene Rogers, Johnson Hall State Historic Site: (Johnstown, NY August 13, 2011)…….The lives of African slaves from Johnson Hall and other 18th century properties in the Mohawk Valley will be explored in a special program at Johnson Hall on Saturday, August 20 at 1:30pm. “He was Bought at Public Sale” will begin […]
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 […]
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- Understanding Chert in the Mid-Hudson Valley: A Note on a Recent Workshop and Field Trip
- Archaeological Memoir: Sharing Our Histories on Social Media
- The Vampire Skeleton: A Scary Seneca Iroquois Story
- Review of Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson
- Reconstructing Frontenac Island’s History
- Frontenac, Island of History
- Glimpses of Archaic Societies
