The Spring 2017 meeting of the New York Archaeological Council (NYAC) will be held at the Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center in Lake George on Friday afternoon, April 21.
The Funk Foundation’s New Grant Cycle
Field Techs Needed
Field Techs Needed
The Vampire Skeleton: A Scary Seneca Iroquois Story
Myth, Memory, History, Encounter: Fall Commemorations
October 9 is Leif Erikson Day. It has been since 1964 when congress approved it and President Johnson proclaimed it (it is a federal “observance”, not a federal holiday). Leif Erikson Day usually passes relatively unnoticed where I live in New York State, although I imagine things are a bit different in Minnesota and other places around the upper Midwest.
Announcing a Great New Publication in Archaeology
Numbers 83-84 of the journal Northeast Anthropology is a single, integrated, guest-edited volume titled Archaeological Landscapes: Scale, Technology and Emerging Approaches. It is guest-edited by Nina M. Versaggi, Laurie E. Miroff, and Edward V. Curtin.
One Head, Many Hats: The Diverse Expertise of Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Archaeologists
Recently, my friend Nina Versaggi provided a contribution to The Conversation that succinctly and beautifully offers her perspective of a career in archaeology. While Nina conveys the excitement of archaeological discovery and the importance of reconstructing the past, she also talks about the varied responsibilities and skill-sets that many American archaeologists have as cultural resource managers.
Dena F. Dincauze: A Towering Figure in Northeastern U. S. Archaeology
January in June? 1816, the Year without a Summer
Since I’m seeing news-reference again to the infamous Year without a Summer, I resurrect this piece from a couple years back. 200 years ago this month, a Ballston Spa, New York newspaper story stated that June 6, 1816 dawned cold and snowy. In the “Year without a Summer” it was reported in Ballston Spa that 5 inches of snow fell in June, and 12 inches during June through August.