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Glimpses of Archaic Societies
KindleBuffer Many of the sites that archaeologists discover in New York State are referred to as Archaic sites: sites occupied during the Archaic period from about 3,000-10,000 radiocarbon years ago...
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Frontenac, Island of History
KindleBuffer If history is the process of human life experienced, symbolized, and remembered, then Frontenac Island must be one of the oldest and most significant historic places in New York State....
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Reconstructing Frontenac Island’s History
KindleBuffer Because history gives meaning to places, I have looked closely at reconstructing the history of Frontenac Island. This appears to be a very long and eventful history. Recognition of a...
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Review of Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson
KindleBuffer Getting ready for a short Adirondack vacation, I packed the usual: more books than I could possibly read in 2 or 3 days. What does an archaeologist bring on vacation to read? Dusty...
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The Vampire Skeleton: A Scary Seneca Iroquois Story
KindleBuffer In western culture the passing of October into November has long been regarded as a spooky time. Insufficiently tempered with the Christian commemoration of saints, Halloween was thought...
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Archaeological Memoir: Sharing Our Histories on Social Media
KindleBuffer From left: Ed Curtin, Bill Andrefsky, and Jaime Hernandez excavating in the Finger Lakes region, 1980 Arguably, archaeology is one of the youngest sciences, and one that has expanded...
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Understanding Chert in the Mid-Hudson Valley: A Note on a Recent Workshop and...
KindleBuffer Tables of chert on display at the NYSM On November 1, 2014 a group of archaeologists and geologists participated in a workshop on chert at the New York State Museum, and then left in a...
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When It’s Not about Turkey and Football: Review of The Mourning Road to...
KindleBuffer Neempau: “Well that’s fine, Sis, but why don’t you at least tell your kids the truth? They don’t know anything about the true history of our people.” Keenah: “Tell them what, Neempau?...
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An Inside View of an Archaeological Project: The Adam Shafer Site in...
KindleBuffer Early 19th-century multi-chambered slip ware found at the Adam Shafer site In 2011, construction planning of a new agricultural and environmental resources center at the State University...
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A Hudson Valley Writer on the Ancient Custom of Christmas
KindleBuffer Viewers of the Fox Television temporary hit series Sleepy Hollow follow a story very loosely based on one of America’s first hits in the world of literary fiction, penned by the Hudson...
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