Conference on New England Archaeology
Castleton University 86 Seminary St, Castleton, VT, United StatesThe next Conference on New England Archaeology will be held on Saturday May 4th, 2019 in Castleton, VT. This year’s meeting is co-sponsored by Castleton University and the Vermont Archaeological Society. This year’s theme is ceramics, “Ceramics: Connecting Pieces & People Across Time & Status,” and will cover both the pre- and post-contact periods. The […]
Lithic Sourcing of Late Paleoindian Sites in Southeastern Quebec and links to Vermont
Join us for this remote Zoom presentation by Dr. Adrian Burke, Université de Montréal Part of Vermont Archaeology Month 2020. Sponsored by the Vermont Archaeological Society. This webinar is free but registration is required to receive the Zoom link: https://form.jotform.com/202524378630150
Update on the Shays’ Settlement Project, Sandgate, VT
Join us for this remote Zoom presentation by Steve Butz, SUNY/Shay's Settlement Project The Shays' Settlement Project is the first formal archaeological study of the ruins of a fortified 18th century settlement located in the mountains of Southern Vermont. The settlement was founded by Captain Daniel Shays and his fellow refugees who fled Massachusetts following […]
An Introduction to our Field Project in Armenia and our Experiments in Digital Archaeology
Join us for this remote Zoom presentation by Dr. Peter Cobb, Hong Kong University, http://openarchaeology.org/ Part of Vermont Archaeology Month 2020. Sponsored by the Vermont Archaeological Society. This webinar is free but registration is required to receive the Zoom link: https://form.jotform.com/202523740960148
An Engaged Public: Mapping Historic Resources and Landscapes in Westminster, Vermont
Join us online Thursday evening as Dr. Christopher Bergman presents an inspiring public archaeology effort to document the historic landscape of Westminster, Vermont. Find out how the project has been carried out -- and what they were able to uncover (hint: it's a lot more than what would likely be found in the normal course […]
Recent Findings, Revisiting the Ewings Site Collection, Shelburne Vermont
John Crock, UVM will present recent findings related to Native American subsistence patterns and human-dog relationships in this online guest lecture. Register to receive the Zoom invitation.
Vermont’s Revolutionary Past Meets Digital Future: Virtual Place-based Education with Archaeology
Angela Labrador, VAS President (via Zoom) When the Vermont Archaeological Society was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture grant for the summer of 2020, we were prepared to host 72 K-12 teachers on the shores of Lake Champlain where they would learn firsthand the magic of using archaeology […]
A Relational Approach to Broadspear Lithic Typologies in Eastern North America
Presented by Amy Fox, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Virtual via Zoom Northeastern North American regional stone tool typologies define three related types of broadpoint: the Atlantic point in the Maritimes and New England, the Snook Kill point in New York and Ontario regions, and the Lehigh/Koens Crispin point in the Susquehanna and Delaware River […]
Ghost Hike
Little River State Park 3444 Little River Rd, Waterbury, VT, United StatesJoin VAS for a 2 hour ‘crepuscular’ tour to discover and explore the abandoned 19th Century settlement ruins at Little River State Park in Waterbury. Learn more and purchase your tickets here: https://vtarchaeology.org/events/ghost-hike-2022/
Locating New England’s Woodland villages: Landscape-Scale Geophysics in the Upper Connecticut River Valley
Join us for this virtual Zoom presentation by Jonathan Alperstein, graduate student at Dartmouth College There is a general absence of Woodland village sites (~900-1600 CE) in New England’s archaeological record. The lack of these data is due to methodological limitations of current archaeological practices in an understudied region. As a result, the village sites […]
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