Archaeological Society of New Jersey
March 2023 Meeting
Meeting date: Saturday, March 18, 2023
Venue: The College of New Jersey, Physics Building – Room P101
Address: 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
Parking: Lots 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 17, and 18 will be open to visitors
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Board Meeting
11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm: Break
Public Lecture Series & Site Tour
1:00 pm: President’s Welcome & Announcements
1:15 pm: Lecture by Michele Troutman (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc./Binghamton University SUNY), Defining the Place of Bifurcates within the Northeast
Bifurcated-base projectile points have been used as a diagnostic marker along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Within this talk, a broad overview will be presented on bifurcate-based points, their chronology, and geographical spread. The contextual focus is the Northeast region.
1:40 pm: Lecture by Sean McHugh (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc./Monmouth University), The Woolley Family and the Popular Swamp Tract: A Tale of Two Sites
2:00 pm: Break
2:30 pm: Lecture by Dr. George Leader (The College of New Jersey),
Hidden in the Floor: Ritual Concealment at the William Green Plantation
Investigations at the William Green Plantation in New Jersey uncovered at least seven occurrences of intentionally concealed material under the attic floorboards. The concealed items fall in the mid-late 19th century time range. The artifacts are likely representative of the long tradition of ritual concealment in historical homesteads usually associated with folk magic arriving with immigrants from England, but may also represent the actions of a young Black servant at the house.
2:55 pm: Closing Remarks
3:15 pm: Site Tour at the William Green House
