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CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS | ASNJ Conference 2025 | January 17th-19th, 2025

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Second ANNUAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE

JanuARY 17th-19TH, 2025
Lambertville Station Restaurant and Inn, Lambertville, NEW JERSEY

CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

The Archaeological Society of New Jersey is putting out a call for papers and posters for its second annual conference to be held in Lambertville, January 17th-19th, 2024.

Topics may cover a wide range of archaeological and historical topics in the mid-Atlantic region. Papers from wider regions will be considered on the topic’s relevance to regional archaeology and history. Papers may cover all time periods from prehistoric to recent history and heritage topics. Students are especially encouraged to present.

Paper presentations will be 15 minutes long. Posters should be no more than 36x48”.

To be considered, submit a title, authors with affiliations, and abstract (no more than 200 words), at this link.

Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance and suitability to mid-Atlantic archaeology by the ASNJ Conference Committee. Submission deadline is November 30, 2024. Once paper presentation slots are full, authors may be asked to instead present a poster.

Please navigate to the main conference page for more information about the event and we hope to see you there!

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RECAP || First Annual ASNJ Conference 2024

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FIRST ANNUAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 16-18TH, 2024
THE HOLIDAY INN, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY



The ASNJ Conference Committee and Executive Board would like to thank all the attendees, presenters, and sponsors who joined us for our first annual conference in Princeton on February 16-18, 2024! The conference successfully brought together researchers and students from across the East Coast who were willing to share their research on New Jersey and its surrounding area. We had a great time listening to interesting research and meeting everyone in between paper sessions and at our poster session, reception, and networking event in the evenings. The conference weekend finished with an excursion to the Princeton Battlefield State Park on Sunday, where Resource Interpretive Specialist William Krakower provided a fantastic tour of the Clarke House and battlefield.

Conference presentations encompassed a wide variety of topics, from pre-Contact site and artifact analyses to experimental archaeology to historic and archaeological research on tenant farms, historic cemeteries, free and enslaved African American communities, and unique artifacts. Student research was a highlight of the conference, and included impressive presentations by students from Rutgers University, TCNJ, CUNY, and Montclair University. Julia Fuchs from Rutgers University won our student poster competition with her research on the Egyptian mummy housed at the Rutgers University Geological Museum. 

Special thanks are due to our conference sponsors: the New Jersey Historic Trust, Passaic County, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., AECOM, EDR, and Michael J. Gall.

Please join us for the March 2024 Quarterly Meeting, which is planned for Saturday, March 16th, 2024, at the Passaic County Arts Center (John W. Rea House) in Hawthorne, NJ. Elections for the Executive Board will also be held. Click here for more details!

One presenter from the Saturday morning session of the Conference, “Early Inhabitants: Native American Sites in New Jersey” has recorded their presentation and has allowed us to share!

A Peculiar Pre-Contact Encampment: The New Brunswick Avenue Pre-Contact Site (28-Mi-293)

Michele Troutman (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. and Binghamton University) and Sean McHugh (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. and Monmouth University)

The four presenters from the Saturday afternoon session of the Conference, “A Varied and Diverse Landscape: Encampments, Tenant Laborers, Weavers, Farmers, and Enslaved Individuals in West Windsor” have recorded their presentations and have allowed us to share them! Please follow our YouTube channel because they will be posted every Friday for the next four weeks! Enjoy the presentations!

The Stuart L. Reed Farmstead Site: Archaeology of a Doctor’s Plantation in West Windsor, NJ

Richard P. Adamczyk, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.

 

Laboring for the Clarkes: Archaeology of a Late Eighteenth- to Early Nineteenth-Century Potential Enslaved Laborer Dwelling

Matthew Craig, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.

 

Cottagers and their Homes: Archaeology of Tenant Farm Laborers at the Area Y Site

Michael Gall, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.

Weaving through History: Archaeology of the Area AC-Site

Allison A. Gall, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.

Take a look at the photos from the conference taken by various Executive Board members throughout the weekend!

These are the photos from the excursion to Princeton Battlefield on Sunday afternoon!

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REMINDER: First Annual ASNJ Conference 2024 | February 16-18th, 2024

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FIRST ANNUAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 16-18TH, 2024
THE HOLIDAY INN, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

ASNJ's first annual conference is upon us! Join us February 16-18 in Princeton for what promises to be an excellent weekend talking about local archaeology.

Registration is still open! Check out our conference page for more information and we are looking forward to seeing you there!

Image Credit: Jenn Hastings

Take a look at the full ASNJ Conference program here!

43rd Annual Roebling Chapter Symposium on Industrial Archeology | Saturday, October 28, 2023

Join the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology for their 43rd Annual Symposium on Industrial Archeology in the New York and New Jersey Region. Please see the draft agenda PDF for more details about the event!

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CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS | ASNJ Conference 2024 | February 16-18th, 2024

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FIRST ANNUAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 16-18TH, 2024
THE HOLIDAY INN, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

The Archaeological Society of New Jersey is putting out a call for papers and posters for its first annual conference to be held in Princeton February 16-18th, 2024.

Topics may cover a wide range of archaeological and historical topics in the mid-Atlantic region. Papers from wider regions will be considered on the topic’s relevance to regional archaeology and history. Papers may cover all time periods from prehistoric to recent history and heritage topics. Students are especially encouraged to present.

Paper presentations will be 15 minutes long. Posters should be no more than 36x48”.

To be considered, submit a title, authors with affiliations, and abstract (no more than 250 words), at this link.

Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance and suitability to mid-Atlantic archaeology by the ASNJ Conference Committee. Submission deadline is November 30, 2023. Once paper presentation slots are full, authors may be asked to instead present a poster.

Please navigate to the main conference page for more information about the event and we hope to see you there!

2023 Annual Meeting of the Hopewell Valley Historical Society | September 24, 2023

The Hopewell Valley Historical Society is hosting their 2023 Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 24, 2023.

In-person meeting: Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township
Online: Internet Webinar via Zoom - Register Here

2 pm - HVHS Annual Membership Meeting with Election of Officers and Trustees

The public is welcome to attend. Members will vote on HVHS business.
Presentation of the Hopewell Valley History Awards.

3 pm - Historic Preservation Program - “The Archaeology of Two Hopewell Farms”

Michael Gall

Michael J. Gall, Principal Senior Archaeologist at Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., will be presenting on the Moore Family Farmstead in Hopewell.

Richard Hunter

Dr. Richard Hunter, President of Hunter Research, Inc., will be presenting on the Phillips Family of Pleasant Valley, especially as it relates to Howell Living History Farm.

For more information about the meeting, please go to the Hopewell Valley Historical Society website and view the Event Page on Facebook.

IOCCNYSAA Call for Occasional Papers 2022

Dear ASNJ community, our friends from the Incorporated Orange County Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association (IOCCNYSAA) have a message for those of you who have worked in Orange County, New York!

Hello from the Incorporated Orange County Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association (IOCCNYSAA)!

The IOCCNYSAA has issued a call for Occasional Papers. This will be our fifth volume and would likely include an eclectic mix of papers, as in past issues. Topics would include any and all phases of archaeology, prehistoric and historic, in and around Orange County, New York.

Please see the guidelines attached. We would be thankful if you also shared this with colleagues, students, and any other interested parties. The deadline is November 1, 2022 to ioccnysaa@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Veronica Ditko
Occasional Papers Committee Chair (and ASNJ member)