October 2024 Quarterly Meeting Agenda

Archaeological Society of New Jersey

October 2024 Meeting

Meeting date: Saturday, October 12, 2024 10am-3pm

Venue: Proprietary House in Perth Amboy

Address: 149 Kearny Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861

Board Meeting  

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)

11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break/Light Refreshments

Public Lecture SerieS & Tour

12:00 pm: President’s Welcome and Announcements

Jonathan Dernbach, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. and the Alan E. Carman Museum of Prehistory
Fieldwork Update from the Cohansey Bluff Project

12:30 pm: Pierre Lacombe, Retired Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey.
Camden and Amboy Railroad: Stone Sleepers from the 1830s That Remain in 2020

Pierre Lacombe retired from the U.S. Geological Survey in 2017. During his 40-year career as a geologist, he investigated and published extensively on groundwater supply issues of New Jersey. Since retirement, Pierre has investigated stone sleepers used to support the rails for about 34 of America’s earliest railroads.

Mark Nonestied, County Historian and Division Head, Middlesex County Division of History and Historic Preservation
History and Historic Preservation in Middlesex County.

This lecture will highlight archaeology work, archival collections, recently acquired objects and preservation of historic structures that fall within work directed by Middlesex County Division of History and Historic Preservation.

2:00 pm: Guided tour of the Proprietary House

We look forward to seeing you there!

Our next Quarterly meetings will take place in January, March, and May 2025. If interested in presenting at a future ASNJ meeting, please contact the Program Chair at asnj.presentations@gmail.com.

Image Credit: Richard Fallon

October 2023 Quarterly Meeting Agenda

Archaeological Society of New Jersey

OCTOBER 2023 Meeting

Meeting date: Saturday, October 21, 2023 10am-4pm

Venue: Ramapo College of New Jersey - Pavilion Building, Room 1

(near Poplar Avenue and Sumach Road)

Address: Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

Parking: Nearby parking lot entrance off of Poplar Avenue

Click here to access a Campus Map (see #19)

Board Meeting  

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)

11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break

Public Lecture Series & Museum Visit

12:00 pm: ASNJ President’s Welcome and Announcements

Introduction by Dr. Michael Middleton (Provost/Vice President for Teaching, Learning, & Growth, Ramapo College of New Jersey)

Lecture 1: Edward Lenik (Consulting Archaeologist), “From Indigenous Ancestral Homeland to Ramapo College: The Mountainside Farm Site, Mahwah, New Jersey.”

Lecture 2: Nancy Gibbs (Independent Historian), “Ramapoch Patentee Blandina Kierstede Bayard, Indian Trader and her Legacies”

Lecture 3: Chief Vincent Mann (Turtle Clan of the Ramapough Lenape Nation), Topic TBD

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Break with refreshments.

Lecture 4: Dara McGuinness (Program Coordinator, Gilder Lehrman Institute), Topic: Archaeological Field School at Crow Canyon

Lecture 5: Samantha Sproviero (Ph.D. student in History, Temple University), Topic: Archaeological Field School at James Madison’s Montpelier

Lecture 6: Richard Adamczyk (Archaeologist, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.; Curator, Alan E. Carmen Museum of Prehistory), “Dancey’s Corner Site (28-Sa-240): A Case Study in Cultural Resource Management”

4:00 pm: Closing Remarks

4:15 pm: Visit to Mahwah Museum: special exhibit “Ramapough—Legacy and Heritage”

**Lecture schedule subject to further revision. Please stay tuned to our social media accounts for programming updates. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

The January 2024 Quarterly Meeting is planned for Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park.

October 2022 Quarterly Meeting Agenda

UPDATE

Thanks to all of those who have attended our Quarterly Meeting this past Saturday October 15th. We had a wonderful turn out and appreciate the efforts of those who made it all possible, especially our host, the Monmouth County Parks System!

Sevrie Corson, Member-at-Large board member serving the term from Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 has informed the Society that she has accepted a new position out-of-state as district archaeologist at the Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina and will be moving very soon! The ASNJ wishes her nothing but the best on her upcoming endeavors and we appreciate her service to the Executive Board!

Since this term has not yet expired, the Society has nominated Jim Lee for this vacancy which has been voted upon in a special election during Saturday’s meeting. This decision was voted upon by all members present and resulted with Jim Lee accepting the Member-at-Large position for the remainder of the term!

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Archaeological Society of New Jersey October 2022 Meeting

Meeting date: Saturday, October 15, 2022

Venue: Historic Walnford (Cow Barn)

Address: 62 Walnford Rd, Cream Ridge, NJ 08514

**Don't type in Walnford or Waln's Grist Mill to Google Map or it will take you to the closed side of the park and you'll have to turn around and go all the way back to the entrance.**

Click here to access a Park Brochure

The historic buildings of Walnford are open daily from 9am-4pm

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Board Meeting  

11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Board Meeting in Historic Walnford Cow Barn (All members welcome)

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm: Grist Mill Demonstration

Public Meeting & Lectures

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm: Welcome by President (50/50 Raffle tickets for sale)

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm: Announcements (50/50 Raffle tickets for sale)

1:30 pm - 1:55 pm: Lecture: (Another) Disappearing Burial Ground: Locust Hill 19th Century African American Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey
Dr. George Leader (The College of New Jersey)

Locust Hill African American Cemetery was active from 1861 until the late 1800s. The property was foreclosed in the early 20th century and eventually disappeared from maps. A new city park project renewed interest in the area surrounding the cemetery. Volunteer archaeological survey was conducted to help understand the cemetery in the late 19th century leading up to its "disappearance". The project also provides an opportunity to use archaeology to engage the public in this important aspect of local history.

2:00 pm - 2:25 pm: Lecture: Analyses of Recent Archaeological Faunas
Dr. Adam R. Heinrich (Monmouth University, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)

Archaeological sites from the more recent past (late 19th-20th centuries) often do not get the same respect or attention that the earlier sites receive. This is unfortunate because it was one of the most dynamic periods of our history with changing economics, immigration, social structures, and culture, including cuisine. A look at some select recent faunal assemblages can provide some details about what can be learned from these sites.

2:25 pm - 2:30 pm: ASNJ Project and Museum updates

2:30pm - 2:55 pm: Break/Artifact Display
Richard Adamczyk (Alan Ewing Carman Museum of Prehistory in Cumberland County, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm: Lecture: Red Bank Battlefield and Documenting the Hessian Experience
Dr. Jennifer Janofsky (Red Bank Battlefield Project, Rowan University)

This talk explores the summer 2022 archeology project at Red Bank Battlefield Park which resulted in the discovery of 15 sets of Hessian remains.

3:20 pm - 3:30 pm: Raffle Announcement & Closing Remarks

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October 2019 Quarterly Meeting Agenda

Archaeological Society of New Jersey October Meeting Program

Meeting date: Saturday October 19, 2019

Location: Washington's Headquarters Museum and Ford Mansion

Address: 30 Washington Place, Morristown NJ 07960

Link: Ford Mansion - Washington's Headquarters - Morristown National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

10:30am – 12:00am Board Meeting downstairs in the Headquarters building. All are welcome.

12:00 – 1:00 Break for Lunch (On your own) 

Lecture Series in Auditorium
 

1:00 – 1:15      Presidents Welcome 

1:15 – 1:45 “Hidden Archaeological Treasures of Morristown National Historical Park” –Presented by: Steve Santucci, West Morris Mendham High School, ASNJ Board Member, MNHP Volunteer. 

1:45 – 2:15 “The Avalon Old Bridge Prehistoric Site (28-Mi-275)”–Presented by: Lauren Lembo, MA, RPA

2:15 – 2:45 "Salvage Archaeology at the Hendrickson Farm" – Presented by: Kristen T. Hohn, MA, RPA

3:00– 4:00 Guided tour of mansion for ASNJ members only. Please RSVP Darryl Daum (ddaum3@gmail.com) if you would like to attend this tour. The tour can only accommodate 20 people so the first 20 to respond will be able to attend. 

Note: some GPS apps and devices do not have this address correctly mapped. If it looks like it's taking you to downtown Morristown or to our larger Jockey Hollow area, try using our directions listed at the bottom of this program.

Members are encouraged to park in the lower parking lot. The board meeting entrance is in the rear of building closest to the lower lot.

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Driving Directions:

Traveling Southbound on 287

·Take Exit 36

·On the exit ramp take the fork for "Morris Avenue/ Lafayette", the left exit lane.

·After you get off the exit ramp you need to immediately get over to the far left lane to turn left at the light onto Ridgedale Ave.

·Left at the next light onto Morris Avenue (Route 510 East).

·Stay going straight on Morris Ave. Go over 287.

·Continue on the left, make the left fork, and follow the signs for Washington’s Headquarters. (You’ve just gone around in a big circle because of all the one-way streets in town.)

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Traveling Northbound on 287

·Take exit 36A, Morris Ave

· At the end of the exit ramp, turn right to be on Morris Avenue (Route 510 East).

·Immediately get over to the left.

·Continue on the left, make the left fork, and follow the signs for Washington’s Headquarters.

For more information, contact Darryl Daum [ddaum3@gmail.com]