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June 2008 NUMBER 70 CONTENTS Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting CNEHA Annual Meeting, Oct. 24-26, 2008 1 UPDATE--Northeast Historical Archaeology 3 NEWSLETTER EDITOR'S REPORT 3 MINUTES OF THE 2007 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING 4 LATE BREAKING NEWS: ED LENIK FETED IN TRENTON 6 NEW EXHIBITION: FRANCE, NEW FRANCE 7 CURRENT RESEARCH New Hampshire 9 Massachusetts 9 Rhode Island 9 New York 10 Maryland 11 Virginia 15 NEW PUBLICATION 24 2008 CNEHA MEMBERS 25 2008 DRA ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL 27 CNEHA Has a Permanent Address for Its Website: October 24-26, 2008 http://www.smcm.edu/cneha St. Mary’s City, Maryland COUNCIL FOR NORTHEAST Plans for the 2008 Council for Northeast Histori c a l HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology Conference are being finalized and a first Call for Papers has been sent to members. A pre-conference reg- Chairman: Karen Metheny istration fee of $50 for CNEHA members and $25 for Newsletter Editor: David Starbuck CNEHA student members has been set. Students are encour- P.O. Box 492 aged to apply for the student paper competition. A plenary Chestertown, New York 12817-0492 session focused on the subject of the Archaeology of the Tel. & Fax: (518) 494-5583 Atlantic World has been scheduled for Saturday morning fea- Email: [email protected] turing Henry Miller, Julia King, and Mary Beaudry as prin- cipal speakers. The opening reception Friday night will be Northeast Historical Archaeology seeks manuscripts dealing held at the new St. John’s Archaeological exhibit, a 5,500- with historical archaeology in the Northeast region, including square-foot museum of history and archaeology built around field reports, artifact studies, and analytical presentations (e.g., the remains of a 1638 house. Tours of Historic St. Mary’s physical anthropology, palynology, faunal analysis, etc.). We City and a range of workshops will be featured at St. Mary’s also welcome commentary and opinion pieces. To submit a City and at the Maryland A rch a e o l ogica l Conservat i o n manuscript or request preparation of manuscript guidelines, L a b o r at o ry in St. Leonard on Fri d ay. Once again the write to Elizabeth S. Peña, Northeast Historical Archaeology, Saturday evening banquet will be a Southern Maryland c/o Anthropology Department, Classroom Bldg B107, Buffalo church dinner featuring stuffed ham and crab cakes. The con- State College, Buffalo, NY 14222. [email protected] ference hotel will be the Hampton Inn, approximately ten 1 OFFICERS OF CNEHA EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIR AT LARGE BOARD MEMBERS Karen Metheny 367 Burroughs Rd. Nancy J. Brighton Boxborough, MA 01719 24 Maplewood Drive Home: (978) 263-1753 Parsippany, NJ 07054 E-mail: [email protected] Work: (917) 790-8703 Fax: (212) 264-6040 VICE-CHAIR E-mail: [email protected] Meta Janowitz 3 Moore Rd. Pauline Desjardins Montville, NJ 07045 7442 Avenue Wiseman Work: (609) 386-5444 Montreal, Quebec E-mail: [email protected] Canada H3N 2N6 EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIR (USA) Work: (514) 521-0505 Edward Morin E-mail: [email protected] URS Corporation 437 High Street Katherine Dinnel Burlington, NJ 08016 5985 Broomes Island Rd. Work: (609) 386-5444 Port Republic, MD 20676 Fax: (609) 386-6994 Work: (410) 586-8538 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (410) 586-8503 E-mail: [email protected] EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIR (Canada) Joseph Last David B. Landon P.O. Box 1961 Anthropology Department Cornwall, Ontario University of Massachusetts Boston Canada K6H 6N7 100 Morrissey Boulevard Work: (613) 938-5902 Boston, MA 02125 E-mail: [email protected] Work: (617) 287-6835 Fax: (617) 287-6857 TREASURER and MEMBERSHIP LIST E-mail: [email protected] Sara Mascia 16 Colby Lane Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 Ann-Eliza Lewis Cell: (914) 774-4716 Archaeological Collections Manager Fax: (914) 762-4058 Massachusetts Historical Commission E-mail: [email protected] 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 SECRETARY Work: (617) 727-8470 Ellen Blaubergs E-mail: [email protected] 2 Petherwin Place, RR #1 Hawkestone, Ontario Elizabeth S. Peña Canada L0L 1T0 Director and Professor Home/Work: (705) 326-2071 Art Conservation Department E-mail:: [email protected] Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Work: (716) 878-5025 David R. Starbuck E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 492 Chestertown, NY 12817 Gerry Scharfenberger Home: (518) 494-5583 Richard Grubb and Associates Cell: (518) 791-0640 30 N. Main Street E-mail: [email protected] Cranbury, NJ 08512 [email protected] Work: (609) 655-0692, ext. 321 JOURNAL and MONOGRAPH EDITOR E-mail: [email protected] Elizabeth S. Peña Matt Tomaso Northeast Historical Archaeology 515 Pompton Ave., 2nd Fl. c/o Anthropology Department, Classroom Bldg B107 Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 Buffalo State College Home: (973) 857-7023 Buffalo, NY 14222 E-mail: [email protected] Work: (716) 878-5025 E-mail: [email protected] Richard Veit Dept. of History and Anthropology Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 Work: (732) 263-5699 E-mail: [email protected] 2 miles from St. Mary’s City. A conference room rate of $104 DELAWARE: Lu Ann De Cunzo, Dept. of Anthropology, plus tax has been negotiated. All conference sessions will be U n ive rsity of Delawa re, N ewa rk , DEL 19716. held on the campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. [email protected] Join us in lovely Southern Maryland for what promises to be an informative and enjoyable experience. M A I N E : Leon Cra n m e r, Maine Historic Pre s e rva t i o n Kate Dinnel and Silas Hurry, Commission, State House Station 65, Augusta, ME 04333. Conference Co-Chairpersons [email protected] MARYLAND: Silas D. Hurry, Research and Collections, Historic St. Mary’s City, P.O. Box 39, St. Mary's City, MD UPDATE--Northeast Historical Archaeology 20686. [email protected] Reported by: Elizabeth S. Peña, Editor MASSACHUSETTS: Linda M. Ziegenbein, Anthropology The move of the editorial office to Buffalo State College is Department, University of Massachusetts, 215 Machmer n ow complete – ch e ck out our web site at Hall, Amherst, MA 01003. [email protected] buffalostate.edu/neha. Now we need some manuscripts to publish! We need your help to maintain the journal’s publi- NEW HAMPSHIRE: Dennis E. Howe, 22 Union St., cation schedule. We do realize that it’s the field season now - Concord, NH 03301. [email protected] - but we urge you to write up your latest project, perhaps as a “field note” rather than a full article; encourage your col- NEW JERSEY: Lynn Rakos, US Army Corps of Engineers, leagues and students to submit article manuscripts; and, keep CENAN-PL-EA, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. NEHA in mind for future projects. If you have any questions, [email protected] just contact us at the editorial office, [email protected]. NEW YORK CITY: Nancy J. Brighton, US Army Corps of Elizabeth Peña, Editor Engineers, CENAN-PL-EA, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, Sue Maguire, Associate Editor NY 10278. [email protected] Kacey Page, Editorial Assistant NEW YORK STATE: Lois Feister, New York State Bureau of Historic Sites, Peebles Island, Waterford, NY 12188. Newsletter Editor's Report [email protected] Reported by: David Starbuck, Newsletter Editor PENNSYLVANIA: Wade Catts, John Milner Associates, 535 Please send news for the next issue of the CNEHA N o r th Church Stre e t , West Chester, PA 19380. Newsletter by September 15 to the appropriate provincial or [email protected] state editor. RHODE ISLAND: Kristen Heitert and Ray Pasquariello, Provincial Editors: The Public Archaeology Laboratory Inc., 210 Lonsdale Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02860. [email protected] ATLANTIC CANA DA : Rob Fe rg u s o n , Pa r ks Canada, Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1S9. rob.fer- V E R M O N T: Elise Manning-Sterl i n g, 102 River Rd. , [email protected] Putney, VT 05346. [email protected] ONTARIO: Suzanne Plousos, Parks Canada, 111 Water St. VIRGINIA: David A. Brown, 2393 Jacqueline Drive, Apt. E, Cornwall, ON K6H 6S3. [email protected] 504c, Hayes, VA 23072. [email protected] QUEBEC: Robert Gauvin, Conseiller principal / Services WEST VIRGINIA: William D. Updike, Staff Archaeologist, archéologiques, Parcs Canada, 3, passage du Chien d’Or, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., 3556 Teays Valley Rd., C.P. 6060, Haute-Ville, Quebec, G1R 4V7. Robert.gau- Suite #3, Hurricane, WVA 25526. [email protected] [email protected] State Editors: CONNECTICUT: Cece Saunders, Historical Perspectives, P.O. Box 3037, Westport, CT 06880-9998. [email protected] 3 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING PUBLICATION REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL FOR NORTHEAST 3. Newsletter Report: David Starbuck HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Karen Metheny announced that David had produced 55 Sunday, October 28, 2007 newsletters since becoming editor. There were 12 editors in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Buffalo, New York total before he came on. The October Newsletter will be out in a few weeks; it is a bit longer these days: 53 pages of raw Meeting was called to order by Karen Metheny at 7:44 a.m. copy. The cost per issue has risen. Only one change to report: the March issue will be out a bit earlier; editors Approval of the Minutes of the 2006 Annual Business should get their copy in a little bit earlier. David asked for Meeting, Oct. 22, 2006, Tarrytown, New York. and received a round of applause for all state and province Moved by: Ed Morin editors. Seconded by: Jim Shropshire Carried 4.