ESAF Bulletin 1978
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p'. EASTERN STATES ARCHEOLOG ICAI~ FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING . HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT NOV. 4, 5, 6, 1977 ALABAMA NEW JERSEY CONNECTICUT NEW YORK DELAWARE NORTH CAROLINA GEORGIA OHIO KENTUCKY PENNSYLVANIA MAINE (2) RHODE ISLAND MARYLAND SOUTH CAROLINA MASSACHUSETTS TENNESSEE MICHIGAN VERMONT MISSISSIPPI VIRGINIA NEW HAMPSHIRE WEST VIRGINIA '--~---,.------.-- Page Two PROCEEDINGS, 19~8 the Quebec society is now active and interested in membership and will be contacted by Howard McCord. The report of the Business Office was presented by Faye Stocum, PROCEEDINGS Business Manager, who delineated income and expenses which left a balance of $433.21. Fublicity Chairman, Jack Hranicky, discussed the types of publicity of the he has sent out including releases to over 60 society newsletters with a com"Dined circulation of some 25,000. Western state societies were EASTERN STATES invited to participate in the publication display of this meeting, but therf: was no response. The possibility of placing advertisements in 2 ARCHEOLOGICAL FEDERATION profl~ssional journals is being considered. David Thompson, Program Chairman, thanked Dena Dincauze for September 1978 her help in preparing the program. Response to a call for papers was good. resulting in the receipt of 17 more papers than could be Corresponding Secretary Editor accepted. Richard L. George Ronald L. Michael President Thomas called for a discussion concerning the location of Carnegie Museum Anthropology Anthropology mee1ings in the future. It was determined that the popUlation center of Cntr. California State College membership is probably in the vicinity of Philadelphia. The present P.O. Box 28, Meridian Station California, Pennsylvania 15419 policy is to hold meetings in different states each year with meetings in Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 a central location for 2 years and then followed by one in an outlying state. It was the feeling of the meeting that the present policy be contiinued. Members were asked to consider the possibility of a meeting in Mississippi in 1979. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING Martha Otto commented on the program content and recommended that future programs be as much research and data oriented as possible. The annual meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation A discussion followed which reinforced this concept. The advantages was held on November 4, 5, and 6, 1977, at the Hilton Hotel, and disadvantages of concurrent sessions were also discussed, and it was Hartford, Connecticut. The host society was the Archaeological Society generally felt that it was not a desirable alternative. Louis Brennan of Connecticut, Inc. urged that Saturday be set aside for general papers and Friday President Ronald A. Thomas presented an opening address on aftemoon for symposiums and that this be a directive for program Friday morning followed by a welcoming address by Frederic Warner, chairman to follow. After more discussion concerning program, a president of the host society, who then chaired a general session. The motion was made by Louis Brennan that the program chairman be first paper presented by Edmund Swigart was "Seasonality and Loca instructed to restrict Saturday morning and afternoon sessions for tion Preff~rence for Western Connecticut Indian Sites." This was general papers and the remainder of the program to be left to the followed by "Petroglyphs of the Northeast" by Edward Lenik, "The discmtion of the program chairman. The motion was seconded by Dale Squibnocket Complex in the Lower Connecticut River Valley" by Kirby and passed. Douglas Jordan, "Demographic Changes in Western New York Between An invitation was presented by Angie Stanzeski on behalf of the A.D.1550 and A.D.1650" by William Engelbrecht. Nicholas New Jersey Archaeological Society to hold the annual meeting in 1978 Shoumatoff then gave a paper on "The 1976 Delaware Expedition: at the Mt. Laurel Hilton, Cherry Hill, New Jersey on November 2, 3, Linguistic, Ethno-Botanical and Geneological Investigations among the and 4th. It was moved to accept the invitation by Gary Wilkins and Delaware and Related Algonkian Tribes of Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and seconded by Dale Kirby and passed. Ontario," followed by "The Midden is the Message" by Louis Brennan. President Thomas called on Louis Brennan to· present the results of On Friday afternoon a session called "Open Season on Sacred the meeting of the Publications Committee held prior to the Executive Cows: Conceptual Schemes in Northeastern Prehistory" was chaired by Board meeting. A change in policy was recommended as a result of the Dena Dincauze, who presented the first paper "Common Sense and financial report presented by Ned Swigart concerning the high publica Scientific Insight," followed by "Logic and Analogous Reasoning" by tion Imsts this year of $7600. It was proposed that the present Bulletin David Sanger, "Archaeological Strata vs. Cultural Process" by Jacob be published in AENA, under the chairmanship of Ronald Michael. The Gruber, "Shaking Down the New Paradigm" by Dean Snow, "Occupa Bulletin will then become a newsletter which will be sent to the entire tional Episodes at Sites of the Late Archaic Stage: Olden Thoughts and membership and will include archaeological news and advertisement for New Data" by Richard Gramley, and "The Archaeological Context and AENA. The committee also recommended that the present editors of Systematic Contex of Steatite Vessels" by David Thompson. ESAF publications be reappointed. Following a discussion it was moved by Howard McCord that the Executive Board Meeting present publication policy be modified to print the present Bulletin as a part of AENA and that the Bulletin become a newsletter to be sent The Executive Board Meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological to thl~ entire membership. The motion was seconded by Jack Hranicky Federation was called to order on Friday evening at 7:20 P.M., and passed. November 4, 1977, by President Ronald Thomas at the Hartford The operating budget for 1978 was presented by Ned Swigart Hilton Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut. subjeGt to changes in the publication policy voted on at this Executive A roll call by Roberta Wingerson, Recording Secretary, indicated Board. meeting. Dale Kirby moved that the operating budget be that a quorom was present. adopted. It was seconded by Jack Hranicky and passed. President, Ronald Thomas discussed the activities of the past year, Ronald Michael presented new guidelines for state reports and among which was the compilation of the history of ESAF by John abstracts which will be printed in the AENA publication. Reid. It has been published and will be distributed to members. The Tbere being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at Board directed and approved the budget of ESAF which included the 9:30P.M. publishing of the bibliography and the last 2 bulletins as a combined issue and the first 3 newsletters that were instituted this year. Volume General Business Meeting 5 of Archaeology of Eastern North America (AENA) has been received from the printer and will be for sale in the publications room. Following the Executive Board Meeting, the General Business Treasurer, Edmund Swigart, discussed the financial report noting Meeting was held at 9:35 P.M. on Friday evening November 4, 1977. that we have had heavy publishing costs which have severely depleted The minutes of the Executive Board meeting were read by Roberta our operating expenses. Individual memberships have fallen far below Winge:rson, Recording Secretary, and accepted. expectations, totaling only 61 for the year, perhaps because more Pr~'sident Thomas announced that Paul Cresthill and Floyd Painter publicity is needed. A balance of $2,792.77 is reported and outstand have agreed to serve on the Nominating Committee. ing bills amount to $ 3,000. Continued pUblication sales should offset a The following state society reports were presented: Alabama by possible deficit. Marjorie Gay, Connecticut by David Thompson, Delaware by William The directory of ESAF officers and member societies was printed in Aist, Kentucky by Joe Granger, Maine by Eric Lahgi, Robert Abbe June 1977 at a cost of $117.53 for 150 copies reported Richard Museum by Alice Wellman, Maryland by Paul Cresthull, Massachusetts George, Corresponding Secretary. There are presently 10,292 members by Carol Barnes, Michigan by Alice Noecker, New Jersey by Angie in the Fedf:ration which is less than last year due to the loss of three Stanze:ski, New York by Louis Brennan, North Carolina by R. Wilton member societies. Swansborough, Ohio by Marta Otto, Pennsylvania by Virginia LoPresti, Membership Chairman, Howard McCord, reported that the Robert Vermont by Dave Koier, Virginia by Dale Kirby and West Virginia by Abbey Museum and the Florida and Ontario societies have resigned Gary Wilkins. their membership in ESAF. A letter from the Ontario society was read David Thompson and Roger Mueller were commended by Ronald expressing f"mancial reasons for their withdrawal. It was reported that Thomas for their efforts in making the 1977 convention so successful. _. _._----_._--- --------_._--------. iASTERN STATES ARCHEOLOGICAL FEDERATION Page Three There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at approximately $1,500 to ESAF, a vital and most necessary cash 10:20 P.M. contribution to the Treasury. On Saturday morning a session on Cultural Resource Archaeology The bibliography cost $6,617.97. Sales have netted $1,498 to date was chaired by David A. Poirier, who presented the first paper on and ESAF contributed an additional $1,000 during 1977 toward this "Antiquity Legislation." This was followed by "Disappearing Connect total expense. The AlAI has been responsible for the payment of the icut" by Clark Strickland, "Intern Program in Cultural Resources remainder. Management: Goals and Strategies" by John Senulis and Gail Bro'Yn, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia have all been contacted on "Are We Failing Our Test Pits1: A comment on Subsurface Sampling at least three occasions and in the case of North Carolina and Procedures" by Kenneth Feder, "Data Recovery Problems at the Upper Tennessee, six times, without success.