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Council for Northeast Historical Archreology PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 2014 Annual Conference and Meeting November 7 - 9 Long Branch, New Jersey THE COUNCil FOR NORTHEAST HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (CNEHA) is a non-profit dedicated to archaeological scholarship in the American Northeast in Canada and the United States. Its purpose is to encourage and advance the collection, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge from practice of archaeology on historical sites. CNEHA is concerned with the entire period, from the of in New World to the recent past. Council invites and avoca tiona I historians, material cultural specialists, historic preservationists, and students to become members. All members receive the journal Northeast Historical Archaeology and a regular newsletter. Members also enjoy a special registration rate for the annual and held in October or November and located at various locations throughout eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Officers, 2013-2014 Karen Metheny, Chair Meta Janowitz, Vice-Chair Edward Morin, Executive Vice-Chair (United Last, Executive Vice-Chair (Canada) Ellen Sara Treasurer and Membership List Susan Journal and Monograph Editor David Starbuck, Newsletter Editor Board Members 2011·2014 2012-2015 2013-2016 Allison Bain Crista Beranek Ellen Nancy Brighton Silas Hurry James Delle Christina Hodge Joseph Last Edward Morin Meta Janowitz Sara Mascia Patricia Samford Lukezic Karen Metheny Richard Veit 2014 Conference Committee Richard Veit and Edward Morin, Conference Co-Chairs Meta Janowitz, Program Chair Tabitha Hilliard, Registration Chair Jaimie Ancheta, On-Site Registration Coordinator Ilene Grossman and Christopher Matthews, Book Room Coordinators Nancy Brighton, Raffle Coordinator Christopher Barton, Michael Gall, Paul Daniel Sivilich and Garry Wheeler Stone, Tour Guides Ed and Diana Gonzalez Tennant, Mark Nonestied, Mary Mills Kat Mueller, Workshop leaders Special thanks to: President Paul Brown, Monmouth University Dean Stanton School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Monmouth University Historic Allaire Village Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission Divine Word Missionaries New Division of Parks and Forestry Rancocas Nature Center The New Jersey Historical Commission The Conference Organizing Committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of the 48th annual meeting of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology in Long Branch, New Jersey, on November 7 to 9, 2014. This support demonstrates their commitment to CNEHA's goal of stimulating and encouraging the collection, preservation, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge and information concerning the practice of historical archaeology. MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY URS CORPORATION BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY CHRYSALIS ARCHAEOLOGY DEWBERRY DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES DOVETAIL CULTURAL RESOURCE GROUP HUNTER RESEARCH, INC. JMA A CCRG COMPANY RICHARD GRUBB AND ASSOCIATES, INC. HISTORIC VILLAGE AT ALLAIRE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF PARKS AND FORESTRY Council for Northeast Historical Archreology 2014 Annual Meeting and Conference November 7 - 9 Long Branch, New Jersey THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Board Meeting, Thursday, November 6, Monmouth University, Magill Commons Boardroom, 4:00-10:00 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Workshop 1 • Shattering Notions: Glass Isn't as Hard as You Think! Join glass educator and historian, Mary Cheek Mills, as she de mystifies the topic of glass. This workshop includes a survey of tableware made and used in early America, as well as video demonstrations of how these objects were produced. Through hands-on instruction, participants will also learn what is important to observe and how to interpret what you see when examining glass objects and artifacts. Maximum number of participants: 15 Time: 4 hours, 1:00-5:00 Location: Ocean Place Resort Workshop 2 • Blacksmithing for Archaeologists Join Kat Muller, head of the Blacksmith Guild at Allaire Village, for a hands-on introduction to blacksmithing. This workshop is held at Allaire State Park . By car, Allaire State Park is approximately 30 minutes away from the Ocean Place Hotel. The blacksmith shop was built in 1836 to replace a smaller shop that could not keep up with the demands placed upon it for maintaining the Howell Works. The new shop consisted of four forges and perhaps as many as 20 workers, making it one of the largest shops of its day. Like the mechanic shops of today, the blacksmith shop produced and maintained all of the equipment for the village from machinery in the 10 industrial buildings to household items for about 300 workers. The blacksmith workshops will be two hours demonstration and hands-on workshop. The first half of the workshop will focus on the history and safety procedures. The second half of the time will be hands on experience producing a small project such as a "j hook" or an liS hook." The time slots are 12:00-2:00 and 2:00-4:00. Six spaces are available for each time slot. Participants must be 18 years or older. Please wear closed toed shoes and long pants that you don't mind getting dirty or possibly burnt. Please wear only natural materials and avoid synthetic blends because synthetics melt and can burn you badly. Time: 2 hours, 12:00-2:00 or 2:00-4:00 Location: Allaire State Park, transportation and lunch on your own Tour 1 • Monmouth Battlefield, Garry Wheeler Stone and Dan Sivilich This is a major field trip with tour exhibits, an auditorium program, meet and greet with re-enactors, firearms demonstration, and a metal detecting/battlefield archaeology demonstration. A box lunch will be provided. 9:00-4:00 (Depart at 9:00, return at 4:00) R. Veit driver. 1 Tour 2 • Archaeological Treasures: Point Breeze and Timbuctoo, Michael Gall and Chris Barton Visit to and walking tour of Point Breeze, the former Joseph Bonaparte Estate in Bordentown, followed by a box lunch and then a tour of Timbucktoo, an antebellum African American community in Westhampton, New Jersey. Lunch at the Rancocas Nature Center, provided courtesy of Divine Word Missionaries. 9:00-4:00 (Depart at 9:00, return at 4:00) M . Gall driver. Tour 3 • Raritan Landing and Virtual Reconstructions, Mark Nonestied and Ed Gonzalez Tennant Combo Tour/Workshop, Raritan Landing and Digital Reconstruction (11 participants) Tour of Raritan Landing and the new Raritan Landing exhibit at East Jersey aide Town with Mark Nonestied. Diana Gonzalez Tennant and Ed Gonzalez Tennant will also provide an introduction to digital reconstruction in archaeology with examples from Raritan Landing and Rosewood in Florida. 9:00-4:00 (Depart at 9:00, return at 4:00) Ed Gonzalez Tennant driver. Tour 4 • Self-Guided Tour of Allaire State Park The Historic Village at Allaire is a 501(c3) non-profit dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the Howell Iron Works and the life of its owner, James P. Allaire. The Howell Iron Works Company was a major industrial center producing pig iron and hollowware products. Today, the village is a living history museum showcasing historic crafts such as blacksmithing and carpentry, as well as speaking to the lives and experiences of people during the early 1800s. The Historic Village at Allaire is listed on the New Jersey and i'Jational Registers of Historic Places. The Historic Village at Allaire is a volunteer-driven organization, and all but a few members are volunteers, who in 2013 dedicated over 19,000 hours. On November 7, 8, and 9, the visitor center, blacksmith shop, bakery, manager's house, general store, carpentry shop, and Mr. Allaire's house will be open for interpretation from 12:00-4:00. Volunteers allowing, the foreman's cottage, gardener's cottage, carriage house, and enameling building will be open. RECEPTION, FRIDAY NIGHT 6:00-10:00, RECHNITZ HALL, MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY Introductions by Provost Laura Moriarty, Monmouth University, Carol Cronheim, Asst. Secretary of State, and Sara Cureton, Director New Jersey Historical Commission. Transportation on your own. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, MORNING SESSION 1 • A RICH AND DIVERSE RECORD: DISCOVERING, COLLABORATING, AND EDUCATING THROUGH AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE NORTHEAST (all-day session) Organizers Michael 1. Gall and Richard F. Veit WILSON ROOM This session explores the diverse and rich cultural heritage of enslaved and free African Americans in the lower Northeast Region. Papers in this session provide the results of dynamic approaches to studying the African American experience through archaeology undertaken on sites in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. The multifaceted approaches utilized include subsurface excavations, geophysical and geochemical data, public collaboration, material culture analysis, landscape and documentary archaeology, and cemetery studies. The archaeological data highlights aspects of local memory, identity and community formation, disenfranchisement, cultural adaptation, economic success, and religion among African American community members. Collectively, the papers in this session enrich current understanding of African American life in the region from the early 18th to the early 20th century. 8:30-8:35 • Introduction 2 8:35-9:00 • Enslaved and Free: New Jersey, Archaeology, and Black Bondage Jessie C. Cohen and Gregory D. Lattanzi 9:00-9:25 • "Farmer's Delight": An 18th-Century Plantation in Southern Delaware, Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery at the Cedar Creek Road Site 7S-C-I00, Sussex County, Delaware