I ____--'- 1_ EASTERN STATES ARCHEOLOGICAL FEDERATION 11 II r I I I ! ALABAMA NEW JERSEY I CONNECTICUT NEW YORK I DELAWARE NORTH CAROLINA I FLORIDA ONTARIO, CANADA I GEORGIA PENNSYLVANIA I I MAINE QUEBEC,CANADA MARYLAND RHODE ISLAND I'.., MASSACHUSETTS VIRGINIA II, MICHIGAN Ii WEST VIRGINIA I NEW HAMPSHIRE BULLETIN NC). 21 • MARCH 1962 \---­ EASTERN S'l'Al'ES ARCHEOLOGICAL FEDERATION Page Three I The Business Meeting was opened by Joffre L. Coe, President, at 9 :25 A.M. Sunday, October 29, in the Main Lounge, The Motor BULLETIN House. I The minutes of the Toronto meeting, October 29 and 30, 1960, OF THE were accepted as printed in the Federation Bulletin No. 20. For the Executive Board, Dorothy Cross, Recording Secretary, reported that it was recommended that the 1962 membership dues of EASTERN STATES the Federation be the same as last year, $10.00 for societies of 10'0 or less members, and $7.50 for each adtlitional 100 members or fraction ARCHEOLOGICAL FEDERATION thereof, plus $1.00 for each chapter which belongs to that organiza­ tion; that the Tennessee Archaeological Society and the South No. 21 MARCH, 1962 Carolina Archeological Society be admitted to the Federation con­ tingent upon receiving applications; that the 1962 Annual Meeting of MRS. KA'l'HRYN B. GRt;YWACZ, J. ALDEN MASON, the Federation be held at the University of Georgia, Athens, on Corresponding S ecretcwy Editorial Chairman November 10 and 11, with the Society for Preservation of Early New Jersey State Museum, 725 Conestoga Road, Georgia History as host; and that the 1963 Annual Meeting be held Trenton 25, N ew Jersey Berwyn, Pa. at the University Museum, Philadelphia, on November 9 and 10, with the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology as host. Dr. Coe explained that the reason for the extra dues for chapters was necessitated by the fact that each one receives the correspondence, notices, Speakers MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING Lists, etc. that the state organization does. Kathryn B. Greywacz, Corresponding Secretary, reported that The 1961 Annual Meeting of the Eastern States Archeological she took care of general Federation inquiries and correspondence, Federation was held Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29, at directed the mimeographing or printing and mailing of Federation Williamsburg, Virginia. announcements and correspondence to Secretaries, Presidents, Chapters and Executive Board, and handled: the correspondence for Annuai Registration for members and guests !began at 8 :45 A.M., Satur­ Meeting arrangements, and follow-up correspondence. Arrangements day, near the Main Lounge of The Motor House. were made for the printing and distribution of Federation Bttlletin Joffre L. Coe, President, presided at the Opening Session, which No. 20. Copy for ·preliminary announcements for the Annual Meeting convened at 9 :45 A .. M. in the Main Lounge. Dr. ICae introduced G. was prepared for printing and sent in bulk to Secretaries and Execu­ Alexander Robertson, President of the Archeological Society of tive Board members for distribution. Sales of Bulletins and the Virginia, who gave the opening address. Mr. Robertson briefly Bibliography were handled, and all receipts were turned over to the described the historic archeological sites in the area including J ames­ Treasurer. The Directory was revised twice, and changes were town, Yorktown, and Williamsburg, calling the last-mentioned the reported at intervals to the Executive Board and. Secretaries of finest example of the living past. member societies. A revised Directory will be issued after the first of the year. The membership of the Federation totals 4,737 in Dr. Coe then introduced A. E. Kendrew, Senior Vice-President, accordance with figures submitted in the spring. Colonial Williamsburg, who welcomed the delegates, members, and guests to WilliamSiburg and its historic area. He described the Don W. Dragoo, Treasurer, reported a !balance on hand of $83.82 wonderful Williamsburg program and called attention to the role of as of October ~3, 1961. Receipts during the year included $504.00 archeology in the historic reconstruction. He mentioned that a dues from affilIated societies, $13.50 from sale of BiiJliographies Conference Center, now on the drafting board, would be ready in a $11.25 from sale of Bulletins, $201.95 as registration balance from th~ couple of years and one of its rooms would seat 500 persons. 1960 Annual Meeting, $18.51 from donations at the 1960 meeting $35.00 from donations during 1960-61, $71.95 from book sales at th~ A session of contri'buted papers followed with G. Alexander 1960 meeting, $0.73 premium on Canadian money, $32.73 refund from Robertson presiding. The following papers were presented: "A University of Toronto. Disbursements included $466.10 for printing Sand Mound in Eastern North Carolina" (illustrated), by Howard Bulletin 19, $487.75 for printing Bulletin 20, $102.00 for printing pro­ A. MacCord, Archeological Society of Virginia; "Investigations of gram for the 1960 meeting, $111.25 for printing stationery, $16.15 for the Moyseneck Site, New Kent County, Virginia" (illustrated), by Program Chairman's expenses, $9.96 for Public Relations Chairman's Don W. Dragoo, Carnegie Museum; "History and Prehistory at expenses, $50'.00 for meeting rooms at the 1960 Toronto meetino­ Tottenville, New York" (illustrated), by Jerome Jacobson, Columbia $32.73 for University of Toronto guards (later refunded), $58.14 f;;; University; "Vermont Archeology" (illustrated), by John C. Huden, cost of books sold at the 1960 meeting, $6.45 for bank service charges. University of Vermont; "Connecticut Indian Origins in the Light of Marine Archeology" (illustrated), by Frank Glynn, Archeological Marian E. White, Research Chairman, reported that she served Society of Connecticut; "Paleo and Archaic: A ,Realignment," by as an ex-officio member of the Program Committee and participated Louis A. Brennan, New York State Archeological Association. P. in that phase of the planning for this meeting. The special opportunity Schuyler Miller added to Dr. Huden's paper by describing what he to focus on historic archeology this year seemed too valu<lJble to pass saw in a recent visit to Vermont. up for more continuous research-related topics like projectile-point terminology. The Carnegie Conference on Archeology, first held in A Symposium entitled "Pleasures and Problems of Historic Site 1959, met again on September 6 and 7, 1961, as the result of a sugges­ Archeology" was presented Saturday afternoon from 2:00 to 4 :00. tion by this group for more conferences. Carnegie Museum was This was organized and chaired by John L. Cotter, National Park again sponsor and host to 17 archeologists who discussed "Problems Service. The panel consisted of: Ivor Noel··Hume, Staff Archeologist, in Ohio Valley Archeology." The Iroquois Archaeology Workshop Colonial Williamsburg; John Griffin, Regional Archeologist, Region which was also a product of our recognizing the need for mor~ One, National Park Service; Joseph B. ·Mahan, Director, Columbus specialized conferences, could not be held this fall because of special Georgia Museum of Arts and Cra·fts; Conway J. Rose, President, problems of scheduling, but is hopefully being planned for next spring. Archeological Society of North Carolina; Paul Hudson, Curator-at­ J. Alden Mason, Editorial Chairman, reported that his regular Large for Region One, N'ational Park Service, Jamestown; H. job consists merely in editing the annual Btdletin. Since copy for this Geiger Omwake, Archaeological Society of Delaware; Stanley South, is sent to him in almost perfect condition by the Recording Secretary Archeologist, Brunswick Town State Historic Site, North Carolina. the work entails little more than proofreading. From 3 :30 to 4 :30 P.M. there were guided tours through the The printing and distribution of the Bulletin consumes practi­ Williamsburg Archeological Laboratories and Workshops, conducted cally the entire income of the Federation. It has been the fruitless by Ivor Noel-Hume and associates. Material from the past season's effort of every Chairman to reduce this cost. Thanks to Mrs. excavations was shown, and methods of restoration and preservation Greywacz, it is now printed at a low cost that surprises everyone. The explained. printing of Bulletin No. 20 cost $473.85; my printer gave me an Following a dinner in the Ballroom, The Williamsburg Lodge, estimate of $550 to duplicate it in 5,000 copies. Little money can be Mendel L. Peterson, Head Curator, Department of Armed Forces saved by varitype-offset printing. It can be varityped for $10 a page History, Smithsonian Institution, gave an illustrated address entitled justified, or $6.00 a page unjustified, that is, with the right margin "Underwater Exploration of Historic Si1(:s." uneven. Printing cost was estimated at $316, making about $456 to ~, ____-,--_l-- __ J ____ ______, ,......L.._~ .- ... _._ .... _. _-------- _____ Page Four BULU;TlN No. 21, 1962 reproduce the last nurn:ber justified, ahout $4()0 unjustified. Any slight copies of a suggested newspaper release which briefly set forth the saving in the latter is not worth making in view of the ' poor purposes of the Federation, contained essential information about the appearance of unjustified printing. Any great saving over our present 1961 meeting, called attention to the state society and offered an cost can obviously be achieved only by finding some institution willing opportunity for publishing the names of official delegates and other to underwrite the cost of typing by varitype or the IBM ·Executive members who might attend the Williamsburg meeting. Similar news­ typewriter. Two suggestions have been received by the Editor. One paper releases, tailored to fit different circumstances, weremailed.in was that the Federation might select from time to time some oute duplicate, to the Secretaries of the 66 subsidiary chapters. It is standing article from the publication of some one of our constituent noted that if each Secretary were able to use the duplicate releases, societies, and reprint and distribute it.