ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY MEETING
New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, Trenton, NJ
January 21, 2012
Board Meeting 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Break 12:00-12:30 lunch break
12:30 President’s Welcome
12:45 Elections and Awards
1:00 It Fell from the Sky: Abbott Zoned Incised and its connections
to the ritual of feasting during the Middle Woodland Period
Presented by: Gregory D. Lattanzi, New Jersey State Museum;
R. Michael Stewart, Temple University; and George Pevarnik,Temple University
1:30 From Fossils to Fortresses: Archaeology in India
Presented by Suzanne Harris, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 Old Rag Archaeology: Experimentation and Excavation
Presented by Jack Cresson, Archaeological Society of New Jersey
2:30-2:45 Coffee Break and Silent Book Auction
2:45 White Hill Mansion: The Archaeology of a Northern Plantation
Presented by Richard Veit and Michael Gall, Monmouth University,
Loretta Kelly, Archaeological Society of New Jersey
3:15 Hammer and Anvil, Rural Blacksmithing in Somerset County, New Jersey
Presented by Michael J. Gall, Richard Grubb and Associates
3:45 Preliminary Interpretations from the African American community of
Timbuctoo, NJ
Presented by Christopher P. Barton, Temple University
Free Parking; program is free