January 19th , 2008
Auditorium of the New Jersey State Museum
City of Trenton, Mercer County

Board Meeting 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Break 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch

President's Welcome  Elections of New Officers 1:00 p.m. 

Farewell to leaving Officers Presentation 1:30 p.m. 

A report on the excavation at Washington House and new public outreach programs at Independence National Historic Park Jed Levin, National Park Service Archeologist, Northeast Region Archeology Program, jed_levin@nps.gov and Doug Mooney, URS Corporation , 335 Commerce Drive , Suite 300, Fort Washington, Pa 19034. (215) 390-2168 douglas_mooney@urscorp.com

Forging Ahead in the Somerset Hills: Archaeological Documentation of the Leddell/Frost Forge, an 18th-Century Bloomery in Bernardsville, New Jersey Richard Veit, Monmouth University Department of History and Anthropology West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 rveit@monmouth.edu 732-263-5699 and Michael J. Gall, Richard Grubb and Associates 30 N. Main Street Cranbury, NJ 08512 Mjgall79@yahoo.com

Announcement of Election Results 

Break 3:00 p.m. 50/50

Artisan Choices and Technology in Native American Pottery Production R. Michael Stewart and George Pevarnik, Department of Anthropology, Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122

Elucidating the Origin of Middle Atlantic Pre-contact Copper Artifacts using Laser Ablation ICP-MS Gregory D. Lattanzi, Department of Anthropology, Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122 

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Middle Woodland Pottery from the Delaware Valley George L. Pevarnik Matthew T. Boulanger, & Michael D. Glascock

DRIVING DIRECTIONS Located in the same block as the State Capitol building, the Museum is near the intersection of Calhoun and West State Streets. Follow signs to State Capitol Offices, Capitol Complex, State House, or Cultural Center. Free parking is available in employee parking lots adjacent to and behind the Museum. Use the Calhoun Street exit off of Route 29. At traffic light, turn right onto West State Street. Take your first right which is a driveway between the Department of State building and the Museum and Auditorium. Following this driveway to the back of the Museum will lead to the Museum and State Department Parking lot.