The artifact show is being held on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 6pm-8:45pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086
Open to the Public - Free Admission
All those interested in displaying or attending, contact the Chapter President Eugene Andrews erandrews3@aol.com
Our March quarterly meeting was held this past Saturday at the Passaic County Arts Center at the John W. Rea House! We heard some great talks and held board elections. Congratulations to our new and returning board members! A huge congratulations is also due to Guy DiGuigno, the President of the Gloucester County Chapter of the ASNJ, for receiving a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his amazing service to the ASNJ and to the field of archaeology. Jack Cresson accepted the award on his behalf. Thank you to the Passaic County Arts Center and staff for hosting us at such a beautiful venue for our spring meeting!
President - George Leader, Ph.D.
1st Vice President, Education/P.R./ESAF Representative - David Mudge
2nd Vice President, Membership - Cheryl Schlagenhaft
3rd Vice President, Programs - Nicole Herzog
Treasurer - Danielle Cathcart
Assistant Treasurer - Position Currently Vacant
Recording Secretary - Steve Santucci
Newsletter Editor/Corresponding Secretary - Jesse Walker
Bulletin Content Editor - Michael J. Gall
Bulletin Associate Editor - Richard Veit
Social Media - Position Currently Vacant
Webmaster - Evan Mydlowski
Jan 2024-Jan 2027
Joshua Butchko
Lauren Lembo
The ASNJ Conference Committee and Executive Board would like to thank all the attendees, presenters, and sponsors who joined us for our first annual conference in Princeton on February 16-18, 2024! The conference successfully brought together researchers and students from across the East Coast who were willing to share their research on New Jersey and its surrounding area. We had a great time listening to interesting research and meeting everyone in between paper sessions and at our poster session, reception, and networking event in the evenings. The conference weekend finished with an excursion to the Princeton Battlefield State Park on Sunday, where Resource Interpretive Specialist William Krakower provided a fantastic tour of the Clarke House and battlefield.
Conference presentations encompassed a wide variety of topics, from pre-Contact site and artifact analyses to experimental archaeology to historic and archaeological research on tenant farms, historic cemeteries, free and enslaved African American communities, and unique artifacts. Student research was a highlight of the conference, and included impressive presentations by students from Rutgers University, TCNJ, CUNY, and Montclair University. Julia Fuchs from Rutgers University won our student poster competition with her research on the Egyptian mummy housed at the Rutgers University Geological Museum.
Special thanks are due to our conference sponsors: the New Jersey Historic Trust, Passaic County, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., AECOM, EDR, and Michael J. Gall.
Please join us for the March 2024 Quarterly Meeting, which is planned for Saturday, March 16th, 2024, at the Passaic County Arts Center (John W. Rea House) in Hawthorne, NJ. Elections for the Executive Board will also be held. Click here for more details!
The four presenters from the Saturday afternoon session of the Conference, “A Varied and Diverse Landscape: Encampments, Tenant Laborers, Weavers, Farmers, and Enslaved Individuals in West Windsor” have recorded their presentations and have allowed us to share them! Please follow our YouTube channel because they will be posted every Friday for the next four weeks! Enjoy the presentations!
Meeting date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
Time: Board Meeting 10:00 am-11:30 am / Lecture Series 12:00 pm-3:00 pm
Venue: Passaic County Arts Center at the John W. Rea House
Address: 675 Goffle Road, Hawthorne, NJ 07506
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break
12:00 pm: President’s Welcome and Announcements
2023 ASNJ Awards
Nominations for Elections
Lecture by Todd Braisted (Author)
Bergen’s Buried Battlefields: Uncovering the American Revolution in Bergen County
Lecture by Steve Santucci, Sean McHugh, Richard Veit, Adam Heinrich (Monmouth University)
More than one expected to encounter! How the metal detector survey yielded more than just iron at the Morristown-Jockey Hollow Winter Encampment of the American Revolution
1:00 pm: Break & Final Call for Board Election Votes
1:30 pm: Lecture by Michelle Davenport (Senior Archaeologist, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
Documentation of the Historic Salamander Brick Works in Woodbridge, NJ
Lecture by Kelly Ruffel (Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs), Mark Nonestied (Middlesex County Division of Historic Sites and History Services)
Tombstones in the Smokehouse: Addressing Displaced Gravemarkers in Museum Collections
3:00 pm: Closing Remarks & Election Results
Please take a look at the list of nominees here on our website in preparation for the election.
Voting is limited to current members for the 2023-24 calendar year and one vote per person. Family, institutional and organization membership types are limited to one vote per membership.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The May 2024 Quarterly Meeting is planned for Saturday, May 18th, 2024, at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, NJ.
If interested in presenting at a future ASNJ meeting, please contact the Program Chair at asnj.presentations@gmail.com.
Image Credit: Jenn Hastings
ASNJ's first annual conference is upon us! Join us February 16-18 in Princeton for what promises to be an excellent weekend talking about local archaeology.
Registration is still open! Check out our conference page for more information and we are looking forward to seeing you there!
Image Credit: Jenn Hastings
On March 6, 2024, the ASNJ Gloucester County Chapter welcome archaeologist Jack Cresson as he shares his knowledge and experience with prehistoric artifacts.
The meeting is being held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086
Open to the Public - Free Admission
Tomorrow's meeting (1/20/24) at Monmouth Battlefield State Park has been cancelled due to the winter weather conditions. The executive board members up for election this January will extend their terms until the March quarterly meeting, where there will be an election held. Please check here on our website or follow us on social media to keep up to date on details regarding the executive board election, the possibility of rescheduling the January meeting, and the rest of our upcoming events!
Meeting date: Saturday, January 20, 2024 10am-3pm
Venue: Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Address: 20 State Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break
12:00 pm: President’s Welcome and Announcements
Nominations for Elections
2023 ASNJ Awards
Lecture by Michelle Davenport (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
Documentation of the Historic Salamander Brick Works in Woodbridge, NJ
Lecture by Matthew Del Guercio
Beneath Camp Vredenburg: Prehistoric Findings at Monmouth Battlefield State Park
1:00 pm: Break with Light Refreshments
1:30 pm: Lecture by Michael Gall (Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.)
A Hill and a Skirmish: New Thoughts on the Battle of Monmouth
Lecture by Michael Timpanaro (Monmouth Battlefield State Park)
An Evaluation of the Subjectivity of the Period Maps of the Battle of Monmouth
Closing Remarks & Election Results
2:30 pm: Site Tour to follow
We look forward to seeing you there!
The March 2024 Quarterly Meeting is planned for Saturday, March 16th, 2024, at the Passaic County Arts Center (John W. Rea House) in Hawthorne, NJ
If interested in presenting at a future ASNJ meeting, please contact the Program Chair at asnj.presentations@gmail.com.
On January 5, 2024, the ASNJ Gloucester County Chapter welcome Archaeologist Dana Linck as our January speaker at the next ASNJ meeting. Dana was a co-archaeologist at the Red Bank Battlefield dig. He will be discussing his findings from the Hudson Highlands, a historical area that played an important role in the American Revolution.
The meeting is being held on Friday, January 5, 2024 at 7pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086
Open to the Public - Free Admission
Dear Society Members,
The nominees for the 2024 Executive Board Election are in!
Please take a look at the list of nominees here on our website in preparation for the election at our January 2024 meeting on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. See you there!
Voting is limited to current members for the 2023-24 calendar year and one vote per person. Family, institutional and organization membership types are limited to one vote per membership. Nominees will be listed in the January Newsletter, on the Society's website, and via the Society's google groups email list.
Dear Society Members,
We are holding a call for nominations for all ASNJ Executive Board officer positions (2-year term) and two (2) member-at-large positions (3-year term). The vote will take place at the January meeting.
Voting is limited to current members for the 2023-24 calendar year and one vote per person. Family, institutional and organization membership types are limited to one vote per membership. Nominees will be listed in the January Newsletter, on the Society's website, and via the Society's google groups email list. Bios will be featured on our website.
All candidates must be current members for the election year (i.e., 2023-24), and must keep their membership current for the duration of their elected position. Individuals can self-nominate or nominate someone of their choosing, but the nominated person must approve of their nomination in writing to the Nominating Committee.
All self-nominating individuals or those nominated by others must provide a brief bio to the Nominating Committee via email at asofnj@gmail.com by December 5, 2023. The bio should include name, email, phone number, affiliation, and the qualities/skills you bring to the board position for which you are seeking election. Each position on the ballot will also have a spot for a write-in candidate.
Once I have received all the nominations and bios, they will be shared with the membership prior to the meeting.
Positions for nomination include:
President
1st VP (Education)
2nd VP (Programs)
3rd VP (Membership)
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Newsletter Editor/Corresponding Secretary
Bulletin Content Editor
Associate Editor
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
(Four Member-at-Large positions do not vacate during this election cycle.)
Sincerely,
George Leader
ASNJ President
Join the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology for their 43rd Annual Symposium on Industrial Archeology in the New York and New Jersey Region. Please see the draft agenda PDF for more details about the event!
On November 1st, the ASNJ Gloucester County Chapter presents Mr. Wade Catts, Archaeologist and President of South River Heritage Consulting. Wade will be updating us on the progress of the Hessian Soldier discovery of 2022 and the recent summer digs this year at the Red Bank Battlefield!
The meeting is being held on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086
Open to the Public - Free Admission
The Archaeological Society of New Jersey is putting out a call for papers and posters for its first annual conference to be held in Princeton February 16-18th, 2024.
Topics may cover a wide range of archaeological and historical topics in the mid-Atlantic region. Papers from wider regions will be considered on the topic’s relevance to regional archaeology and history. Papers may cover all time periods from prehistoric to recent history and heritage topics. Students are especially encouraged to present.
Paper presentations will be 15 minutes long. Posters should be no more than 36x48”.
To be considered, submit a title, authors with affiliations, and abstract (no more than 250 words), at this link.
Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance and suitability to mid-Atlantic archaeology by the ASNJ Conference Committee. Submission deadline is November 30, 2023. Once paper presentation slots are full, authors may be asked to instead present a poster.
Please navigate to the main conference page for more information about the event and we hope to see you there!
The Hopewell Valley Historical Society is hosting their 2023 Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
In-person meeting: Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township
Online: Internet Webinar via Zoom - Register Here
2 pm - HVHS Annual Membership Meeting with Election of Officers and Trustees
The public is welcome to attend. Members will vote on HVHS business.
Presentation of the Hopewell Valley History Awards.
3 pm - Historic Preservation Program - “The Archaeology of Two Hopewell Farms”
Michael Gall
Michael J. Gall, Principal Senior Archaeologist at Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc., will be presenting on the Moore Family Farmstead in Hopewell.
Richard Hunter
Dr. Richard Hunter, President of Hunter Research, Inc., will be presenting on the Phillips Family of Pleasant Valley, especially as it relates to Howell Living History Farm.
For more information about the meeting, please go to the Hopewell Valley Historical Society website and view the Event Page on Facebook.
Meeting date: Saturday, October 21, 2023 10am-4pm
Venue: Ramapo College of New Jersey - Pavilion Building, Room 1
(near Poplar Avenue and Sumach Road)
Address: Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
Parking: Nearby parking lot entrance off of Poplar Avenue
Click here to access a Campus Map (see #19)
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Executive Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Break
12:00 pm: ASNJ President’s Welcome and Announcements
Introduction by Dr. Michael Middleton (Provost/Vice President for Teaching, Learning, & Growth, Ramapo College of New Jersey)
Lecture 1: Edward Lenik (Consulting Archaeologist), “From Indigenous Ancestral Homeland to Ramapo College: The Mountainside Farm Site, Mahwah, New Jersey.”
Lecture 2: Nancy Gibbs (Independent Historian), “Ramapoch Patentee Blandina Kierstede Bayard, Indian Trader and her Legacies”
Lecture 3: Chief Vincent Mann (Turtle Clan of the Ramapough Lenape Nation), Topic TBD
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Break with refreshments.
Lecture 4: Dara McGuinness (Program Coordinator, Gilder Lehrman Institute), Topic: Archaeological Field School at Crow Canyon
Lecture 5: Samantha Sproviero (Ph.D. student in History, Temple University), Topic: Archaeological Field School at James Madison’s Montpelier
Lecture 6: Richard Adamczyk (Archaeologist, Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.; Curator, Alan E. Carmen Museum of Prehistory), “Dancey’s Corner Site (28-Sa-240): A Case Study in Cultural Resource Management”
4:00 pm: Closing Remarks
4:15 pm: Visit to Mahwah Museum: special exhibit “Ramapough—Legacy and Heritage”
**Lecture schedule subject to further revision. Please stay tuned to our social media accounts for programming updates.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The January 2024 Quarterly Meeting is planned for Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park.
Dr. David Orr presents 60 Years of Battlefield Archaeology.
The meeting is being held on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7pm at RiverWinds. The venue is located at 1000 RiverWinds Dr, West Deptford, NJ 08086
Open to the Public - Free Admission
The Gloucester County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey in concert with Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Department continued with their fourth scheduled public dig at the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park, N.J. on Sunday, June 18, 2023. The Public Dig program is headed by Rowan’s Public History Professor and curator of the Red Bank Battlefield, Dr. Jennifer Janofsky and lead archaeologist Wade Catts, President of South River Heritage Consulting.
The Gloucester County Chapter posted this update on their Facebook page:
What beautiful weather to close out 4 amazing “Public Dig Days” hosted by the Gloucester County Department of Parks & Recreation. Members of the (Gloucester County) Chapter of ASNJ had another productive day unearthing artifacts from historic Fort Mercer in National Park, N.J. In addition to our club members, we are thankful to the many local Archeologists who volunteered their time and knowledge to assist in this public history event! A special thanks to Dr. Jennifer Janofsky - Rowan Professor of Public History and Curator of Red Bank Battlefield along with Wade Catts, Archeologist and President of South River Heritage Consulting who have coordinated this popular public participation event for a second year!
Be sure to follow the Gloucester County Chapter on Facebook!
See the update of the first week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday1
See the update of the second week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday2
See the update of the third week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday3
The Gloucester County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey in concert with Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Department continued with their third scheduled public dig at the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park, N.J. on Saturday, June 10, 2023. The Public Dig program is headed by Rowan’s Public History Professor and curator of the Red Bank Battlefield, Dr. Jennifer Janofsky and lead archaeologist Wade Catts, President of South River Heritage Consulting.
The Gloucester County Chapter posted this update on their Facebook page:
Welcome to Week #3 as we continue digging into the past at the Red Bank Battlefield… Today’s dig was called “ARCHAEOLOGY DAY FOR VETERANS”. It was an honor to invite and dig with the many Veterans who proudly served our nation. Members of the ASNJ assisted with digging and identifying the many artifacts that were screened by out guests. This is the third installment of four public archaeological digs created by the Gloucester County Department of Parks and Recreation under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Janofsky and Lead Archaeologist, Wade Catts. We are continuing to find many amazing Revolutionary War artifacts from the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, along with an array of Native American artifacts too!
Be sure to follow the Gloucester County Chapter on Facebook!
See the update of the first week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday1
See the update of the second week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday2
The Gloucester County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey in concert with Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Department continued with their second scheduled public dig at the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park, N.J. on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The Public Dig program is headed by Rowan’s Public History Professor and curator of the Red Bank Battlefield, Dr. Jennifer Janofsky and lead archaeologist Wade Catts, President of South River Heritage Consulting.
The Gloucester County Chapter posted this update on their Facebook page:
Another great Sunday digging into the past at the Red Bank Battlefield. The members of ASNJ (Gloucester County Chapter) assisted in the second installment of four public archeological digs created by the Gloucester County Parks and Recreation Department under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Janofsky. Many revolutionary war artifacts were discovered such as musket balls, buckles, cannon ball fragments and an array of Native American artifacts.
Be sure to follow the Gloucester County Chapter on Facebook!
See the update of the first week of digging here: www.asnj.org/asnj-news-archive/gccarchaeologyday1
