Historic preservation is under direct threat practitioners are increasingly warning, under the guise of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S.5653). [Read more…] about Virtual Historic Preservation Threats Panel
New York Archaeological Council
The Archaeology of Kingston, New York
Kingston, NY began as a Dutch trading post in 1614 and became the state’s first capital in 1777 before British forces burned it later that year. Located along the Hudson River and Rondout Creek, it later thrived as a 19th-century industrial and transport center for cement, coal, and bluestone.
Dr. Joseph E. Diamond’s The Archaeology of Kingston, New York (SUNY Press, 2025) is a comprehensive analysis of 88 archaeological sites (82 within Kingston’s corporate boundaries and six nearby in areas like Hurley, Ulster, and Esopus) from Paleo-Indian times about 12,000 years ago, through the Dutch and British colonial periods, and into the nineteenth century. [Read more…] about The Archaeology of Kingston, New York