New York State Archaeological Association’s 107th Annual Meeting will be held on April 17-19, 2026 at the Rochester Airport Marriott. The Association is the primary organization for professional and avocational archaeologists in New York State. [Read more…] about NYS Archaeological Association Meeting This Weekend
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HMS Cerberus: The Warship That Brought Burgoyne, Clinton, and Howe to the Colonies
A few weeks after the April 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, the British warship HMS Cerberus, a 28-gun frigate, arrived in Boston harbor carrying three British generals that would go on to play key roles in the American Revolution: John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton, and William Howe.
The very name of the sixth-rate ship, Cerberus, did not go unnoticed to Bostonians. Cerberus was a mythical Greek god, a monstrous three-headed dog often called the “hound of Hades.” [Read more…] about HMS Cerberus: The Warship That Brought Burgoyne, Clinton, and Howe to the Colonies
Archaeological Excavations Underway at Revolutionary Fort Plain
Archaeological excavations are underway at Fort Plain Museum on weekends through August 27, 2023 with the goal of seeking archaeological information to help in the reconstruction of ovens and a bakehouse that are believed to once have stood at the Revolutionary War era fort. [Read more…] about Archaeological Excavations Underway at Revolutionary Fort Plain
98th Annual NYS Archaeological Association Meeting
The New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA) has issued a Call for Papers for its 98th Annual Meeting on April 11-13th, 2014. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2014.
The Annual Meeting will be held in the Susquehanna Valley at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Oneonta, NY. The keynote speaker will be David Starbuck, Professor of Anthropology, Plymouth State University. [Read more…] about 98th Annual NYS Archaeological Association Meeting