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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007Houghton Chapter 2007–2008 Lecture Series
The Houghton Chapter, Buffalo’s branch of the New York State Archaeological Association, holds free monthly meetings every third Wednesday (exception noted below) at 7:00 p.m. in the Buffalo Museum of Science. Anyone with an interest in archaeology is welcome to attend. The Houghton Chapter is dedicated to the study and dissemination of knowledge about our region’s archaeological resources. Houghton Chapter members include both professional and avocational archaeologists, and both undergraduate and graduate students.
Four Buffalo State faculty members have been instrumental in planning this lecture series: Elizabeth Peña, director and professor in the Art Conservation Department; Kathy Leacock, lecturer in the History and Social Studies Education Department; Lisa Anselmi, assistant professor in the Anthropology Department; and Susan Maguire, lecturer in the Anthropology Department.
One of the highlights of this year’s schedule is the talk in April by Joseph Zarzynski, executive director of the organization Bateaux Below Inc. Zarzynski will discuss his underwater archaeological project in Lake George,The Land Tortoise and the Sunken Fleet of 1758. This submerged shipwreck, the oldest intact warship in North America, was discovered in 1990 using side-scan sonar. Zarzynski will describe his ongoing research and the preservation and protection of this important underwater archaeological site.
Buffalo State College faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend any or all of the Houghton Chapter presentations. For more information on this series, please contact Elizabeth Peña atpenaes@buffalostate.edu
2007–2008 Lecture Schedule
October 17, 2007
Champlain and Cartier and All That French Stuff…
Dr. Mima Kapches, Senior Curator and Deputy Head of the Department of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum
Note: Kapches will also present “Reflections on an Archaeological Career” from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Peterson Room, Classroom Building C214.
November 14, 2007 (please note, this is secondWednesday in November)
The Creation of a Propertied Landscape: Settlement and Land Division in Viking Age Iceland
Dr. Douglas Bolender, Research Associate, Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology, University at Buffalo
December 19, 2007
Buttons and Pipes: How Personal Items Reflect Male Gender Identity at West Point Military Academy During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
Dr. Rebecca Emans, Project Director, Panamerican Consultants Inc.
January 16, 2008
The McKendry Site: Past and Current Excavations
Kate Whalen, Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
February 20, 2008
Recent Excavations at the Blackmar-Eaton Site: ANineteenth-Century Rural Residence in the Town of Concord, Erie County, New York
Dr. Ryan Austin, Project Director, Archaeological Survey, University at Buffalo
March 19, 2008
An Introduction to the New York State Historic Preservation Office
Dr. Nancy Herter, Historic Preservation Program Specialist, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
April 16, 2008
The Land Tortoise and the Sunken Fleet of 1758
Joseph Zarzynski, Underwater Archaeologist and Executive Director, Bateaux Below Inc.
May 21, 2008
Update on Archaeology at Old Fort Niagara
Dr. Susan Maguire, Lecturer, Anthropology Department, and Dr. Elizabeth Peña, Director and Professor, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College
