EASTERN STATES ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEDERATION
74th ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 8-11, 2007
THURSDAY November 8, 2007
8:00 a.m.-5:00 pm
Meeting Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Guided Tours. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and the
Shelburne Museum. Vans leave from front of hotel at 9:00 a.m.
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is the Champlain Basin’s premier nautical
museum and education center, with a mission to study, preserve and share the rich history
and archaeology of Lake Champlain. http://www.lcmm.org/
The Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional
museums of art and Americana. Over 150,000 works and artifacts are exhibited in a
remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated
to the Museum grounds. Impressionist paintings, folk art, quilts and textiles, decorative
arts, furniture, American paintings, and a dazzling array of 17th-to 20th-century artifacts
are on view. http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/
President’s Reception (cash bar), hosted by the University of
Vermont Department of Anthropology in the Marble Court of
UVM’s Fleming Museum. Meeting registrants will be able to tour
the new James B. Petersen Memorial Gallery of Native American
Cultures.
Directions: Walk (ca. 25 min) or drive (carpool!). Take a left out of hotel, through two
lights, take a right onto East Avenue. At the end of East Ave. take a left onto
Colchester Ave. Take left at first light (Hospital), go right and bear right into
Museum parking area (free). If full, go back onto Colchester Ave., take a left,
past front of Museum, take a left into UVM’s Votey Lot. Free after 6:00 p.m.,
may get ticket if before 6:00 without a permit. You can also park in the
Hospital garage (not free).
5:00-7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, November 9, 2007
6:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Book Room Setup (Carriage Room)
7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Meeting Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks (ROOM ABCG)
Jeb Bowen, President ESAF; Sarah van Ryckevorsel, President VAS; John G.
Crock, ESAF Program Chairman
8:30 a.m.-2:40 p.m. SESSION 1 (ROOM ABCG): Analytical Applications in the
Archaeology of Eastern North America (Matthew Boulanger,
organizer and Chair)
8:30-8:40 a.m.
Introduction- Matthew Boulanger, University of MissouriColumbia.
FRIDAY, November 9 (Continued)
8:40-9:00 a.m.
9:00-9:20 a.m.
9:20-9:40 a.m.
9:40-10:00 a.m.
10:00-10:20 a.m.
10:20-10:40 a.m.
10:40-11:00 a.m.
11:00-11:20 a.m.
11:20-11:40 a.m.
11:40-12:00 a.m.
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Geological and
Archaeological Chert from Southern Ontario. Eric Tourigny,
Alicia Hawkins, Darrel Long, and Patrick Julig, Laurentian
University, Jeff Bursey, University of Toronto.
Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Middle
Woodland Pottery from the Delaware Valley. George L.
Pevarnik, Temple University, Matthew T. Boulanger and Michael
D. Glascock, University of Missouri- Columbia.
Building Tools for Identifying Local Variability and Cultural
Patterns: A Digital Ceramic Attribute Analysis. Angela
Labrador, UMass, Amherst.
Moving Beyond the Reduction Stage in Debitage Analysis, with
a Little Help from the Pot Sherd. Niels R. Rinehart, UMass,
Amherst.
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The Utility of Dog Bone (Canis familiaris) in Stable Isotope
Studies for Investigating Prehistoric Maize (Zea mays ssp.
mays) Consumption: A Preliminary Study. Sharon Allitt,
Timothy Messner, and R. Michael Stewart, Temple University.
Preliminary Results of an ICP-MS Analysis of Abbott Zoned
Incised Ceramics from Virginia and New Jersey. Laura
Steadman and Martin D. Gallivan, College of William and Mary.
Pelham Prase - A Local Connecticut Valley Lithic Resource.
John P. Pretola, Gray and Pape, Inc.
Woodland Adaptations at the Vergennes Substation (VT-AD1474) Native American Site, Vergennes, Vermont. Christopher
Donta and Antonio Medina, UMass, Amherst.
Geographic and Compositional Variability of Ceramic
Resources in Northern New England. Matthew T. Boulanger,
University of Missouri-Columbia.
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. LUNCH (on your own)
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ESAF Board Meeting and Lunch (ROOM DEF)
1:00-1:20 p.m.
1:20-1:40 p.m.
1:40-2:00 p.m.
SESSION 1, Continued (ROOM ABCG):
Elucidating the Origin of Middle Atlantic Pre-Contact Copper
Artifacts using Laser Ablation ICP-MS. Gregory D. Lattanzi,
Temple University.
Characterizing the Mont Royal Hornfels as a Means to
Understanding its Prehistoric Use and Distribution in the
Northeast. Adrian L. Burke, Université de Montréal and Christian
Gates St. Pierre, Ville de Montréal.
Artisan Choices and Technology in Native American Pottery
Production. R. Michael Stewart and George Pevarnik, Temple
University.
FRIDAY, November 9 (Continued)
2:00-2:20 p.m.
2:20-2:40 p.m.
True Blue: Vivianite as a Mineral Pigment. Carolyn Dillian,
Princeton University, Charles Bello, Archaeological Society of
New Jersey, and Nequandra Bowen, Princeton University.
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8:40 a.m.-11:40 a.m. SESSION 2 (ROOM DEF): Contributed Papers (Jessica
Desany, Moderator)
8:40-9:00 a.m.
The Glastenbury Mountain Cairns: Their Construction and
Possible Origin. Norman Muller, Princeton University.
9:00-9:20 a.m.
A Battleship in the Wilderness: The Story of the Chippewa and
Lake Ontario’s Forgotten War of 1812 Naval Shipyard.
Timothy J. Abel, Jefferson County Historical Society and Gary M.
Gibson, Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance.
9:20-9:40 a.m.
The History and Archaeology of Burlington Vermont’s War of
1812 Burial Ground. Kathleen Kenny, University of Vermont.
9:40-10:00 a.m.
Assessing Historic Cemetery Relocation in the City of
Philadelphia. Anthony McNichol, URS Corporation.
10:00-10:20 a.m.
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10:20-10:40 a.m.
Excavations at the Frazier Sawmill Blacksmith Shop. Amanda
L. Valko and Brian L. Fritz, North Fork Chapter 29, Society for
Pennsylvania Archaeology.
10:40-11:00 a.m.
Discovering 19th Century Lifeways in Rahway, New Jersey:
The Peace Tavern – Woodruff House Site (28-Un-42). Brock A.
Giordano, Cultural Resource Consulting Group.
11:00-11:20 a.m.
Relics & Ruins: Kids and Research at the "Old Job.” David M.
Lacy, USDA/Green Mountain National Forest.
11:20-11:40 a.m.
Après “200 Years of Soot and Sweat.” Victor R. Rolando,
Independent Research Associate, VT Division for Historic
Preservation and Green Mountain National Forest.
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. LUNCH (on your own)
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ESAF Board Meeting and Lunch (ROOM DEF)
2:40-5:00 p.m.
2:40-3:00 p.m.
3:00-3:20 p.m.
3:20-3:40 p.m.
State
SESSION 3 (ROOM ABCG): Contributed Papers (David A.
Anderson, Moderator)
The Petrology of Talc-Schist and Other Altered Metamorphic
Rocks: Prehistoric Quarrying and Utilization in New England.
Suzanne Wall, Andover Geologic Consulting, Inc., and Nelson
Eby, UMass, Lowell.
A Prehistoric Predictive Model in the Monongahela River
Valley. David A. Anderson, Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
A Return to the Field of Dreams. Curtiss Hoffman, Bridgewater
College.
3:40-4:00 p.m.
4:00-4:20 p.m.
4:20-4:40 p.m.
4:40- 5:00 p.m.
Four Sites, One Landscape at Glenville on the Mohawk. Hope
Luhman and Niels R. Rinehart, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Replication of Early and Early Middle Woodland Ceramics
from New England (CP 1 and CP2): Insights into Process and
Function. Charles Paquin, University of Vermont.
Burial Ceremonialism at Sugar Run Mound (36Wa359), A
Hopewellian Squawkie Hill Phase site, Warren County,
Pennsylvania.
Mark A. McConaughy, Pennsylvania Bureau for Historic
Preservation.
The Fort Hill Site, a Middle Monongahela Village in
Morgantown, West Virginia. John T. Sutton, Patricia E. Miller,
and Richard B. Duncan, KCI Technologies, Inc.
7:00-9:00 p.m.
FILM SCREENING (Room ABCG): "Hidden Landscapes"
Ted Timerick (new edition—see abstract).
9:00-11:00 p.m.
Canadian American Friendship Reception (VAS Suite: # TBA)
SATURDAY, November 10, 2007
7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Meeting Registration
8:00-9:40 a.m.
SESSION 4 (ROOM ABCG): Archaeology of the Late
Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the Far Northeast (Francis
“Jess” Robinson, Chair)
8:00-8:20 a.m.
Jackson Gore: An Early Paleoindian Site in the Southern
Green Mountains of Vermont. Francis W. Robinson, IV,
University of Vermont/University at Albany
8:20-8:40 a.m.
Archaeological Excavations at the Taxiway Site and Beacon
Hill Sites: New Insights into the Early Paleoindian Period of
Central Maine. Robert N. Bartone, James G. Gammon, Jake G.
Grindall, Ellie R. Cowie, University of Maine at Farmington.
8:40-9:00 a.m.
Paleo-indian and Early Archaic Periods in Southern Quebec:
How Typology is a Tricky Business. Claude Chapdelaine and
Adrian Burke,
Université de Montréal.
9:00-9:20 a.m.
Early Archaic Site Types in the Champlain Valley: Functional
Differences Based on Material Remains. Geoffrey Mandel,
University of Vermont.
9:20-9:40 a.m.
BREAK
8:00-11:00 a.m.
SESSION 5 (ROOM DEF): Excavations at the Pethick Site, a
Multi-component Site in Schoharie County, New York
(Organized and Chaired by Sean Rafferty, University at Albany,
and Christina Rieth, New York State Museum.
SATURDAY, November 10, 2007, Continued
8:00-8:20 a.m.
8:20-8:40 a.m.
8:40-9:00 a.m.
9:00-9:20 a.m.
9:20-9:40 a.m.
9:40-10:00 a.m.
10:00-10:20 a.m.
10:20-10:40 a.m.
10:40-11:00 a.m.
9:40-11:20 a.m.
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10:00-10:20 a.m.
10:20-10:40 a.m.
10:40-11:00 a.m.
11:00-11:20 a.m.
11:20-11:40 a.m.
The Pethick Site Excavations. Steve Moragne, Sean Rafferty,
University at Albany, and Christina Rieth, New York State
Museum.
The Pethick Site in regional context: a GIS Perspective. Kristy
Primeau, University at Albany.
Subsurface Modeling of the Pethick Site. Jaime Moore Donta,
University at Albany.
Lithic Analysis of the Pethick Site. Chris Sobik and Sean
Rafferty University at Albany.
Ceramic Analysis of the Pethick Site. Christina Rieth, New
York State Museum.
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Floral and Faunal Analysis of the Pethick Site. Heather Brown
and Steve Moragne University at Albany.
XRF Analysis of Lithic and Ceramic Artifacts from the
Pethick Site. Candis Wood, University at Albany, Christina Rieth,
New York State Museum, and Sean Rafferty, University at
Albany.
Evidence of Ritual Practices at the Pethick Site. Sean Rafferty,
University at Albany.
SESSION 6 (ROOM ABCG): Late PreContact Period,
Northern Lake Champlain (John G. Crock, Chair)
On the Eve of Contact: A View from the Bohannon Site, a St.
Lawrence Iroquoian Occupation on Missisquoi Bay. John G.
Crock, University of Vermont.
Beyond Identification: The Bohannon Site in a Regional St.
Lawrence Iroquoian Context. Joshua R. Toney, University of
Florida.
Clay to Ceramics: St. Lawrence Iroquoian Sites in Alburgh,
Vermont. Thomas R. Jamison, Hartgen Archeological Associates,
Inc.
St. Lawrence Iroquoian Pottery from Plattsburgh (NY) in the
Collections of the McCord Museum in Montreal, Christian
Gates St-Pierre, Consulting Archaeologist.
Protecting the Alburgh Burial and Village Site: Developing
Long-Term Alliances. David Skinas, USDA/Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
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11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.FILM PRESENTATION. Preparing for Champlain: The
Material and Political World of the Far Northeast in 1609.
Frederick Wiseman, Johnson State College.
12:10-1:00 p.m.
LUNCH (on your own)
SATURDAY, November 10, 2007, Continued
1:00-4:40 p.m.
1:00-1:20 p.m.
1:20-1:40 p.m.
1:40-2:00 p.m.
2:00-2:20 p.m.
2:20-2:40 p.m.
2:40-3:00p.m.
3:00-3:20 p.m.
3:20-5:00 p.m.
Present
3:20-3:40 p.m.
3:40-4:00 p.m.
4:00-4:20 p.m.
4:20-4:40 p.m.
6:30-7:15 p.m.
7:15-8:15 p.m.
8:15-9:15 p.m.
SESSION 7 (ROOM ABCG): Archaeology of the Late
Precontact and Contact Period in the Eastern States
Cordage Twist and Ethnicity during the Woodland Period in
the Potomac River Basin Revisited. William Johnson, Michael
Baker, Jr., Inc.
Excavations at a Late Prehistoric Village along the Potomac
River: The Winslow Site. Joe Dent, American University.
The Sokoki in 1663, Peter A. Thomas, VT Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation.
Recent Investigations of a 17th Century Native American Site
in Deerfield, MA: Fort or Metaphort? Elizabeth S. Chilton and
Siobhan M. Hart, UMass, Amherst.
Why the Abenaki said “oui” to the French and “no” to the
English. Frances L. Stewart, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Nipsachuck Hill and Swamp Area, North Smithfield, Rhode
Island: A Battlefield in the King Phillips War. Frederick F.
Meli, Archaeological Services and Consulting.
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SESSION 8 (ROOM ABCG): Abenaki Identity Past and
An Overview of theAntiquity & Continuity of the Abenaki in
Southwestern New Hampshire. Robert Goodby, Franklin Pierce
University.
The Benôkoiak /Pennacook and Central Abenaki Alliance.
David Stewart Smith, Independent Scholar.
The Long View Back: How Ancient are our Peoples Here in
Kdakinna. Donna Roberts Moody, Winter Center for Indigenous
Traditions.
Linguistic, Ethnohistorical, and Cultural Clues to Antiquity:
Abenaki Roots in their Homeland. John Moody, Winter Center
for Indigenous Traditions.
PRE-BANQUET COCKTAILS (cash bar, Ballroom)
DINNER BANQUET (Ballroom)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: William A. Haviland, “Four Hundred
Years After Weymouth and Rosier: Indians of Penobscot Bay,
Maine.”
SUNDAY, November 11, 2007
8:00-11:00 a.m.
SESSION 9 (ROOM ABCG): Standards in Archaeological
Practice and Review in New England: Current Status and
Future Prospects (Organized and Chaired by Elizabeth Chilton,
UMass Amherst and Brian Jones, PAST, Inc.)
Participants:
Nick Bellantoni (State Archaeologist, CT)
Scott Dillon (VT Division for Historic Preservation)
Douglas Mackey (SHPO, NY)
Giovanna Peebles (State Archaeologist, VT)
Christina Rieth (State Archaeologist, NY)
Brona Simon (State Archaeologist, SHPO, MA)
Paul Robinson (State Archaeologist, Historic Pres. Commission,
RI)
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Reception at the Vermont Archaeology Heritage Center, 7
Greentree Drive, South Burlington, VT, hosted by Giovanna Peebles, State
Archaeologist, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Directions: Right out of
Hotel (east on Rte 2), go 2.2 miles, take right onto Gregory Drive, go right onto
Greentree Drive