Sponsored by: Friends of the Office of State Archaeology (CT)
Theme: Research and Publications this Summer
Once again, the ASC Fall Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Connecticut Archaeology Expo. The Expo is open from 10AM to 4PM, will be held in the gathering space of the museum, and is free and open to all. The ASC Speakers Session is being organized by Brian Jones, State Archaeologist and Dawn Brown, ASC Program Chair with the following program:
Speakers:
10:30 Brian Jones, CT State Archaeologist
“Highlights from the 2018 OSA Field Season”
11:00 Cosimo Sgarlata, WCSU
“WCSU Field School at Templeton”
11:30 David Naumec, MPMRC
“Preliminary findings for the Pequot Swamp Fight (Southport, CT): The final battle of the Pequot War”
1:00 Keynote Speaker Nick Bellantoni
“The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry Opukaha’ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk”
2:00 Sarah P. Sportman and Ross K. Harper, PAST, Inc.
“Settling Connecticut: A 17th Century Component in Old Wethersfield”
2:30 Katie Reinhart, AHS, PAST, Inc.
“Preliminary Results from Recent Analysis of Botanical Remains from the Early 18th Century Sprague Site, Andover”
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