HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Contact and trade,
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NYS Museum.
A Conference at the
Cultural Education Center and
Historic Cherry Hill
ALBANY, NEW YORK
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SEPTEMBER 24-25, 1982
The sponsors announce a two-day conference on Historical Archeology of the Hudson Valley: A
Multidisciplinary Approach. Archeologists, historians and museum curators will be brought together to
discuss the role each plays in the excavation and interpretation of our historical past. The intent is to show
the value and pitfalls of interdisciplinary teamwork. The conference serves as 1982's Rensselaerswyck
Seminar and Cherry Hill Forum. Registration fee includes admission to all sessions, tour of excavation,
reception at the Cultural Education Center and lunch at Historic Cherry Hill.
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REGISTRATION FORM
TO:
HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY
HISTORIC CHERRY HILL
523Y2 South Pearl Street
Albany, New York 12202
I wish to register
an enclosed check for $
Number
Registration fees are:
persons for the conference with
1.
Friends of Cherry Hill·
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Advance Registration
3.
After September 14, 1982
Price
Total
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x$18=
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Fee includes: conference materials at registration, admission to all sessions, tour of excavation, reception at
the Cultural Education Center and lunch at Historic Cherry Hill. Please make check payable to Historic
Cherry Hill.
NAME(S):
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ADDRESS:
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DA ¥TIME TELEPHONE:
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DIRECTIONS
Cultural Education Center
From Exit 23 of the New Yofi( State Thruway take 787 North
and exit at the sign for US 20 West, Madison Ave.
From 1·90 take 787 South and exit at the sign for US 20 West,
Madison Ave. The Cultural Education Center is one·quarter of a
mile from the exit on the left side of Madison Ave. The center
contains the State Library and Museum and is at the south end of
the Empire State Plaza. Parking is adjacent to the Center.
Historic Cherry Hill
From the Cultural Education Center travel east on US 20,
Madison Ave., to 787, following signs for 787 South, Thruway.
Exit from 787 at the sign for NY 32, So. Pearl St. At the exit
stoplight turn left and look for Historic Cherry Hill almost
immediately on your right. Parking is in front.
For information on accommodations: contact the Albany
County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 90 State St., Albany, NY
Weathervane, Iron, 18th c.
Historic Cherry Hill
]2207, (5]8) 434·]217.
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PROGRAM
~DAY,SEPTEMBER24
8:30·10 N<\
Registration/Coffee. Student Center. I st Floor. Cultural Education Center.
Empire State Plaza
9:30 N<\
WELCOMING REMARKS. Theodore Corbett
9:40 N<\
EthnohistOl)': Native Americans of the Contact Period
INDIANS AND EUROPEANS: THE CONFRONTATION OF CULTURES
IN THE CONTACT PERIOD. Dean Snow
ON DOING INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK. Francis Jennings
THE IROQUOIS: RETURN TO THE STATE MUSEUM. George Hamell
MODERATOR: William N. Fenton
12:15·2 PM
Lunch on your own
1:1·5·2 PM
Late Registration. Student Center. 1st Floor. Cultural Education Center.
Empire State Plaza
2 PM
Industrial Archeology: Development of the Hudson Valley
OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY IN THE HUDSON VALLEY.
Edward Rutsch
HOW WOMEN COULD SUCCEED IN THE 19TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL CITY.
Thomas Phelan
INDUSTRIAL ARTIFACTS. MATERIAL CULTURE AND MUSEUM
INTERPRETATION. Duncan Hay
MODERATOR. Emilie Gould
5·6:30 PM
Complimentary Reception. Cultural Education Center. Empire State Plaza
SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER25
8:30·9:30 N<\
9:30 N<\
Late Registration/Coffee. Student Center. 1st Floor. Cultural Education Center.
Empire State Plaza
Archeology of the Upper Hudson Valley
TENANT FARMSTEADS IN NORTH GREENBUSH. NEW YORK. Hetty Jo Brumbach
KrTCHEN AND DOMESTIC UTENSILS IN HUDSON VALLEY DUTCH HOUSEHOLDS:
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. Ruth Piwonka
DIGS. DOCUMENTS AND DOMESTIC INTERIORS. Anne Ricard Cassidy
MODERATOR. Paul Huey
12:15·2 PM
Lunch at Historic Cherry Hill
2·3:15 PM
Keynote Address
INTRODUCTION. Charles Gehring
HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY: METHOD AT SANTA ELENA. Stanley South
3: 15·4:30 PM
TOUR OF EXCAVATION AT HISTORIC CHERRY HILL. Karen Hartgen
SPEAKERS
Hetty Jo Brumbach, Assistant
Professor of Anthropology,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Anne Ricard Cassidy, Historic
Collections Coordinator, Fine and
Decorative Arts, Historic Sites Bureau,
NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation
Theodore Corbett, Director, Historic
Cherry Hill
William N. Fenton, Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, SUNY at Albany
Charles Gehring, Translator and
Editor of New York Colonial
Manuscripts, NYS Library
Emilie Gould, Director,
Hudson·Mohawk Industrial/Gateway
George Hamell, Exhibition Planner,
NYS Museum
Karen Hartgen, Archeologist, Hartgen
Archeological Associates, Troy
Duncan Hay, Merrimack Valley Textile
Museum/NYS Dept. of Public Service
Paul Huey, Senior Scientist-Archeologist, Historic Sites Bureau, NYS Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation
Frands Jennings, Director Emeritus,
Newberry Library Center for the
History of the American Indian
Thomas Phelan, Dean of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Ruth Piwonka, Executive Director,
Columbia County Historical Society
Edward Rutsch, Historic Conservation
and Interpretation, Inc. of New Jersey
Dean Snow, Professor of Anthropology,
SUNY at Albany
Stanley South, Archeologist,
University of South Carolina