Please join us at the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology's annual conference, to be held this year in Utica, NY, from Oct. 21-23.  You can still register on line through the conference website until mid-October at http://www.utica.edu/academic/ssm/sociology_anthropology/cneha/index.cfm.  On-site registration is also an option.  The preliminary program and information on tours and workshops may be found on the conference website as well.
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The theme of this year's conference and plenary session is Connecting People and Places: New York State as a Crossroads in American History.  Presenters in the plenary session include: Douglas Armstrong (Syracuse University), Jan DeAmicis (Utica College), Brian Howard (Oneida Co. Historical Society), Ann-Eliza Lewis (Columbia Co. Historical Society), and Anthony Wonderley (Oneida Community Mansion House).   
 
We are also offering CNEHA's first professional enrichment workshop at the Utica conference.   The topic of this year's workshop is Practical Aspects of Bioarchaeology Fieldwork and Laboratory Analysis.  The workshop will run for five hours and will be led by Dr. Tom Crist of Utica College and Kimberly Morrel of URS Corporation. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the practical aspects of detecting, excavating, storing, and analyzing human remains from historic-period graves. Using historical coffins, hardware, and actual human remains, this interactive workshop is led by a forensic anthropologist and an archaeologist who collectively have excavated and analyzed more than 2,000 burials. Among the topics that will be covered are the most effective methods for locating historical graves; correct field techniques and in situ documentation; the effects of taphonomic processes; appropriate health and safety issues; and fostering descendant community involvement and public outreach efforts. Participants also will review the basic analytical techniques that forensic anthropologists use to determine demographic profiles and recognize pathologic lesions and evidence of trauma. No previous experience with human skeletal remains is required to participate in and benefit from this workshop. 

There are still spaces available for the Friday tours to Ft. Stanwix, to the Oneida Community Mansion House and Shako:Wi, the Oneida Indian Cultural Center, and to Cooperstown.

 
If you have any questions, please contact the conference co-chairs, Dr. Tom Crist and Dr. Helen Blouet, at [log in to unmask] or 315-223-2468. 
We hope to see you in Utica!




Dr. Karen Metheny
Lecturer, MLA in Gastronomy Program, Metropolitan College
Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology
Boston University




Dr. Karen Metheny
Lecturer, MLA in Gastronomy Program, Metropolitan College
Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology
Boston University