MASSACHUSETTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT
SPRING MEETING
APRIL 14, 2007
MORNING PROGRAM
9:00 – 9:45 Registration and Coffee
9:45 – Presidents’ Welcome
10:00 – Maurice Foxx, Chairman, Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs
“Native Perspectives on Ecology”
10:40 – Lucinda McWeeney, Ph.D., Consultant in Archaeobotany “Digging for Ecological Evidence: What Methods Do We Use?"
11:20 – Susan Jacobucci, M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston "Changes and Continuities in the Landscape: Analysis of Pollen and Charcoal from the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation Reservation"
12:00 – Lunch
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
1:00 – Dr. Brian Jones, Ph.D., Senior Archaeologist, P.A.S.T.
“Developmental History of the Lower Connecticut River Valley”
1:40 – Daniel Forrest, Ph.D., Senior Archaeologist, P.A.S.T.
“Archaeobotanical Contributions to Paleo-Environmental Studies”
2:20 – Coffee Break
2:30 – Tonya Largy, M.A., Consultant in Archaeobotany, and Pierre Morenon, Ph.D., Rhode Island College
“Maize Agriculture in Coastal Rhode Island: Imaginative, Illusive or Intensive?”
3:10 – Lucianne Lavin, Ph.D., Director of Research and Collections, Institute for American Indian Studies
“Emigrants in a Marshland Paradise: Environmental Changes and the Re-peopling of Long Is and Sound”
3:40 – Panel Discussion
4:00 – Wine and cheese reception hosted by Central Massachusetts Chapter MAS
For more information:
Co-Chairs: Maryanne MacLeod, MAS, 978-358-8552, marmacster@comcast.net
Lucianne Lavin, ASC, 860-868-0518, llavin.iais@charter.net
Please Click for Registration Form
Directions to Briarwood
From the east and south: Take I-290 to Exit 22 (Main St., Shrewsbury). Bear right at the end of the exit ramp and cross over northern tip of Lake Quinsigamond. At traffic light, turn right onto Plantation Street/Northeast Cutoff. At next traffic light, go straight across Rte. 70 (gas station on corner) onto East Mountain Street. Pass Allegro building on left, Clark St. on left and take your immediate next right onto Briarwood Circle (If you pass a mosque on the left, you've gone too far.). Continue up the hill to the main administration building. Meeting room is on the first floor.
From the west and north: Take I-190 to Exit 2 (West Mountain St.). Follow North Frontage Road to West Mountain St. Turn right and continue across West Boylston St., at which point West Mountain becomes East Mountain. Continue past the Worcester Country Club (on left) and the mosque (on right) and turn left onto Briarwood Circle. Continue up the hill to the main administration building. Meeting room is on the first floor.
