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school, undergraduate and graduate students. Contact: E. Yalouris,Harvard Summer School,20 Garden Street, Cambridge,
MA02138 (tei)61 7-495-2921or 495-3665.
North River Archaeological Project, MA
(July 7-August 15, 1986). This regional
fieldschool and surveyproject seeks to determine the relationship of human settlement patterns to environmentover the past
10,000 years, including both prehistoric
and historiccomponents.Work willcenter
in Pembroke,demonstratingthe persistence
of archaeologicaltraces in rural and suburban areas. Headquarters for the project
are at the South Shore Natural Science
Center,Jacobs Lane, Norwell.Sites for survey are to be determined. Getting there:
From Hanover exit off Rte. 3, take Rte. 53
north to intersection with Rte. 123 (first
light);turn righton 123;Jacobs Lane is the
first left.Appointmentnecessaryfor admission and guide; not accessible by public
transportation;camping in Ames Norwell
State Park 5 miles;several motels on Rte.
53; The Alewife restaurant on Rte. 123,
NorwellCenter. Volunteersaccepted; must
be membersof MassachusettsArchaeological Society ($10 annual fee). North River
Chapter ($5 annual fee). Contact: Curtiss
R. Hoffman, Department of Sociologyand
Anthropology, BridgewaterState College,
Bridgewater, MA 02324 (tel) 617-6971200, ext. 2242.

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day of the CivilWar-the day of
the battle of Antietam that climaxed Robert E. Lees first attempt to drive his
Confederateforces into the North.The Federal Army of the Potomac, under
George B. McLellan,stood in his path. As the day wore on, fortune s pendulum
swungback and forth, each skirmishexactingappallingcasualties.Althoughthe
Federals were thwarted for four hours before they took the bridge over Antietam
Creek, their subsequentadvance almost cut off Lee's line of retreat to his headquarters at Sharpsburg.But his reinforcementsarrived from Harper s Ferry,and
withinthree more hours the Federal impetuswas stifled.Beforedusk some 23,000
men were to die just tq achieve a militarystalemate.
Today a reconstructionof the main battle areas captures the grim mood of
these events.The sunken road known thereafter as "BloodyLane, The Cornfield"
is encompassed in a six-miletour. The site's museum documents the day's
human drama/ with keepsakes among the weaponry,and private letters penned
in anticipation of death. All echo the words of Clara Barton who tended the
Antietamwounded: "Waris a dreadful thing... Oh, my God, can't this civilstrifebe
brought to an end." It was, but only 31 months later.
For more informationwriteto The Superintendent,AntietamNationalBattlefield,
Box 158, Sharpsburg,MD 21722.

campgrounds in area. Contact: Shoals Marine Laboratory,G-14-AStimsonHall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (tel)
607-256-3717; or Faith Harrington, State
Cooperative Regional Archaeology Plan,
Ward Avenue, Concord, NH 03j01 (tel)
603-224-5405,who willbe teachinga course
entitled"TheArchaeologyof MaritimeCommunities' in July.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Student Conservation Association's Park,
Forest and Resource Assistant (PFRA)
Governor John Wentworth Historic Site,
Wolfeboro,NH (June 16-July 25, 1986). Program (Fall/Winter 1986 and Spring/
Summer 1987). The SCAprogramrecruits
This extensivenorthern plantation site, the
estate of New Hampshire's last Colonial studentsand non-students,collect-agedand
fillvolunteerpositionsîor 12-week
governorin the late 18th century,dates from older to in
ca. 1768-1820. Archaeologicalremains in- periods national parks, forestsand other
federal, state and private natural resources
clude cellarholesof the mansion, a dairy,a
areas in over 35 states. The tasks involved
carriage house, several wells, and a dam
are professionaland last year over 50 posiand mill site. Artifactsfrom the site are on
tions
were filledin the archaeologicalfield.
in
the
in
Museum
Wolfeboro.
display
Libby
involveassistingcuratorialstaff,
Gettingthere:FromWolfeboro
proceednorth Work may
Volunteersare trained,
research,or fieldwork.
on Rtes. 28 and 109 about 2l/2miles past
with some positionsrequiringspecificeduWentworthState Forest on rightside of the
road. No appointment necessaryfor admis- cationalbackground,skillor experience.All
sion or guide;not accessibleby publictrans- volunteersreceivea travelgrant, free housing, a stipend for food ana basic livingexportation; camping, motels and hotels in
the vicinity
; contact New Hampshire Office penses and a uniformallowanceifrequired.
Getting there: Writeor callfor information.
of VacationTravel,Box 856, Concord, NH
03301 (tel)603-271-2666;site is wheelchair- Deadlines for positions are: Fall- June 1;
accessible.Volunteers accepted. Contact: EarlyWinter- September30; Late Winter15; Spring- January 15; SumMary Dupre, State Cooperative Regional November
mer-March 1. Minimumage is 18 years,
Archaeology Plan (SCRAP) Laboratory, with
no upper age limit.Contact: The StuWard Avenue, Concord, NH 03301 (tel)
dent ConservationAssociation,Inc.,P.O.Box
603-224-5405.
550C, Charlestown,NH 03603 (tel) 603The Isles of Shoals (July 14-21, 1986).
826-5741/5206.
Locatedin both Maineand NewHampshire
NEW JERSEY
ten miles offshorefrom Portsmouth, these
beautifulislandswere importantin the 17th- Abbott Farm National Landmark Excavations, Trenton, NJ (Spring 1986, Moncentury settlement and development of
northern New England because of the acday-Friday). Late Palaeoindian stratified
tive cod fishery and trade center here at
remains in association with datable charthat time. This willbe the firstprofessional coal have been unearthed at this site, occuarchaeologicalworkconductedhere. Straw- pied until the Late Woodlandperiod. Only
berryBankeHistoricNeighborhoodin Ports- two other sites of this type have been found
mouth and many historic houses and
in eastern North America.Rare MiddleArmuseumsin the vicinity.Gettingthere:From chaic remains have also been found here.
Portsmouth,NH take the VikingSun ferry- Visitorsmay view a permanent display of
boat to Star Island,departing several times artifactson-site,and receivea tour and lecdaily in summer; make arrangements, be- ture by John Cavallo, Senior Archaeolofore leaving,for a shuttle boat to Shoals gist. The excavationsare being conducted
MarineLab, located on nearby Appledore in advance of highway construction. The
Island. Appointment necessary for admis- New Jersey State Museum houses all artisionand guide; severalhotels,innsand many factsrecoveredfrom the site. Gettingthere:
restaurants in Portsmouth; several KOA Please call for directions. Appointment

necessaryfor admissionand guide; not accessibleby publictransportation;accommodations in Trenton. Volunteers accepted;
minimumstay at least one week. Contact:K
John Hotopp, c/ o Louis Berger & Associates, Inc., 110 Halstad Street, East Orange,
NJ 07040 (tel) 201-678-1960.
NEW YORK
Eaton Site, West Seneca, NY (June 23August 2, 1986). The major component of
this Late Woodlandsite is a Late Prehistoric Iroquoisvillageof about 2 acres.There is
also evidenceof Archaicoccupation.Excavationshaverevealedpost moldswhichmay
represent portionsof lonqhouses.The West
SenecaHistoricalSocietynas a displayabout
the site. Getting there: Located southwešt
of the Seneca ManorNursingHome, 2987
Seneca Street, WestSeneca, NY.Appointment necessaryfor admission and guide:
accessibleby bus or taxi $10; hotels, motels, dormitory accommodations,and restaurants nearby.Volunteersaccepted:must
provide own transportation;minimumstay
one week. Contact: Bill Engelbrecht,AnthropologyDepartment,BuffaloState College, 1300 ElmwoodAvenue, Buffalo,NY
14222 (tel) 716-878-6520or 878-6110.
Material Archives and Laboratory for Archaeology, Westchester County, NY (Excavationsplanned Summer 1986).MALFA
has one or more ongoing digs each summer, entailingprehistoricand historicsites.
Qualified volunteers and visitors are welcome at the diqs, and may viewartifactual
collections,with permission.MALFAsponsors ArchaeologyDayeveryfallat Muscoot
Park for the public, and teaches a short
introduction to archaeology in the spring
that qualifies individualsto participate in
their digs. Getting there: For further information contactAllenVegotsky,MaterialArchives and Laboratory for Archaeology,
Muscoot Park, Route 100, Katonah, NY
10536 (tel) 914-271-5711.
Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY (All
year, daily; excavations July 14-August
21, 1986). The French establishedthe fort
in 1726, and the massive"castle"they built
stillstands. It was seizedby Britishforcesin
1759 and eventually surrendered to the
United States in 1796. Fortificationwalls
fromthe 18th and 19th centuryand several
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