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FOSA NEWSLETTERS and SELECTED REPRINTS
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Fall, 2012 Special articles include: • Nick Bellantoni's "News from the OSA" article which discusses the results of excavations to date this year • Farmington High School Spring Field School 2012 • Ellington Historical Society dig at Nellie McKnight House; • Archaeology Awareness Month informational article • Latest info from the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center: Battlefields of the Pequot War and the 2012 Summer Archaeology Field Schools.
Spring, 2012 Special articles include: • Nick Bellantoni's "News from the OSA" article which discusses vandalism at Fort Griswold • update from Bruce Greene on current and upcoming field activities • an article by Jim Trocchi on cave noises in Moodus, CT • an article by Mandy Ranslow on archaeology and ethics, relevant to Nick's article and 2 television shows • and 2 book reviews on "A History of the World in 100 Objects" and "Putnam's Revolutionary War Encampment" (at what is now Putnam Memorial State Park).
Fall, 2011 Special articles include: • Uncovering skeletal remains at New Haven Hospital • update from Bruce Greene on current and upcoming field activities • an update on the "Battlefields of the Pequot War" project of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center • and an article by Jim Trocchi titled "Native American Travel" in Southern New England.
Spring, 2011 Special articles include: • Update from Bonnie Beatrice on the 2010 Outreach Programs • update from Bruce Greene on current and upcoming field activities • an update on the "Battlefields of the Pequot War" project of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center • and an article by Jim Trocchi titled "Acculturation of Native Americans in Southern New England."
Fall, 2010 Special articles include: • Update from Nick Bellantoni on efforts re-inter the Leatherman to a more prominent site • Farewell to June Cooke and reminisences of the late John Spaulding • the latest news from the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center's projects • CSMNH / CAC 2010 Archaeology Field School for Kids program • a report from Jim Trocchi on his examination of the Rainbow Hydroelectric Plant Dam on the Farmington River in 2009, a result of the lowering of the Reservoir level making the old dam visible • and a historical article by Mike Raber on Marine Railways in Southeastern Connecticut.
Spring, 2010 Special articles include: • Update on the Turtle Submarine project • a profile of FOSA voluneer Kristy Dalhstron • the latest news from the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center's projects (summer, fall 2009) • and a paper by Jim Trocchi describing Connecticut Indian Demographics at European Contact.
Fall, 2009 Special articles include: • State of the budget and its impact on OSA • Info on the Andrew Kowalsky artifact collection donation • An article on a visit to the Manstan Rock Shelter • Another on what's happening at Mashantucket • An article on paleoimaging, a central part of this year's Annual Meeting speakers' subject • and finally a short article on an air crash in Norfolk, CT in 1943.
Spring, 2009 Special articles include: • New web site • Article on the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Library • FOSA's Outreach program • New Information on the H.L.Hunley's fate • Boiling Water with Rocks • Corduroy Roads • and an article on the Hicock-Benson-Palmer Late-Woodland Living site.
Fall, 2008 Special articles include: • Acknowledgements of volunteers' activities • A call for Laboratory volunteers to help catalog Native American artifact donations • Notification of the availability for review of John Spaulding's FOSA photographic records (48 separate binders of them!) at the OSA • The results of an archaeological dig in Big Timber, Montana • An article on the past of Stamford, CT • and thoughts on the First Americans.
Spring, 2008 Special articles include: • FOSA Outreach Program • New Ancient Lineage Discovered • Launching of the Turtle • Another attempt a NAGPRA amending • An update on the Kennewick Man • The first English settlement in Connecticut (in today's Windsor) • and new discoveries at the Venture Smith site.
Fall, 2007 Special articles include: • Radiocarbon Dating update • Farmington Canal • History of the West is Written in Stone • and a biography of Henry Obookiah.
Spring, 2007 Special articles include: • Radiocarbon Dating • Cautions and Limitations with C14 Dating • Profile of Ray Manstan and the Turtle • and an Analysis of a (fort) Palisade in Windsor.
Fall, 2006 Special articles include: • Use of Ground Penetrating Radar in South Windsor • Radiocarbon Dating • Award of a Grant to Help Fund a New Exhibit at UConn • Uncovering the Grave of Venture Smith • and A History of the ASC.
Spring, 2006 Special articles include: • An article on the Arthur Basto Archaeological Society • Radiocarbon Dating update • and an article on Dating Techniques, with emphasis on C14.
Fall, 2005 Special articles include: • Radiocarbon Dating update • an article on Kennewick Man • an initial article on the Lt. Eugene Bradley P-40 Crash Site • and a search for burial sites of (Revolutionary War) British Soldiers on Pine Island.
Spring, 2005 Special articles include: • The Avery Homestead in Preston, CT.
Fall, 2004 Special articles include: • Search for the Lost Prisoners' Cemetery at Newgate Prison • and a description of the First Annual Connecticut Archaeology Expo.
Spring, 2004 Special articles include: • Radiocarbon Dating update • an article on a Lost Treasure legend at the site of an old tavern in East Granby • and a biographical sketch of Samuel Huntington, a member of the Continental Congress.
Fall, 2003 Special articles include: • An article on the Search for Peter Pond burial site • a description of the Archaeology Mentorship Program • and the continuation of the Bulkeley Saga (cataloging the remains and discussion of the Bulkeley Tomb).
Spring, 2003 Special articles include: • An article on the cataloging and analysis of skeleton remains of the Gershom Buckeley Tomb.
Fall, 2002 Special articles include: • An article on the rediscovery of Kubla Khan's summer palace in China, known as Xanadu bull; and an article on Connecticut's first underwater archaeological preserves, centered around 2 shipwrecks (Lightship 51 and Willian Gillette's yacht "Aunt Polly").
Spring, 2002 Special articles include: • An article on the site of a colonial forge and steelworks in Killingworth.
Fall, 2001 Special articles include: • An article on a shipwreck, made visible by low water levels, in the Connecticut River.
Spring, 2001 Special articles include: • An article on the Pelton pottery kiln site in Bloomfield, CT.
Fall, 2000 Special articles include: • Status of FOSA and OSA activities • a draft letter to legislators encouraging them to support the bill on cultural heritage and tourism.
Spring, 2000 Special articles include: • SECOND FOSA NEWSLETTER: Status of FOSA and OSA activities.
Summer, 1998 Special articles include: • INITIAL FOSA NEWSLETTER: Status of OSA activities.


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