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| August 1, 2010 | Article from the Ridgefield Press: Connecticut State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni will use a radar device to search for the exact location of the original meeting houses of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, CT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 31, 2010 | Article from the Norwich Bulletin: A land preserve in Sprague, CT, will be the site of an archaeological dig in the fall of 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 19, 2010 | Article from theday.com The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program has awarded a $19,000 grant to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center to research details of the 1636-1638 battles between colonial settlers and Pequot Indians at Fort Saybrook (Saybrook Point, Old Saybrook, CT.) The investigative team includes the Office of the Connecticut State Archaeologist. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 11, 2010 | Article from Federal News Radio 1500AM about a project in Mystic, CT, to map the battlefields of the Pequot War which is bringing musket balls, gunflints and arrowheads into the sunlight for the first time in centuries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 9, 2010 | Article from the Housatonic Times involving discussions in New Milford focused on the town's plan of conservation. In it, state archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni notes that Remediation of sites where cultural remains might be disturbed can usually be accomplished without any costs to the town or the developer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 6, 2010 | Article from the newstimes.com: State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni was called in after a tribal burial ground was found in New Milford, CT, when excavation for an affordable housing complex began. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 3, 2010 | Article from the Hartford Courant, wherein Nicholas Bellantoni, state archaeologist, comments on testing for evidence of existing graves when new graves are added in old Connecticut graveyards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 26, 2010 | Article from the Hartford Courant regarding Nick Bellantoni's hike to Hospital Rock, located off the Metacomet Trail in Farmington, CT. Hospital Rock marks the site of the Todd-Wadsworth Smallpox Hospital, an experimental medical facility in the 1790s which dealt with smallpox cases and experimental inoculations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 15, 2010 | Article from the Housatonic Times regarding an upcoming talk about the man known as the "Leatherman" and a hike to several of his local stops along his travels. His grave in Scarborough, NY may need to be moved; and if Dr. Bellantoni can obtain a wisdom tooth, it's possible his ancestry can be determined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 11, 2010 | Article from the Litchfield County Times, regarding the awarding of a $13,392 Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grant to the CT Trust for Historic Preservation, to do a historic structures report on Seven Hearths, their historic house museum in Kent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 15, 2009 | Article from the AAPR Bulletin concerning the reburial in Guilford of bones believed belonging to a Native American who lived in the Guilford area between 500 and 1000 years ago. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (various) | Articles from the New Haven Register, concerning the burial of the Revoutionary Soldier referenced
originally in August, 2009 articles below. The soldier's skull had been under the care of State
Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni since the early 1990s.
November 6, 2009 - New Haven Register November 29, 2009 - New Haven Register November 25, 2009 - Nashua Telegraph |
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| October 23, 2009 | Article from EastonCourier.comon a recently-published book, “Historical and Archeological Assessment Survey of Easton”, describing its cultural and archaeological history. Over 100 archaeological sites have been found, some containing articles over 10,000 years old, registered with the Connecticut Historical Commission and the Office of State Archaeology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October, 2009 | Blog from Helen Urbinas of the Hartford Courant on Nick Bellantoni (aka "Indiana Bellantoni"), his life and his experiences. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1, 2009 | Article in the Register Citizen, in which Nick Bellantoni discussed Colonial New Englanders' beliefs concerning the deceased returning to life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Many articles have been posted as a result of Nick Bellantoni's appearance on the History Channel's MysteryQuest
episode entitled "Hitler's Escape" both in conventional news media and in various web sites. The Connecticut
State Archaeologist was requested by the History Channel to travel to both Germany and Moscow to
study the remains which are said to be those of Adolf Hitler, although the results of his trip throw
this into some doubt. The articles are listed below:
September 28, 2009 - AOL News September 28, 2009 - leeloveshottrends.com September 26, 2009 - Vos Iz Neias (Yiddish: What's News?) September 27, 2009- guardian.co.uk (United Kingdom) September 29, 2009 - DesPardes.com (South Asia) September 29, 2009 - YouTube.com ("The Hitler Project") September 29, 2009 - Connecticut Post September 29, 2009 - Washington Examiner September 29, 2009 - BBC News (United Kingdom) September 28, 2009 - Google: Hosted News September 29, 2009 - Minneapolis Star Tribune September 29, 2009 - Fresno Bee September 29, 2009 - The Week Magazine September 30, 2009 - Hartford Courant September 29, 2009 - ABC News September 29, 2009 - COSMOS Magazine (Austrailia) September 29, 2009 - channelnewsasia.com (Singapore) September 28, 2009 - Fox News September 28, 2009 - Perth Now (Austrailia) September 28, 2009 - The Sun (United Kingdom) September 27, 2009 - Fox55 Wausau September 28, 2009 - Telegraph.co.uk (United Kingdom) September 28, 2009 - Daily Mail (United Kingdom) September 30, 2009 - University of Connecticut September 30, 2009 - Scribe Culture September 30, 2009 - UPI.com September 28, 2009 - BritainNews.net (United Kingdom) September 29, 2009 - Fox61 Hartford December 9, 2009 - Daily Mail (United Kingdom) December 11, 2009 - CNN.com December 9, 2009 - Houston.craigslist December 9, 2009 - ABC News
September 16, 2009 |
Article put out by television station WTNH of New Haven, concerning a field trip / dig for selected
students of Daniel Hand High School.
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Several articles exist on the apparent location of the crash site of Lt. Eugene Bradley in what is
now Bradley Field (named for him after he was killed in the 1941 crash) by Nick Bellantoni, using a
Ground Penetrating Radar device. The articles are listed below:
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September 15, 2009 - Hartford Courant September 15, 2009 - UPI announcement September 15, 2009 - WNPR radio article October 8, 2009 - Times of the Internet September 30, 2009 - NBC Connecticut
September 8, 2009 |
Article in the Connecticut Daily Campus, about the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History on the
UConn campus in Storrs, CT. The museum is home to the Office of State Archaeology, the Connecticut
Archaeology Center and to the Stone Wall Initiative ... though it often goes unnoticed by many. |
August 30, 2009 |
Article in the Connecticut Post, about the skull of a Revolutionary War soldier, in the custody of
the UConn Archaeology Department, which Nick Bellantoni will be doing forensic analysis on prior
to its being properly interred. |
August 17, 2009 |
Article in the NorwichBulletin.com, with additional information on the finds of archaeological
interest at the site of the former Norwich Hospital as presented by Nick Bellantoni. |
August 11, 2009 |
Article in TheDay.com, concerning 2 possible archaeological sites located at the site of the
former Norwich Hospital. |
August 5, 2009 |
Article in the Westport News concerning research on a building in Westport dating back to the
Revolutionary War (it was known as West Parish back then). |
July 31, 2009 |
A second article, this one in the Online Hour, concerning use of high-tech equipment (electromagnetic
induction and Ground Penetrating Radar) to search for structural remains of the West Parish Meeting
House in Westport. |
July 22, 2009 |
Article by the Ridgefield Press concerning a re-examination of the formal gardens of the Casagmo
Condominium community using sonar scan. |
June 29, 2009 |
Article in the Connecticut Post concerning efforts to restore 4 historic graveyards in Easton, trace
their histories, and identify individuals in unmarked graves. |
June 11, 2009 |
Article in the Mystic Times on excavation activites at the Ebenezer Avery House in Groton. |
March 28, 2009 |
Article in newstimes.com about an archaeological dig in Ridgefield, CT, at a location believed to be
the site of a Revolutionary War encampment. |
March 3, 2009 |
Photo spread from the Hartford Courant, of images taken from the Connecticut State Museum of.
Natural History exhibits. |
March 2, 2009 |
Article from UConn Advance on the possible closing of the Museum of Natural History / Connecticut
Archaeology Center and the Benton Museum of Art. |
January 16, 2009 |
Article in the Kent Good Times Dispatch on the discovery of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp
Macedonia in Kent, which was investigated by Nick Bellantoni. |
December 5, 2008 |
Article in the Kent Good Times Dispatch involving concerns over a Schaghticoke Indian tribal schism
and a disputed burial site, which was investigated by Nick Bellantoni. |
November 2, 2008 |
Article in the Record Journal concerning the "Leather Man", which Nick Bellantoni discusses and for
which he wrote a review of a book about the Leather Man by a local author. |
November 2, 2008 |
Article in the Register Citizen about a vampire scare which affected a family in Jewett City in 1854,
which OSA investigated. |
October 10, 2008 |
Article in the New York Times concerning efforts to gain Pequot War battle sites listed in the
National Register. |
June 17, 2008 |
Article in the Journal Inquirer on Nick Bellantoni: 20 years of digging through the past. |
May 8, 2008 |
Article in the East Hartford Gazette on the celebration of the 20th annivarsary of the
Office of State Archaeology. |
February, 2004 |
Article in the Manchester Historical Society "Courier" on continuing archaeological activities at the
former Pitkin Glass Works in Manchester CT, supervised by Nick Bellantoni and with help from FOSA and
other groups. |
March 4, 2001 |
Article in the New York Times regarding the Pachaug Rockshelter (Voluntown, CT) hoax. |
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