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Basic information on FOSA, its history, and mission.
About FOSA
Annual Meetings
Article Reprints
Archaeology Awareness Month and Archaeology Fairs,
Archaeology Without Digging Glossary
ASC Collaboration
Board of Directors
Brochure
Certificates of Appreciation
Committees and Committee Members
Cooke Scholarship Info
Cooke Scholarship Awardees
Did You Know?
Fieldwork Activities
Fieldwork: FOSA Excavation Policy
Digs: Frequently Asked Questions
Digs: Site Activities
Dig Site Activities: Site Review
Dig Site Activities: Site Location and Geo-Physical Survey
-- Dig Site Activities: Test Excavations
-- Dig Site Activities: Grid Layout
-- Dig Site Activities: Excavate, Level by Level
-- Dig Site Activities: Screening
-- Dig Site Activities: What Do We Find?
-- Dig Site Activities: Laboratory Process and Report Writing
-- Dig Site Activities: Site Preservation
-- Dig Site Activities: Field Walks
-- Dig Site Activities: Adult Field School
-- Dig Site Activities: Student Field School
-- Dig Site Activities: Educators Field School
-- Dig Site Activities: Selected Digs' Images
Field Health and Safety
Field Paperwork Review
Find A Town
Forms
FOSA's 25th Anniversary Picnic
FOSA Continuing Education Home
Google Search
Help Wanted
iCRV Collaboration
iCRV CT Arch Shows
Introduction to Archaeology
Join Us / Donate
Information Forwarded
The Long Journeys Home
Meadowcroft Rockshelter Trip (2014)
Merchandise
Minors Protection Training
New England Vampire Folk Belief: The
Archaeological Evidence
Newsletters
Newspaper Articles
Nick Bellantoni's Retirement Picnic (2014)
Office of State Archaeologist, Connecticut
Other Groups' Flyers
Outreach
Page 15 QR Target
PayPal Page Flow
Plimoth Plantation Trip (2017)
Reference Books
Related Web Sites
Remembrances
Skeletal Diagrams
Slavery in America and the Underground Railroad
Smiles at the Memories
Submarine Turtle Reconstruction
Upcoming Events
Volunteer Opportunities
Webinars
YouTube Videos
Information about the Friends of the Office of State Archaeology, Inc.
Provides access to photos and descriptions of FOSA Annual Meetings, beginning with the 2008
meeting. Highlights of the meeting, as well as descriptions of the featured speaker are presented.
Reprints of selected FOSA Newsletter and other articles, concentrating on articles of
general interest.
Information on Archaeology Awareness Month, from 2012 when FOSA began coordinating
activities for it, thru 2019 when FOSA ceased doing it. This link also contains photographs for the
Archaeology Fairs that FOSA (among others) have participated in.
Information on FOSA's increasing level of collaboration and cooperation with the
Archaeological Society of Connecticut (ASC).
A list of the FOSA Board of Directors and Officers.
The latest brochure being handed out at events where FOSA has a table/display.
Facsimilies of the Certificates of Appreciation that are awarded to FOSA members at our
annual meetings.
A list of the various Committees and their members. Members do not have to be
members of the Board of Directors to be listed here.
Provides a link where you can access information on a scholarship established in
the name of June and Dave Cooke, which is intended to encourage students majoring in archaeology at the
MA or Ph. D. level, to do work in Connecticut archaeology.
Brings up an index of Cooke Scholarship awardees, by Award Year.
31 different FOSA and OSA items, which are discussed in the website and
which can be separately accessed each day.
Index page for policies, information, and forms related to fieldwork.
Defines the types of work FOSA Volunteers will participate in (or not), while representing FOSA.
A list of the most frequently-asked questions concerning digs, including how to participate,
what to bring, what not to do, and so forth.
Lead-in to separate pages describing the fundamentals of archaeological field
work along with pictures of FOSA and OSA personnel participating in these activities.
Description of what goes into choosing a site to excavate.
Description and pictures of steps involved in evaluating the most promising areas in a site
prior to beginning the excavation.
Description and pictures of initial excavations, done to obtain a better understanding of the
site and determine the most likely place(s) where artifacts might be found during formal excavations, by looking at
selected areas of it beforehand.
Description and pictures of laying out the grid pattern, which define the areas within which
excavations will done and and how recovered artifacts will be documented spatially; and doing initial work within them.
Description and pictures of the process of excavation of a site within the areas of the grid
patterns previously laid out.
Description and pictures of screening, which is used to examine soil excavated which did not
appear to contain artifacts when initially examined.
Description and pictures of the more close examination and documentation of artifacts
during excavation, recording them in site for later analysis.
Description and pictures of the results of examination of recovered artifacts, as well as
links to sites associated with the processing of artifacts, and results' presentations at events such as the FOSA Annual
Meeting.
Description of the final stage of field activity, in which the site itself is returned to its
pre-excavation state.
Description and pictures of Field Walks, which -- while not a formal part of field work -- are
engaged in by people on their own. Things to do, not to do, and what to look for.
Description and pictures taken during one of the annual, weeklong Adult Field School
fieldwork sessions hosted by State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni.
Description and pictures taken during one of the archaeological field school sessions with
Glastonbury Middle School students, hosted by State Archaeologist Nicholas Bellantoni.
Information on the "Field School for Educators" offered by the CSMNH.
Images, taken by both FOSA members and in online news accounts, of excavations which were
made available to the public via news reporting.
Slideshow with field health and safety information.
Information about how to fill out Excavation Level Forms.
Locate a Town on a map of Connecticut.
Forms related to historic sites preservation.
Images from FOSA's 25th Anniversary Picnic.
Home page for Continuing Education information and class offerings.
Provides a method of searching for items using Google, with the searches confined
to just the FOSA web site or across the entire web.
A list of volunteer positions which FOSA needs filled. Positions are non-renumerative.
Information on internet radio station iCRV, which FOSA collaborates with
for the monthly "Archaeology in Connecticut" shows.
Listing of all iCRV "Archaeology in Connecticut" panel discussions and access to
recordings of the shows.
A series of images from a talk given in the past by Nick Bellantoni when he led the
Adult Field School sessions as State Archaeologist (now emeritus).
The FOSA Membership Application. For either printing and mailing or online processing.
The Join/Donate Info Transmitted page. Once the user inputs all of the fields onto the Join/Donate
form, that information is validated and sent to our Membership Chair and Treasurer, in what we call a "heads-up"
message. This screen then comes up, advising the user to access PayPal or otherwise complete the transaction.
A discussion on iCRV radio by author Nick Bellantoni on the background and
repatirations of Henry 'Opukaha'ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk, from New England graves to Hawaii and South Dakota
respectively.
Images taken by members of a trip to the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania,
which occurred October 10-12, 2014.
A link to a page of short-term items available, and to the Zazzle web site, where
other FOSA "stuff" can be ordered.
A PDF file describing steps to ensure that minors are protected while in our
presence; in particular, preventing and documenting & reporting instances of suspected child abuse.
A talk by Nick Bellantoni discussing the evolving evidence of the causes of the
belief in vampires and, more importantly, an identification of the one known person who had been thought to have
been one, based on his condition in the ground and his skeletal remains, enhanced by DNA examinations.
Provides access to previous FOSA newsletters, which are published in the spring and fall of
each year.
Provides access to newspaper articles involving both the OSA and FOSA.
A set of 52 images taken by Peter Bass, at the September 6, 2014, retirement picnic
given by FOSA, in honor of his retirement from the position of CT State Archaeologist.
Information about the Connecticute Office of State Archaeologist (OSA), current OSA, and past OSAs.
A series of links to flyers, which are handed out by other groups for explanatory purposes.
Presents a description of activities under the "Outreach" or "Public Events" heading, as well
as selected images from different Outreach activities.
(1 of 2) Companion reference material for Nick Bellantoni's book, And So the Tomb Remained.
The pages used to use PayPal to forward contributions to FOSA, for users who
may be uncomfortable with the normal "Join/Donate" flow or with PayPal itself.
Images taken during a trip to Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA, in 2017. Dr. Brian
Jones provided commentary during the trip, and photographs were taken of the trip and points of interest.
A list of books, including those mentioned in bibliographies of reprinted articles,
as well as other books of general interest.
Provides a listing of archaeological web sites, both in Connecticut and elsewhere, which have
a connection to FOSA. The web sites are broken out into categories of 'Reference Materials' and 'General Interest.'
Eulogies and remembrance articles of former FOSA members who have passed away.
(2 of 2) Companion reference material for Nick Bellantoni's book, And So the Tomb Remained.
A presentation by Dr. Don Rankin concerning Slavery and the Underground Railroad, based on his
research into the activities of his ancestor Dr. John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio. Combines PowerPoint images (converted
to HTML format) with associated text, and 2 optional recordings -- one taken during a presentation and the other
a radio interview on the same subject.
A series of "zany photographs" taken at various times by various, unnamed people,
showing a lighter side of FOSA.
A series of images originally in a Powerpoint presentation, plus related text, associated with the reconstruction
of the submarine Turtle.
Listing of upcoming events of interest to FOSA members and the general public.
Note that most field activities are not shown here: such events would be made known to FOSA individuals who have
expressed an interest in doing Field Work, this for site=security purposes. Events for the previous month are also
shown.
Comprehensive descriptions of each of the "Interest Inventory" items listed on the
Join Us/Donate page.
Virtual discussions (generally ZOOM) of archaeology-related topics that we've been
made aware of. Not all of these webinars specifically involve FOSA or its members.
An index of short videos on YouTube, concerned with activities by the CT State
Archaeologist and archaeologically-related subjects.
Site Map
A listing of all accessible FOSA-CT web site pages, with a brief description of what is on each.
Lithics Class Glossary
A pop-up window showing technical terms used in the Lithics Analysis class.