• CNEHA Conference.
What: Annual Conference for Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology
When: October 17-20, 2024
Where: Omni Hotel, 155 Temple Street, New Haven
For information on CNEHA please click https://cneha.org/.
(Detailed information on the CNEHA 2024 Annual Conference is not currently available).
NOTE: FOSA will be providing most of the staffing for the CNEHA Conference, so we will need as many volunteers as we can get. To volunteer, please send an email to fosa.ct@gmail.com, with the words "CNEHA Volunteer" in the subject. .

• ESAF Conference.
What: Annual Conference for Eastern States Archaeological Federation
When: November 7-10, 2024
Where: Newport, RI
For information on ESAF please click https://esaf-archeology.org/index.html.
(Detailed information on the ESAF 2024 Annual Conference is not currently available).

• OSA-FOSA WEBINARS

Please click  OSA-FOSA Webinars for detailed information on each webinar and how to register.

• SAA UPCOMING SEMINARS
   
  For information on upcoming and to register, please click SAA Upcomging Events.

• TRINITY COLLEGE / ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of AMERICA LECTURES
What: Four times per year, Trinity's Classical Studies Department hosts events of the Archaeological Institute of America Hartford Society.
When: Click Trinity AIA Lectures for the current AIA events scheduled, registration information and videos of past AIA lectures.
Venue: These are virtual (ZOOM) sessions, which are free and open to the public.
And: Clicking All Lectures will give access to all public lectures held at Trinity including, those of the AIA.
For Questons: Please email Wendi Delaney at: wendi.delaney@trincoll.edu.

From time to time we receive notification of virtual archaeology-oriented lectures being offered by various groups, in addition to those mentioned elsewhere for iCRV lectures. As we receive these we'll post them in Selected YouTube Videos (Webinars) section.

AVON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY VIDEOS: "UNEARTHING HISTORY"

These lectures will feature speakers from a variety of organizations, including FOSA, on subjects as varied as the role of LIDAR in examinging sites thru recent sites such as a 12,500 year-old Paleo-Indian site, genomes of contemporary humans and their ancestors. Specifics on each of these FREE videos can be found by clicking the year icon.

> Click 2023 for a list of "Unearthing History" videos scheduled for or presented in 2023.

> Click 2022 for a list of "Unearthing History" videos presented in 2022.

> Click 2021 for a list of "Unearthing History" videos presented in 2021.

• "Smithsonian Channel: 'America's Hidden Stories' Explores Vampire Exhumations of the Past with Dr. Nick Bellantoni"
When: repeated at various times. Check your local listings!
Where: Smithsonian Channel
What: From the American Revolution to the end of the 1800s, a mysterious ritual spread across New England...and beyond. Graves were broken into, the organs of the dead were burned and turned into horrifying forms of medicine. The reason why: to ward off vampires. Over time, stories of these exhumations vanished into rumor and legend, but new evidence has brought these ghoulish practices back to into focus. So, were 19th century farmers really fighting vampire? Or were they facing off against a predatory phantom that was even deadlier?

• "History Channel: MysteryQuest: Hitler's Escape with Dr. Nick Bellantoni"
When: repeated at various times. Check your local listings!
Where: History Channel
What: Former CT State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni was requested by the History Channel to travel to both Germany and Moscow to study the remains which are said to be those of Adolph Hitler. It was a tremendous adventure for Dr. Bellantoni; and good reviews for UConn as well. Watch the History Channel to hear the whole story!

• "Travel Channel: Mysteries At the Museum on Griswold Vampire Case
When: repeated at various times. Check your local listings!
Where: Travel Channel
What: The "Griswold Vampire Case" began with the uncovering of 29 graves in an abandoned cemetery set in a now-eroding rock pit. In one of the graves the bones had been rearranged, following an exhumation of the deceased. Looking into this more deeply, Nick became involved in vampire legends which existed in eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island, especially in the late-18th to late 19th centuries. It turned out that these kinds of exhumations and bone-rearrangings were an attempt by people whose families were being devastated by tuberculosis, who trying to save their families using beliefs and methods originating from eastern Europe.
For additional information: Do a Google search on "vampires" to find items on this within this web site, including a video of a talk given by Nick at Quinnipiac University in 2013 and a book, Food For the Dead, in which additional background information is provided.

• "Science Channel: Secrets of the Underground: "Secret History of the New World"
When: available after original airing on Science Channel, at https://www.sciencechannelgo.com/
Where: Science Channel
What: Dr. Jones will be appearing in the Science channel show "Secrets of the Underground" premiering March 28 at 10:00 PM. The episode is entitled "Secret History of the New World." Dr. Jones will be providing context on the Gungywamp ruins in Groton.

• "various (PBS, Science Channel): "Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown's Dark Winter"
What: A program discussing the 1609 winter at Jamestown, and the suffering and cannibalism that occurred there; Dr. Robert Owsley (ref. 2015 Annual Meeting) is featured in the episode. The episode is also available on Amazon as a video; click on Amazon and input Jamestown's Dark Winter in the search criteria.

• Archaeological Society of Connecticut

• Conference on New England Archaeology

• CT Archaeology Center / Office of State Archaeology

• Connecticut Gravestone Network (Facebook)

• Connecticut State Museum of Natural History

• Ellington Historical Society

• Friends of Center Cemetery

• Friends of Hammonassett

• Historical Society of Glastonbury

• Institute for American Indian Studies

• Madison Historical Society

• Museum of Connecticut Glass

• Scranton Memorial Library