2018 International Volunteer Program

This year the AVP welcomes up to 8 international volunteers through Volunteers for Peace, a non-profit volunteer placement group. VFP volunteers must pay their travel expenses to and from Allegany, NY, but while here, food and lodging are covered by volunteer contributions. This year our VFP volunteers will be here for two weeks (07 July to 21 July). VFP partners with local volunteer organizations in each country, to make it easier to apply and obtain a visa. You can email them at vfp@vfp.org to ask about partner organizations in your country. For more information, you can visit www.vfp.org. The AVP project code is VFP-STV05-18, found here.

SUNY JCC and AVP Summer Archaeological Field School Information

JCC is once again offering a discount tuition rate for the 6 credit field school. This year tuition is just $594 for New York residents with a certificate of residence (COR), and $1188 for out-of-state students, and residents without a COR. Additional fees total $76.50 for residents and non-residents. Registration forms can be found at http://www.sunyjcc.edu/credit-course-schedules/pdf/JCC%20summer%202018%20advisement%20registration%20forms.pdf and should be filled out as follows:
CMP = JM    CRN = 3179    SBJ = ANT    CR HRS = 6    COURSE FEE = (leave blank)
COURSE TITLE = ANT 2010 Discount Tuition Arch Field School.

Enter the discount tuition amount ($594 with COR or $1188 without) in the TUITION box, enter $52.50 in the TECHNOLOGY FEE box, and enter $24 in the LEARNING NETWORK FEE box. Add up tuition and fees and enter into the TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED box ($670.50 with COR, $1264.50 without), include payment, and mail to the address indicated on the form.

For more information on tuition, fees or the registration process, email Shannon Bessette at ShannonBessette@mail.sunyjcc.edu . For more information about the field school itself, food/lodging options, and the project in general, email Steve Howard at avp.archaeology@gmail.com 

Summer Field School 2018

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Registration and tuition information will be posted here soon. In the meantime, you can contact Shannon at JCC (shannonbessette@mail.sunyjcc.edu) or Steve at AVP (avp.archaeology@gmail.com) for current information.

Farewell Season 2017

 As the 2017 season drew to a close, a buried "A" horizon and a feature with pottery fragments made it clear that we need to return one more year to Canticle Farm...

Laura and Rich record a profile

a large pottery fragment collected the last day

Thank you to all who volunteered and donated to the project to make 2017 such a success! Processing and analyses follow, and we'll keep you posted!

Time has flown by...

We are already in the waning days of Season 2017! Time has passed by so fast, and we have discovered many new things about the site. So much, that we have decided to extend the excavations at Canticle Farm for one more year. This was necessitated by the discovery of a new zone of activity that may represent a different time level within the Ancestral Ohiyoh Haudenosaunee time frame.

Pottery fragment in situ within a suspected pit feature.

A plain rimsherd with faint cordmarking below the lip.

A series of test pits form a "trench" exposing the base of the plow zone. Composite photos like this are taken just before we backfill. We will reopen this trench next season to investigate a possible feature in the far end.

Pipe Stem fragment

Anne-Claire, visiting from France, found a ceramic pipe stem fragment.

State Park Weekend

Taking a break from digging, we visited a few state parks this past weekend...

Ruins at Allegany State Park

Stone Tower, Allegany State Park

The Annual Overlook Photo, Allegany State Park

Letchworth State Park: l-r Marco, Thomas, Clara, Anna, Anne-Claire, Jan, Laura and Laurie

Another Letchworth photo