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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Newsletter

The Spring 2014 newsletter has been sent! Electronic versions should be in your inbox (or check spam, if you haven't added our new email), and the paper versions should arrive in a few days.

Plan Ahead!

Here is the calendar for the 2014 Field Season for the Allegheny Valley Project, as it appears in the newsletter. Should any changes be made between now and then (weather, etc), they will be posted on this blog, so check back from time to time!
July
7 – six-credit field school opens; site prep
8-12 – 8am-5pm: 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
13 – site closed/activity date
14 – three-credit field school opens (8am-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
15-18 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm);  6cr field school; volunteer shifts
19 – 8am-5pm: 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
20 – site closed/Seneca Pow Wow
21-25 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
26 – Community Archaeology Day
27 – site closed/activity day
28-31 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
August
1 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
2 – 8am-5pm: 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
3 – site closed/activity day
4-8 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
9 – 8am-5pm: 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
10 – site closed/activity day
11-14 – 8am-5pm: 3cr field school (-4pm); 6cr field school; volunteer shifts
14 – 5pm-8pm: Site Closing

Calendar Notes:
-          Every Thursday is a designated lab day for field schools. Rain days will be held in the lab, in which case some Thursdays may become field days.

-          One field school day will be spent at the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, date to be announced.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

March Update

We are finally finished with the incorporation and non-profit processes! All of the bureaucratic details, state and federal, have been addressed, and we are fully functional as a non-profit corporation in New York. Now we can focus all our efforts on our mission! In addition to the above-mentioned tasks, we have been busy processing the materials and data collected last year at Bockmier One, and we have been working on the technical report for the Karl site excavations. The report for Karl is all but finished, awaiting funding for radiocarbon dates. It is imperative that we have dates for the burnt rock feature. We're hoping we will be able to afford to date at least two samples this year to complete the report, and then transform the report into a journal article.


Monday, January 13, 2014

Field School: 6 credit option

JCC is now offering a 6-credit option for the field school. Students earning 6 credits will begin July 7 and continue through August 14, Monday through Saturday (8am-5pm). Tuition for 6 hours is $1056 for in-state (NY), $2112 for out-of-state residents. Contact Shannon Bessette for more information at ShannonBessette@mail.sunyjcc.edu.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Winter Newsletter


The Winter Newsletter has been sent, both electronic and paper versions. It will take a few days for the paper versions to arrive, but the electronic versions should be in your email inbox. If not, check your spam filter, since we are sending from our new email address. If you aren't on our mailing or email list you won't get it at all. Want to change that? Send us an email requesting to be on the list (either or both). Best of all, it's free! (We do, of course, appreciate donations). avp.archaeology@gmail.com

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Online Donations

To make it easier to support the Allegheny Valley Project, we've installed a "Donate" button in the upper right side of the page. The button provides a secure transaction environment powered by PayPal, and you can use most major credit cards or a PayPal account. Your donations help us purchase supplies for archaeological activities, pay for research expenses such as radiocarbon dating, and pay for overhead costs involved in day-to-day operations. If your donation is $15 or more, you will be counted as a Supporting Member. Donations of $50 or more will receive an electronic receipt to print out for tax purposes. We welcome business sponsors as well. Email us at avp.archaeology@gmail.com with any questions, comments or directions concerning your donation (if you want to fund a particular activity, for example). Ask to be put on our email and/or paper mailing list to receive the AVP newsletter. To all of our current and future Supporting Members: your support is greatly appreciated! Remember, the AVP is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, so your donation is tax deductible. 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

New email

The Allegheny Valley Project now has a new email address! To contact us for any reason, email avp.archaeology@gmail.com .