With this year’s NEARA Fall Conference right in our backyard, there is a great opportunity to experience NEARA’s talks and field trips close to home. Don’t miss out—registration closes Friday, November 3rd!

Local-area field trips on Friday and Sunday will bookend a full schedule of talks on Friday evening and all day Saturday:

Keynote speaker Saturday evening: Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines-Roberson Jr., Nipmuc Cultural Steward “Eastern Woodlands Culture and Traditions – 12,000 years”

Fred Martin, NEARA: “Retrospective Archaeoastronomy King Philip’s Rock Site, Sharon, MA”

Craig Chartier: “Historical Research, Archaeology, Reconstruction of Acton MA Stone Chamber”

Donna Thompson, NEARA: “Archaeology From the Desktop – Digging for Clues About New England Stone Structures with Online Resources”, along with a hands-on workshop.

Kevin McBride, University of Connecticut: “Recent Research and New Perspectives on the Gungywamp Site”

Peter Anick, Brandeis University, NEARA: “We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident: Assumptions, Conjectures, Facts and Fallacies in the Debate About Stone Structures”

Dr. James Feathers: “Latest OSL Dates for New England Stone Sites From the Feathers Lab”

Walter van Roggen, NEARA: “Conclusions from an OSL dating study of two New Hampshire stone sites”

Information about NEARA and a link to the full program and registration is available HERE.

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