Patrick O'Neill, and some others, will be speaking about some topics of that may be of interest to VA-Histers.....
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Subject: DC Archaeology Day & Conference - Saturday Oct. 20, 3-5:15 pm
Come celebrate National Archaeology Day in Washington, D.C. on Saturday October 20!!
In honor of the day, and in conjunction with the 39th Annual DC Historical Studies Conference, there is a conference session of nine papers on archaeological investigations in the District from 3-5:15 pm. A broad range of papers subjects are covered including prehistory, landscape archaeology, streetcars, and public archaeology and outreach. The conference themes of the contrabands in the Civil War and the bicentennial of the War of 1812 are addressed. And there will be a paper describing a unique project where current military veterans transition to the workforce via employment in an archaeological laboratory! All of the talks will be presented by professional archaeologists but will be geared to the segment of the general public interested in archaeology and history. The Saturday archaeology session is in the Washingtoniana Room of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at 901 G St., N.W., Washington, DC 20001. It is Metro accessible via Red, Yellow, & Green lines, Gallery Place/ Chinatown station, exit on 9th St./ gallery side. Metered street parking is available. As an added incentive, we'll be adjourning to one of the local pubs to socialize when the session is finished.
Check out the schedule, register to attend, and read through the paper abstracts on the conference website. There are three concurrent sessions of papers on Friday and Saturday - archaeology is just one subject area. Come for the archaeology but stay all day! Registration is $20. http://annualconferencedchistoricalstudies.wordpress.com/schedule/
The Friday evening session "War comes to Washington: The War of 1812 and its Bicentennial Commemoration" includes archaeologist Richard Ervin who will discuss the Battle of Bladensburg and the invasion of DC, and historian/ archaeologist Patrick O'Neill covering the Potomac River battles and the invasion of Alexandria. These longer presentations feature time for Q&A afterwards and will take place at the George Washington University Elliott School at 1957 E St NW (closest Metro stop is Farragut West not Foggy Bottom)-see: http://elliott.gwu.edu/contact.cfm.
The opening reception and lecture are Thursday evening at the Washington Historical Society in the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, 801 K St NW. It is two blocks south of the Mount Vernon Sq./7th St-Convention Center Metro Station (yellow and green lines) and two blocks north of the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station (red, yellow, and green lines). There are also walking tours on Sunday. http://annualconferencedchistoricalstudies.wordpress.com/tours/
We hope to see you at the library next Saturday!
Cheers-
Ruth Trocolli, City Archaeologist
Chardé Reid, Assistant Archaeologist
Session 22: The Archaeology of D.C. - Civil War and Beyond
1 3:00 pm Newly identified prehistoric site at Bolling AFB/ JBAB. John Bedell, Louis Berger Group
2 3:15 pm NPS Battlefield Preservation Grant Investigations of the Bladensburg Battlefield. Richard Ervin, Maryland State Highway Administration
3 3:30 pm An Archaeological Survey of Civil War Fortifications in Southeast Washington D.C. Cynthia V. Goode & Charles Goode, John Milner Associates
4 3:45 pm The Civil War at Fort McNair: Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations of the Washington Arsenal and District of Columbia Penitentiary. Scott Siebel, URS
5 4:00 pm Coming together to Uncover the "Fort" in Alexandria, Virginia. Mary Furlong & Adrienne T. Washington
6 4:15 pm Urban Archeology Corps 2012 at Fort Mahan. Teresa Mower, NPS
7 4:30 pm The Veterans Curation Program: Tackling Veteran Unemployment through Curating Archaeological Collections. Shamus Sullivan, Beatrice Arendt, & Claire O'Brien, John Milner Associates
8 4:45 pm Battling Landscapes: Garden Archaeology at Tudor Place in Washington, D.C. Carthon Davis, III & Kerri Barile, Dovetail Cultural Resources Group
9 5:00 pm Deterioration and Rehabilitation of the Infrastructure on O and P Streets in the Georgetown Neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Matt Palus, Ottery Group
Ruth Trocolli, Ph.D.
City Archaeologist
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