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I wish I was working on this excavation! Several years ago a professor of mine (David Orr) spoke about the site at Timbuctoo, and I couldn't believe I'd lived so close to it all of my life and had never known it existed. You can read the article about it here.

THIS IS FROM THE ASNJ LISTSERV -- THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO SOME. I BELIEVE MATT TOMASO'S CONTACT EMAIL IS mtomaso@psands.com In late July, PS&S will be conducting Phase III investigations at the Polhemus House Site in Toms River, New Jersey. On behalf of the project sponsor, you...

Although I’ve lived in many places over the years, when I think of this elusive place known as “home,” my mind still turns to the pine barrens of South Jersey. Now, relocated to the Appalachians of West Virginia, I still turn to the horizon while driving, expecting sugar sand and tall pine...

Does anyone have contact information -- email or telephone -- for Scott Wieczorek? (Or, does he use this site?) A colleague might be interested in reading/using some of his research from Brooksbrae/Pasadena for a job here in WV. I can be contacted at ariadne.t.moore@wv.gov Any help...

This isn't quite archaeology, or Pine Barrens, but quite cool nonethess! "JAMESBURG — Area residents are invited to step back in history this Saturday and help members of Intertribal American Indians of New Jersey build a traditional native dwelling called a longhouse. Longhouses, not...

After a couple of years of living outside of the area (Haddonfield, Philadelphia, Iowa, to name a few), I'm back in the Pines -- Ocean County -- for about two weeks for work. I would love to get together with some of you for a weekend hike, a beer or what-have-you while I'm in the area! I've...

Is anyone attending the MAAC this weekend? I wasn't intending to go due to some other issues, but it appears that I will now be free this weekend. If attending, is anyone interested in car pooling to Maryland? If so, contact me at ariadnetaige@aol.com... Later skaters, Ariadne

Tiny Piney Meet my new son Nikolai, he's a very tiny piney. :)

The company for which I work is named Kise, Straw & Kolodner. It's not a particularly nifty name, I'll grant you, but no one ever calls it that. We say "KSK," which is a lot easier to say, and takes up less space on our tee-shirts. Nonetheless, if you were to look us up, on say the internet...

A few days ago at lunch break, some co-workers and I visited Harleigh Cemetery in Cooper River Park (Camden County). While we’d gone specifically to see Walt Whitman’s grave, I was more fascinated with the monument for William Joyce Sewell (Civil War General), which is an extremely elaborate...

May is Delaware Archaeology month, and there are a ton of free events, digs, talks, etc to be seen all around the state. Oddly enough, some of them are about New Jersey. Anyhow, here is the link: http://www.delawarearchaeology.org/2006_calendar_of_events.htm I'll be doing the...

Hey all. I have recently returned from an exile to Delaware, er, I mean an excavation in Delaware. Nonetheless, in part to celebrate my return to the Garden State and in part to celebrate my 28th birthday (good grief, I am old), I am getting together with friends on Saturday night, April 22nd...

Some years ago, when I was taking a course with Dr. David Orr, Dr. Audrey Horning came to guest lecture for a day. For some time before that, I'd known I wanted to focus on Pine Barrens archaeology, and I'd known that I'd wanted to "reinvent" the popular cultural/historical view of the people...

I am so incredibly pleased that this forum got called an "arena," as it fully conveys the gladiatorial glory of my profession. :meatwad: (And there is absolutely no reason as to why I should have added Meatwad in there, except for that he is adorable and funny.)

This is the schedule for the next ASNJ meeting, which is open to the public. The presentations by Dave Mudge and Dan Campbell might be interesting to some of you: Archaeological Society of New Jersey Meetings March 18, 2006 ASNJ Meeting Batsto Village Museum Auditorium Wharton State...

Even though it was pretty cold today, and even though we started out late and had to be in early, Tom and I did a whirlwind tour of the pines today. We started at Hampton Furnace, then we went to Friendship. Also included were Quaker Bridge, Charles Wills' grave, a fly-by of the Carranza...

The New Jersey DEP GIS site is up and running now; I'd tried to use it a few months ago but it was still not operational. Now it is. Anyhow, there are some pretty nice map layers available there, and everything is publically accessible, unlike the CRGIS site in Pennsylvania...

Sooo. I was just searching some obituaries for something unrelated, and came across one that reads as follows: July 8, 1852 On Thursday, the 17th ult.(June, 1852), at Martha Furnace, ANN ELIZA ADAMS, daughter of Zephaniah and Eleanor Adams, in the 21st year of her age. This is the first...

I just uploaded some pictures from the 1930's into my user gallery. They are from an agricultural survey done during the depression of marginal farmers in New Jersey and Appalachia, focusing on the mostly immigrant (mostly Italian) workforce and the abuses of child labor. I think these images...

On Sunday I was lazing around the house, flipping through channels and I happened upon David Sutherland's documentary "Country Boys" on PBS. I've never seen a more true-to-life depiction of the realities of growing up impoverished in rural America (I was never as poor or as rural as some of...