Experience Local Archaeology Up Close and HANDS ON! Support SRAC!

Experience  Local Archaeology Up Close and HANDS ON!
The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, SRAC, has some really great community opportunities coming up this fall that I am excited to tell all of you about and hope that you will consider sponsoring and or taking part!.

We have scheduled our 13th annual Drumbeats Through Time event for Saturday October 15th from 1 - 5pm and we have a great lineup ~ to include our friends from the Seneca Nation, Dick Kane and the Buffalo Creek Dancers! This event is always free to attend and our way of celebrating our Native American past and present all in one day filled with great presentations, dance and friendships. This year's event will also include an opportunity to learn about an excavation currently underway by SRAC. Early this summer SRAC began excavating a local Native American site that is on the verge of being erased by the plow and impacted by modern land use. Lead by archaeologist Dan Caister and anthropologist Dr. DeeAnne Wymer, our excavations have revealed that the site is over 1000 years old and may be the remains of an ancient village - most importantly our research is yielding important information concerning the ancient people who once lived in our locality. It is our hope to collect whatever data is still available before it is gone forever. We hope that you will support us in this effort. As a result, in conjunction with our Drumbeats event this year for the first time we will be hosting yet another special event on the following Saturday (October 22nd) and will have signups for the public to actually take part in the excavation that day!

If you are reading this,we know that you also understand the importance of "community thinking" and we are offering special opportunities that we hope you will find as exciting as we do! Please see the opportunities available for you to support SRAC and our efforts to preserve this part of our community' past. You can download a donation form here, or use the links below to make your donation online.

Sponsorship Opportunities Include:

$1,000 “Hands On Archaeology” Level: This level is reserved for three organizations that donate $1,000 and will be given a private and personal tour of the current excavation by our lead archaeologists and have the opportunity for up to 4 people from their organization to take part in a scheduled excavation prior to the public archaeology event on October 22nd. It’s a unique experience that few get to experience and will allow you to see up close SRAC’s mission and the importance of our local archaeology. Your organization name/logo will be recognized on our Facebook page and also be included on our advertising headers of all banners and website headers as well as for all of this year’s Drumbeats Through Time advertising.

$500 “Archaeology Bird’s Eye View” Level: Don't want to get dirty? This level is reserved for organizations that donate $500 and will be given a personal tour of the current excavation by our lead archaeologists prior to the public archaeology day on October 22nd. It’s a unique experience that few get to experience and will allow you to see up close SRAC’s mission and the importance of our local archaeology. Your organization name/logo will be recognized on our website Event Sponsors page and Facebook page and also be included on our advertising headers of all banners and website headers as well as for all of this year’s Drumbeats Through Time advertising.




$250 “Advertising Partner” Level: Your organization can place an ad/gift certificate/or discount placement for free in addition to your name/logo on our website Event Sponsors page and Facebook page. Your name and logo will also be included on our advertising headers of all banners and website headers as well as for all of this year’s Drumbeats Through Time advertising.



 

You can donate any amount that you like here. All donations are greatly appreciated and you or your organization will be recognized on our Drumbeats Through Time Sponsorship page on our website for any donations of $25 or above.

You can also sign up for the free excavation experience! We want you to be a part of what we do and to take part as well! Because there is a limited amount of people that we can have at the site at this event, we ask that you reserve your place for the afternoon of October 22nd as soon as possible. Please Note: If we have an extremely large amount of signups, we may have to hold a drawing - but will contact you to confirm your status in September! Questions? don't be afraid to callus at 607-727-3111!

 
Deb Twigg
Executive Director, SRAC
607-727-3111

Drumbeats 2016 and so much more!

SRAC has some really great stuff coming up this fall that I am excited to tell all of you about! 

First we have scheduled our 13th annual Drumbeats Through Time event for Saturday October 15th from 1 - 5pm and we have a great lineup ~ to include our friends Dick Kane and the Buffalo Creek Dancers, this event is always free to attend and our way of celebrating our Native American Past and Present all in one day filled with great presentations, dance and friendships. This year's event will include the chance for you to learn about an excavation underway by SRAC in conjunction with Bloomsburg University that is uncovering some pretty important information about our prehistory of our locality. With that we will also be recruiting volunteers for the following Saturday (October 22nd) and have signups for actually taking part in the excavation we are doing! Last but not least, we will be having a signup for volunteering at the museum and being a part of what we do ALL YEAR ROUND. 

I want to thank all of you for all that you do for SRAC and hope that you will mark your calendars and consider volunteering at our museum a few hours a month - please call me (Deb Twigg) for details at 607-727-3111.  

SRAC IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS !

SRAC IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS !

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center located at 345 Broad Street in Waverly, NY IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US IN OUR GIFT SHOP. No experience needed. Great experience, good people, always something going on!

Contact Deb Twigg at 607-727-3111 for more info or contact me via Facebook. Please share!

History of The Mason Dixon Line to be Presented Tuesday September 6th

Todd Babcock at Mason-Dixon line "Crownstone"

(Waverly, NY) The “History of The Mason Dixon Line" will be presented by Todd Babcock at the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) on Tuesday, September 6th from 6:30 - 7:30pm. 

From 1763 to 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon marked out a long-disputed boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. They cleared a swath up to 9 yards wide through the frontier forest and set 500 pound stone markers at every mile.  Little did they know that the result of their efforts would become the most famous boundary in US history.

Todd Babcock,local surveyor and president of the Tioga Point Museum, has made it part of his life's work to preserve the Mason-Dixon Line and its history for generations to come. As a charter member of the Mason & Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, Todd has worked to inventory the marker stones and replace those that have been lost to time. His work has united his skill as a professional land surveyor with his appreciation of history. Learn more about the Mason-Dixon Line and the efforts to preserve it at this public presentation.

Museum opens at 6pm with admission donations of $4 for SRAC members and $5 for general public accepted at the door.

This Tuesday Night: Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg, cofounder of the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, (SRAC) located at 345 Broad Street in Waverly, NY on Tuesday, August 2nd,  2016 - 6:30 – 7:30pm.

100 years ago, in the summer of 1916, Warren K. Moorehead formed a controversial expedition of the Susquehanna River and the Native American sites found there. SRAC's executive director, Deb Twigg will tell this story of the expedition that started at the mouth of the Susquehanna in Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay and met with local historical societies and antiquarians to learn more about the Native Indian cultures, and it would be the Murray Farm in Athens PA that in the end would be the most significant site of the whole trip.

Twigg added, "Personally, I remember years ago - going in to the Spaulding Library and into the locked glass case to get my hands on this book for the first time.....This is a VERY important event for our Valley - and OUR VALLEY is the highlight of this book...ALSO - one of the people that traveled with this group was a young man by the name of Ellsworth Cowles...who would later become one of our co-founders at SRAC."

With letters from the actual people who were involved in the expedition including Moorehead himself, as well as official reports, and many pictures, Twigg will share a very informative and entertaining report.

The doors will open at 6pm, with the program running from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Admission is $6 Adults, $4 for SRAC members and students. The public is advised that the SRAC gift shop and exhibit hall will also be open during this time as well and to please consider arriving early to browse these areas before the program.

For more information, call 570-565-7960 or email info@sracenter.org.

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition” to be presented

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg, cofounder of the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, (SRAC) located at 345 Broad Street in Waverly, NY on Tuesday, August 2nd,  2016 - 6:30 – 7:30pm.

100 years ago, in the summer of 1916, Warren K. Moorehead formed a controversial expedition of the Susquehanna River and the Native American sites found there. SRAC's executive director, Deb Twigg will tell this story of the expedition that started at the mouth of the Susquehanna in Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay and met with local historical societies and antiquarians to learn more about the Native Indian cultures, and it would be the Murray Farm in Athens PA that in the end would be the most significant site of the whole trip.

Twigg added, "Personally, I remember years ago - going in to the Spaulding Library and into the locked glass case to get my hands on this book for the first time.....This is a VERY important event for our Valley - and OUR VALLEY is the highlight of this book...ALSO - one of the people that traveled with this group was a young man by the name of Ellsworth Cowles...who would later become one of our co-founders at SRAC."

With letters from the actual people who were involved in the expedition including Moorehead himself, as well as official reports, and many pictures, Twigg will share a very informative and entertaining report.

The doors will open at 6pm, with the program running from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Admission is $6 Adults, $4 for SRAC members and students. The public is advised that the SRAC gift shop and exhibit hall will also be open during this time as well and to please consider arriving early to browse these areas before the program.

For more information, call 570-565-7960 or email info@sracenter.org.

Tonight - Tuesday July 5th!

Council Rocks Archaeoastronomy Site, 

by David Gutkowski

Tuesday, July 5th  

At SRAC, 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY
from  6:30 - 7:30pm

Dave Gutkowski has been giving lectures and presentations at various archaeology meetings and state conventions and has traveled as far as New Hampshire to present the site to audiences and professionals.  He has recently been invited to speak in Europe at an international gathering of archaeoastronomy professionals.

Dave will discuss and share a video presentation about a recently found stonehenge-like site with rock shelter called Council Rocks in Northeastern Pennsylvania.   Mr. Gutkowski is an avocational archaeologist who has been researching the site since its discovery in 2007.  Council Rocks appears to be an archaeoastronomy site, ceremonial in nature and used to track the sun's passage while marking the four seasons. Dave dates the site to 1825 BCE with a significant modification at 125 BCE. The video he produced compresses nine years of his research into a twenty minute film. While its precise location is still confidential, he expects this site to be a substantial find for our area in years to come.  In addition to the film, Dave will discuss more recent developments at the site and current research of an associated rockshelter.

Doors will open at 6pm and admission is $5, SRAC members $4 - Hope to see you there!