SRAC Drumbeats Through Time a HUGE Success!

I wanted to share with you the report of yesterday's 14th annual DrumBeats Through Time. From all accounts, it was a memory maker on many levels. 

The event started with a huge turnout for our membership luncheon that made us add chairs to an already packed lecture hall. We were delighted to have in our attendance people who traveled as far away as the Wilsons from Pittsburgh, PA, and two NYS Archaeology chapters from the Oneonta region as well. We also had in attendance many local members and friends that have been with us since our inception and some who also have just recently discovered us. 

It was my honor to present SRAC's history from our big dreams and writing ideas around a kitchen

table one night to how far we have come since then. I had Dr. DeeAnne Wymer, Dan Caister and Richard Price all report on our most recent work from our internship program with Bloomsburg University and excavation to collections database work. We all elaborated on the fact that we are in dire need of donations to allow us to build a state of the art lab area for us to allow real scientific research to take place under our roof.

The luncheon ended with a tribute to our own Ted Keir whom we lost this year. His widow Evelyn and kids were in attendance as we revealed a large plaque that will be placed in our Woolly Mammoth exhibit of which Ted was the guiding force behind. SRAC Co-Founder Dick Cowles also spoke about Ted and his leadership at SRAC, saying it was Ted's commitment and valor that was so endearing in our organization. I agreed wholeheartedly with Dick's eloquent and perceptive tribute to our dear friend. The membership luncheon event closed with a small powerpoint that I made in Ted's honor. Tears and hugs were shared all around...

Can't see it? click this link: https://youtu.be/SelIOm6SMAo

Here are pictures from the rest of the days events - If you missed them, I posted them live on SRAC's Facebook page, but their quality is pretty poor. Try to attend next year to see all that we pack into one amazing day in person! For those of you that attended - thank you for spending your day with us - we really enjoy putting this annual event on for you and hope to see you again next year!

DrumBeats Through Time 2017 Saturday October 28th

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) is proud to announce their 14th annual "DrumBeats Through Time" event to be held at their Center at 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY on Saturday, October 28th.

Current members are invited to the luncheon at 11 am - 12:30pm, where exclusive commemorative gifts are a part of the program. If you are not a current member, please visit www.SRACenter.org and join or re-up your membership before the event. 

 

The event begins at 1pm and is free to attend and is jam-packed with educational and cultural presentations throughout the day.

 

Beginning at 1pm, SRAC’s Presentation Schedule:

1:00 – 2:00 : SRAC's Paul Krohn: NYS Fossils 2017: Former curator at the Museum of the Earth, Paul Krohn will present his latest NYS fossil finds from 2017 and tell us about them and what New York looked like when these creatures were alive in our area.

 

2:00 - 3:00 : NYSAA's David Moyer, PhD: Tree Ring Dating a Dugout Canoe from The Upper Susquehanna Valley. Recently the Chenango Valley Chapter of NY Archaeology undertook an investigation into a dugout canoe that was first discovered in the 1940’s. Results of the study provides surprising information about Native American technology and subsistence practices on the northern Susquehanna region.

 

3:00 – 4:00 : SRAC's Dan Caister and Dr. DeeAnne Wymer: The Cayuta Creek Site (An SRAC Excavation Update): Last year SRAC undertook their first excavation at 36BR20 in Sayre, PA with some pretty impressive results leading to new questions about the early people in our region that we shared at our last Drumbeats event. This year’s excavation however has actually uncovered many new features and even more questions to go with them! 

 

4pm  - 5:00:  Seneca Native American Dancers: Music, Dance and Cultural Education: Richard Kane and his family from Cattaraugus, NY are authentic Seneca Native American educators and have been sharing the Seneca drums, music and dance with the public for decades. They are always the crowd favorite at SRAC’s annual events. Richard will give a short cultural presentation and then will have his family dressed in full regalia share authentic Native American cultural music and dance. 

 

SRAC’s co-founder and director, Deb Twigg explains, “The DrumBeats Through Time event is designed to offer a view of our region from millions of years ago when the fossils we now touch were live creatures crawling and swimming, to the early prehistoric people who lived here before us, to the Native Americans who were first recorded in historic records of our area and finally to the Native Americans that live with us and  graciously share their culture with us today. We hope you will plan to support our efforts and attend this one of a kind event.”

 

SRAC is a 501(c)3 and staffed 100% by volunteers, please consider donating to support their efforts here: https://www.gofundme.com/SRACGiving

SRAC's "DrumBeats Through Time" Event Scheduled for Oct. 28th

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) is proud to announce their 14th annual "DrumBeats Through Time" event to be held at their Center at 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY on Saturday, October 28th. 

Current members are invited to the luncheon at 11 am - 12:30pm, where exclusive commemorative gifts are a part of the program. If you are not a current member, please visit www.SRACenter.org and join or re-up your membership before the event. 

The event begins at 1pm and is free to attend and is jam-packed with educational and cultural presentations throughout the day.

Beginning at 1pm, SRAC’s Presentation Schedule:

1:00 – 2:00 : SRAC's Paul Krohn: NYS Fossils 2017: Former curator at the Museum of the Earth, Paul Krohn will present his latest NYS fossil finds from 2017 and tell us about them and what New York looked like when these creatures were alive in our area.

2:00 - 3:00 : NYSAA's David Moyer, PhD: Tree Ring Dating a Dugout Canoe from The Upper Susquehanna Valley. Recently the Chenango Valley Chapter of NY Archaeology undertook an investigation into a dugout canoe that was first discovered in the 1940’s. Results of the study provides surprising information about Native American technology and subsistence practices on the northern Susquehanna region.

3:00 – 4:00 : SRAC's Dan Caister and Dr. DeeAnne Wymer: The Cayuta Creek Site (An SRAC Excavation Update): Last year SRAC undertook their first excavation at 36BR20 in Sayre, PA with some pretty impressive results leading to new questions about the early people in our region that we shared at our last Drumbeats event. This year’s excavation however has actually uncovered many new features and even more questions to go with them! 

4pm  - 5:00:  Seneca Native American Dancers: Music, Dance and Cultural Education: Richard Kane and his family from Cattaraugus, NY are authentic Seneca Native American educators and have been sharing the Seneca drums, music and dance with the public for decades. They are always the crowd favorite at SRAC’s annual events. Richard will give a short cultural presentation and then will have his family dressed in full regalia share authentic Native American cultural music and dance. 

SRAC’s co-founder and director, Deb Twigg explains, “The DrumBeats Through Time event is designed to offer a view of our region from millions of years ago when the fossils we now touch were live creatures crawling and swimming, to the early prehistoric people who lived here before us, to the Native Americans who were first recorded in historic records of our area and finally to the Native Americans that live with us and  graciously share their culture with us today. We hope you will plan to support our efforts and attend this one of a kind event.”

SRAC is a 501(c)3 and staffed 100% by volunteers, please consider donating to support their efforts here: https://www.gofundme.com/SRACGiving

Please RSVP for the 2017 SRAC Membership Luncheon before DrumBeats

I want to thank all of our members for supporting SRAC over the years and I want to make sure that you remember that you have a free Luncheon on us coming up the day of DrumBeats 2017 at 11 am complete with exclusive prizes and a presentation about our past and future efforts - so please RSVP at 607-565-7960 and let us know if you want to bring a dish to pass (dessert or salad - we will be having pasta and salad and bread catered by the Railhouse but some members like to bring something and we love that too!) If you are not a current member but would like to attend, please re-up or join here: click here to re-up or join today!

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) is proud to announce their 14th annual "DrumBeats Through Time" event to be held at their Center at 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY on Saturday, October 28th.

Current members are invited to the exclusive luncheon at 11 am - 12:30pm. If you are not a current member please click here to re-up or join today!

It is free to attend and jam-packed with educational and cultural presentations throughout the day.

Presentation Schedule:
1:00 – 2:00 : SRAC's Paul Krohn: NYS Fossils 2017
2:00 - 3:00 : NYSAA's David Moyer, Tree Ring Dating a Dugout Canoe from The Upper Susquehanna Valley
3:00 – 4:00 : SRAC's Dan Caister and Dr. DeeAnne Wymer: The Cayuta Creek Site : An SRAC Excavation Update
4pm  - 5:00:  Seneca Dancers: Music, Dance and Cultural Education

SRAC is a 501(c)3 and staffed 100% by volunteers, please consider donating to support their efforts here: https://www.gofundme.com/SRACGiving

Ways You Can Help

Please consider bringing an item to donate on your next visit! The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) is launching their 2017 giving campaign.

I hope that you can find it in your hearts to support SRAC's efforts dedicated to the research, education, and preservation of our local Native American and archaeological heritage. As we cannot accept state or federal funding, our survival depends on our community and generous individuals like you donating whatever they can. But I also want you to know that there's more than one way that you can help. 

As you know I am not only a cofounder and director of the Center, but I also run the Crooked River Co-op across the street. This gives SRAC a unique opportunity to not only receive monetary donations, but also donations of items that we can sell at the co-op. 100% of what we sell your item(s) for goes back to the museum every day. 

So as a part of the giving campaign this year I am asking all of you who love our community, love what SRAC is doing, and have an item that you feel we could sell and raise money for the Center with at the Co-op to please consider donating that item. (If You give me a list of your donations with your contact info I will send you a letter for you to claim it on your taxes.) Most importantly, whatever way you choose to support SRAC, I want to thank you in advance for helping our organization staffed 100% by volunteers and committed to serving our community every day. Together we can make a difference. ❤️

 
 

Drumbeats Through Time 2017

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC) is proud to announce their 14th annual "DrumBeats Through Time" event to be held at their Center at 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY on Saturday, October 28th.

Current members are invited to the exclusive luncheon at 11 am - 12:30pm. If you are not a current member please click here to re-up or join today!

It is free to attend and jam-packed with educational and cultural presentations throughout the day.

Presentation Schedule:
1:00 – 2:00 : SRAC's Paul Krohn: NYS Fossils 2017
2:00 - 3:00 : NYSAA's David Moyer, Tree Ring Dating a Dugout Canoe from The Upper Susquehanna Valley
3:00 – 4:00 : SRAC's Dan Caister and Dr. DeeAnne Wymer: The Cayuta Creek Site : An SRAC Excavation Update
4pm  - 5:00:  Seneca Dancers: Music, Dance and Cultural Education

SRAC is a 501(c)3 and staffed 100% by volunteers, please consider donating to support their efforts here: https://www.gofundme.com/SRACGiving

2017 SRAC Public Archaeology Day!

SRAC began excavating a local Native American site 2016 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. Wymer, (both board members of SRAC) 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 area.

It is our hope to collect whatever data is still available before it is gone forever. Would you like to join our excavation? SRAC will be holding a public archaeology day on Saturday, September 23rd with a morning and afternoon shift available.

Here's how it works:
1.) Download our SRAC Public Archaeology form by clicking here and fill it out, you will need to bring this along with your $25 entrance fee to SRAC on the day of the event.

 2.) Click here to sign up ! 

Please note that the morning shift will be 9 am to 12:30 pm and afternoon shift will be 1pm to 4pm.

You will need to state which shift you will be able to attend on the sign up form. There are a limited amount of openings, so you will be notified of your status once we have received the information we need. Lastly please wear comfortable clothing with comfortable closed toe footwear. You will get an SRAC bag with water, etc so there is no need to bring your own water.