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October 2026 Newsletter
Two fall excavations, a full program for the year ahead, and a notice about the upcoming board election.
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The Morgan Chapter brings amateurs and professionals together to study, record, and share the past. Come to a meeting, join a dig, or browse what we have learned.
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Codding Mill Site
Codding Mill was a sawmill in Bristol Center, New York (Ontario County), not in Penfield. It is known today mainly through historical photographs from the 1880s that document the…
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NYSAA Spring 2021 Lecture Series began with Dr. Jennifer Birch
The NYSAA hosted its first speaker in the 2021 lecture series on Feb 17th. Click on the link below if you want to hear Jen Birch’s excellent talk one reconfiguring radiocarbon…
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Belcher Site
The Belcher Site was an Iroquois village habitation site on a high terrace of Honeoye Outlet in the town of Richmond, Ontario County. The village was supposedly located on a…
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Burning Springs Site
Beginning in 2010 the Lewis Henry Morgan Chapter, of the New York State Archaeological Association, has sponsored a fieldwork program at the site of Burning Springs. During the…
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The Morgan Chapter is the Rochester, NY chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA).
Members take part in careful digs and surveys at well mapped historic sites. Beginners are welcome and learn on the job. We meet to hear from researchers, compare finds, and share what we learn in plain language, with respect for the Indigenous communities whose history this land holds.
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