Discover--Method--Record

Formed in 1940Seventy-Four Years of Chapter History

Meeting Notes: The January 16, 21, 2014 Meeting was Held at The Jones River Landing.

January New Business: Judy Macioci Informed the Massasoit Members that the Frederic C. Adams

Heritage Center in Kingston has Accepted Our Request for the Massasoit Chapter

to Hold Our Monthly Meetings in their Main Conference Room. The First Meeting

Will Tale Place on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 7:00 PM.

January Meeting “Digging Duxbury, The Brewster Homesteads Archaeological Past”Presentation:

January Presenter: Erin McGough, Interim Director of the Duxbury Historical Society

January Meeting Host: The Jones River Landing, Kingston Massachusetts.

Next Meeting: February 20, 2014---Fellowship 6:30 PM-----Meeting 7:00 PM

Date and Location: Location: Bob Trotia’s Home.

February Meeting Presenter: Bob Trotia

February Meeting Topic: Bob Trotta will Talk About Local South Shore Archaeology.

January 2014

Massasoit Chapter

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“January 16, 2014 Massasoit Chapter Meeting”

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The November Massasoit ChapterMeeting was Held on Thursday

January 16, 2014at

The Jones River Landing

The January Meeting Topic Was :“Digging Duxbury, The Brewster Homestead’s Archaeological Past”

Erin McGough, The Interim Director of theDuxbury Historical Society , Presented a WellResearched Lecture and Power Point Program on“Digging Duxbury, The Brewster HomesteadsArchaeological Past” to the Members of theMassasoit Chapter at the Jones River Landing inKingston.

Erin Described the William Brewster FamilyHistory, Starting When William Brewster WasBorn in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England in1563 and Through His Travels to Plymouth on theMayflower in 1620.

Erin Continued with an Historical TimetableIncluding the Many Members of the BrewsterFamily that were Associated with the BrewsterProperty in Duxbury.

Erin Presented the Findings from the 2012Archaeological Dig Led by Craig Chartier andStaffed with Many Local Volunteers.Some of the Volunteers were From the MassasoitChapter, Judy Randall, Shelia Lynch-Benttinenand Marilyn Kozodoy.

Brewster Homestead Duxbury MA

Brewster Homestead Duxbury MA

Myles Standish Hotel Duxbury MA

“February 20, 2014 Massasoit Chapter Meeting”

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The February Meeting Topic Will Be:

Bob Trotta will Talk About Local

South Shore Archaeology.

February Meeting LocationBob Trotia’s Home

Meeting Time 7:00 PM

Massasoit Chapter

Massasoit Chapter Field Trip Woodie

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Massasoit Chapter

The Robbins Museum of Archaeology

P. O. Box 700Middleboro, MA 02346-0700

508-947-9005www.massachaeology.org Massachaeologu.org

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July-Summer Cookout

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Chapter Contact Information

Massasoit Chapter History

Massasoit Chapter Officers

MAS Web-Page www.massachaology.org

The Massasoit Chapter Sectionon the

Massachusetts Archaeological SocietyWeb-Page.

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Alden House Museum-Duxbury

Aptucxet Trading Post Museum-Bourne

The Berkshire Museum-Pittsfield

Charles River Museum-Waltham

Commonwealth Museum-Boston

Massachusetts Historical Society

Concord Museum-Concord

The Paul Revere House-Boston

Boston Harbor Islands

Isabella Gardner Museum-Boston

Peabody Essex Museum-Salem

Pilgrim Hall Museum-Plymouth

Royall House & Slave Quarters-Medford

The Stone House Museum-Belchertown

Museum of Fine Arts-Boston

Old South Meeting House-Boston

Robbins Museum-Middleboro

Institute of Contemporary Art

Historic New England

Blake House-Boston

Plymouth Plantation-Plymouth

Old Sturbridge Village

The Freedom Trail-Boston

Gibson House Museum-Boston

Nichols House Museum-Boston

Old State House-Boston

U.S.S. Contitution Museum-Boston

John F. Kennedy Library & Museum

America’s Stonehenge-Salem NH

Akin House-South Dartmouth MA

Castle Island-South Boston

Strawberry Banke-Portsmouth NH

Old Sturbridge Village-Sturbridge

Peabody Museum—Harvard University

Maine Maritime Museum—Bath Maine

George’s Island-Fort Warren-Boston

Deerfield Village-Deerfield

The Upton Chamber-Upton MA

New England Places of Interest

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Archnet-Virtual Library for Archaeology archnet.asu.edu

Archaeology Magazine www.archaeological.org

United States Archaeology www.greatarchaeology.com

Archaeology Fieldwork www.saa.org/publiftp/public/home/home.html

Archaeology Parks across America www.archaeology.org

Archaeology Dig Magazine www.digonsite.com

Earth Watch Institute www.earthwatch.org

Massachusetts Historical Commission www.sec.ma.us/mhc

Massachusetts Underwater Archaeological www.mass.gov/buar/

National Park Service-Links to the Past www.nps.gov/history/

Passport in Time www.passportintime.com

Society for Historical Archaeology www.sha.org

Southeastern Archaeology News www.southeasternarchaeology.org

Eastern States Archaeological Federation www.esaf-archaeology.net

Umass Archaeology www.antro.umass.edu

Virtual American Indians Library www.hanksville.org

The Archaeological Society of Connecticut www.connarchaeolgy.org

The Maine Archaeological Society mainearchsociety.org

The

Archaeological Web Sites

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