The 2019 Annual Meeting, held on March 23, 2019 at Farmington High School, 10 Montieth Drive, Farmington, CT, was highlighted by the presence of Dr. Daniel S. Adler, Associate Professor of Graduate Studies in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, as alluded to in the Annual Meeting Flyer which can be viewed by clicking 2019 Meeting Flyer.

Dr. Adler's talk was interesting, touching on a variety of topics relating to both environmental and geologic contexts to hominim occupation. This area is, perhaps surprisingly, the richest sources of hominim skeletal remains outside of Africa. The area within which Dr. Alder and his associates worked has an active geologic history, including floods, tectonic movement, and volcanic eruptions, resulting in a complex stratigraphic layout. Hunting/gathering, rather than farming, is the most frequently seen activity, though how the hominim residents (esp. Neanderthal and Homo Spiens) foraged, moved about and socially interacted varied significantly. Moreover, there is evidence of interbreeding between Homo sapiens, Neanderthal and Denovisian. (An interesting article on Denovisians can be found in this Denisovans & Neanderthals article from Nature.

There are a number of online references to Dr. Adler's archaeological work in this area. For those interested in reading them, it's suggested that you click Adler References.

For a brief biographical sketch of Dr. Adler, please click Adler Biography.

> To access the Program accompanying this meeting, please click 2019 Meeting Program.

Preceding this was the "business" portion of the meeting. Highlights include:

> Recording Secretary Mike Cahill provided a year-in-review report on FOSA's 2018 activities.

> Dreda Hendsey presented the 2018 Treasurer's Report.

> Brian Jones was unable to be at the meeting to give his OSA report; however, he did provide a series of slides showing highlights of 2018 OSA activity, which Scott Brady presented in his stead. Those slides are included in the images for this meeting.

> Lee West spoke of the activities of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut this past year, with emphasis on the increasing role that the ASC has in being an information resource for Connecticut.

> Cynthia Redman presented this year's Nominations for the Board of Directors to the FOSA membership in the audience. All were approved.

Mandy Ranslow was the recipient of this year's Certificate of Appreciation award, for her many years of work in FOSA both prior to and during her tenure as FOSA President. Facsimilies of Mandy's certificate as well as all previous such awards, can be by clicking .

Images in this section courtesy of Jerry Tolchin and Jim Hall.