An overflow crowd was in attendance on September 17th, despite a dark wet evening, for the Rochambeau Camp #5 artifact exhibit opening at the Bentley Memorial Library in Bolton, CT. The exhibit was curated by historian Rudy Guliani and featured artifacts recovered by UCONN’s Battlefield Archaeology Program under the direction of Dr. Kevin McBride, field…
FOSA members Anthony Gambardella and Tom Ford met with an engaging, energetic middle school class at the Millstream Farm (Montessori School, New Hartford). The students were given a brief overview of lithic materials used and biface types produced by the Indians of Southern New England. They were also introduced to the concept that stylistic differences…
On July 11th, 2026, FOSA Outreach volunteers set up two tents at East Haddam’s celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary. They displayed artifacts, FOSA information, a poster series on artifacts related to the 250th Anniversary, as well as hands-on demonstrations of archaeology. It was a great success and a beautiful day!
The Board of Directors of the Friends of the Office of State Archaeology (FOSA) is pleased to announce the awarding of the June and David Cooke Grant to Elizabeth Haley Glaviano. Liz is a Masters candidate at the University of Connecticut. Liz has proposed a field-testing program at a multi-component site in South Windsor, CT….
Another season of fieldwork has started at the Hollister site in South Glastonbury, CT. FOSA volunteers have assisted CT State Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Sportman with working around the East Cellar and continuingour search to find more of the 1675 palisade feature. They were joined on June 18th & 19th by volunteers from the Glastonbury Historical…
During the week of June 8th, 2026, FOSA volunteers assisted CT State Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Sportman with an excavation on the Lebanon, CT town green. They explored the foundations of a reported Revolutionary War “bake house” built by the French forces of Rochambeau during their winter encampment in Lebanon from 1780 to 1781. The project…
On May 11th and 13th, FOSA volunteers assisted CT State Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Sportman with a dig in Haddam, CT. They worked around the buried foundation of what is believed to be an 18th-century meeting house, in order to assess its construction and condition and collect a sample of artifacts. The foundation location was identified…
On May 6th, students and parents from H.W. Porter School in Columbia attended a “STEM Night” at their school. One area of focus was on archaeology. Dr. Sarah Sportman, Office of State Archaeology, Connecticut, gave the keynote presentation to kick off the event and then managed a table where visitors could interact with various archaeological…
FOSA held our 2026 Annual Meeting yesterday (March 28th) at Farmington High School. We had a great turnout of FOSA members and the general public! Thank you to all who attended and to all the FOSA volunteers who helped put the event together. We’d especially like to thank our guest speaker, Dr. David Leslie, for…
On February 28th, Kathy Walburn, FOSA Outreach Committee Chair, represented FOSA at Wesleyan University’s third annual Archaeology and Collections Pop-Up Museum at the Exley Science Center in Middletown, CT. The informative display presented a nice variety of prehistoric and historic artifacts, of which attendees were free to touch and examine. The event was well attended.
