Call for Presentations:Explore Philly’s Buried Past, 2015!

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A punch bowl found in a privy behind the house of Mary and Benjamin Humphreys that stood near the corner of Chestnut and Third Streets in Philadelphia, the site of the new Museum of the American Revolution. The bowl bears the image of a ship accompanied by the saying ‘Success to the Triphena’. (Image contributed courtesy of Juliette Gerhardt.)

A punch bowl found in a privy behind the house of Mary and Benjamin Humphreys that stood near the corner of Chestnut and Third Streets in Philadelphia, the site of the new Museum of the American Revolution. The bowl bears the image of a ship accompanied by the saying ‘Success to the Triphena’. (Image contributed courtesy of Juliette Gerhardt.)

This event brings forth to the public the latest archaeological artifacts and site discoveries from the tri-state area (i.e., Southeast Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware). Over the past decade, more than 300 presentations of cutting-edge, archaeological research have been made to thousands of members of the local public. Join us this October to share your latest news and ideas.

This Pennsylvania Archaeology Month celebration is co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum and Independence National Historical Park.

Event Date: Saturday October 10th, 2015 (10:00am-3:30pm)
Location: Hosted by the National Constitution Center
(NCC Kirby Auditorium, 525 Arch Street, Old City Philadelphia)
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***PRESENTER INFORMATION***
***PRESENTER INFORMATION***
Who presents at Explore Philly’s Buried Past? Archaeologists, archaeological enthusiasts, and others involved with archaeological evidence in the region – including student archaeology club members, avocationalists, teachers, digital media and computer science researchers and historians – are invited to present their research findings pro bono, joining with the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum’s effort to encourage interest in, and support for, the area’s archaeological heritage.

Event Format This is a day-long program of informal presentations with one morning and one (longer) afternoon session, with a break for lunch. There are often video shorts or interactive media presentations that take place during the lunch period.

Presentation Types (select which one!): The program includes some 15-minute, publicly-directed presentations. The majority of the presentation slots are for highly popular, three-minute long, lightening round presentations that highlight interesting finds, sites, or research problems/ideas.

NOTE: Presenters that are archaeologists (including college majors) must be paid members of the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum to present (a $15 annual membership fee. For information go here… ). PAF membership dues are used to support the publicity costs for the ‘Explore Philly’s Buried Past’ annual event. Non-archaeologist presenters are invited to join, but are not required to be, PAF members in order to present at ‘Explore Philly’s Buried Past’.

Who is the audience for this event? The event usually draws between 100-200 attendees. In the past, the audience has included members of the African American and heritage preservation communities, college and high school students (some doing projects), community members of neighborhoods where excavation was recently done, general residents of the city, a few tourists visiting the Independence Mall area, several people with a long personal and or professional interest in either the history of the city, African American history, or in archaeology generally, some archaeological colleagues, and a sprinkling of leaders and or staff from various local civic entities. Many attendees stay all day although a large portion of the audience comes and goes throughout the day of public programming.

History of the ‘Explore Philly’s Buried Past’ event For nearly 20 years, October has been designated as Pennsylvania Archaeology Month. More recently, in 2011, International (National) Archaeology Day was also established (the third Saturday in October) by the Archaeological Institute of America with 14 supporting international archaeology associations. ‘Explore Philly’s Buried Past’ debuted in Independence National Historical Park in October of 2007. INHP continued to host the event through 2009. Starting in 2010, the National Constitution Center kindly began serving as host (with the Independence Seaport Museum hosting a portion of the 2012 program). Philadelphia Archaeological Forum members and archaeology staff and volunteers at Independence National Historical Park coordinate the program and the publicity for the event. URS Corporation of Burlington, New Jersey kindly donates the production of the event’s publicity materials and Independence National Historical Park assists with the postal mailing of these materials. See past event program information here at https://www.phillyarchaeology.net/philly-archaeology/pastevents/).

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At this time, please indicate your interest in participating in Explore Philly’s Buried Past, 2015! by submitting the following information by Tuesday Sept. 8th:

1) Your preferred presentation type:

15 minute or 3-minute lightening round

2) your presentation’s PUBLIC FRIENDLY Title

3) a brief abstract (a 2-4 sentence long, PUBLIC FRIENDLY description of your topic/artifact — who, what, where, why. For public friendly text examples see past abstracts at https://www.phillyarchaeology.net/philly-archaeology/pastevents (*NOTE: The event organizers reserve the right to edit text to ensure the public-friendliness of the program.

4) a) Your name as it should be listed
b) a phone number
c) a direct email address
d) your desired affiliation^
^ Affiliations are noted on the event program that is posted online but, due to space restrictions, are not always included on the printed program handed out the day of the event.
5) Please submit by email an object photo if you have one for use in the publicity campaign.
6) Email the above to the PAF event program committee via pljeppson@gmail.com by Tuesday SEPT. 8th.

(Notification of program acceptance will be given by Sept. 10th. Advertising for the event begins one month in advance of the event date.)

We look forward to your participation!
Philadelphia Archaeological Forum and Independence National Historical Park


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