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Shaker Archaeology from Eastern New York
October 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
“At Watervliet, that blissful seat, From whence the law went forth to greet:” Shaker Archeology in Eastern New York
with Matthew Kirk
Friday, October 10th, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Free Admission
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Join us in the meeting room of the Great Stone Dwelling for a presentation by Matthew Kirk from Hartgen Archaeological Associates. He will be visiting with a group of students and professors from Richmond University, who will be analyzing various archaeological sites at the museum. Matthew is bringing some of his findings to talk about a Shaker community in New York.
In this presentation, I revisit the interpretations from mitigation excavations in the Town of Colonie, Albany County conducted in 2017 at the site of the original Shaker community in New York. The archeological evidence of a late 18th to early 19th-century structure located on the West Family farmstead of the Watervliet Shaker Community provides an opportunity to explore Shaker tobacco pipes and their cultural and religious significance for community members. Smoking was common for both male and female members until the practice was banned in the 1850s.
Cost:
No admission cost, but advanced registration required.
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