You can read Stephen Mrozowski’s 2007 dedication to Alice Fiske from Northeast Historical Archaeology: Vol. 36: Iss. 1 at:   http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=neha

If you’ve been following the blog lately, you may have seen several posts relating to our recent work at Sylvester Manor. Located on Shelter Island, New York, this site has deep connections with the Fiske Center. In mid-March, a team … Continue reading →

There is a short article in the East Hampton Star about our work at Sylvester Manor and the upcoming exhibition opening at NYU. For some reason the reporter got the impression that there was an NYU group doing work as … Continue reading →

  New York University’s Fales Library and Special Collections at the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library presents an opening reception for the exhibition “Sylvester Manor: Land, Food and Power on a New York Plantation,” curated by Jennifer Anderson, PhD., on Wednesday, April … Continue reading →

My good friend Ray Dillman, a graphic artist who makes commercials and such has long lamented the poor training scientists receive in data presentation.  He had some time on his hands and made my screen shot of the GPR look … Continue reading →

To the left are preliminary images and results of the GPR survey.  Looks like there are multiple graves.  I have pointed out one.  It shows a strong reflector (at the red dot in the upper blue and red image) and … Continue reading →

The Shelter Island Reporter has an article about our GPR survey at a possible slave cemetery at Sylvester Manor