Lecture announcement is posted at request of the New Netherland
Institute.

--Moderator, NYHIST-L

Travel back in time with Dr. Joel W. Grossman, archaeologist, who
directed the excavation of the early-17th century shoreline block of the
Dutch West India Company at Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan. The dig
exposed the deeply-buried remains of the colony’s first warehouse, the
artifact-filled cisterns of its earliest inhabitants, and a
well-preserved record of changing colonial plants. Dr. Grossman’s
lavishly illustrated talk will explore the intriguing transatlantic
links between the Leiden Hortus, or botanical garden, of the University
of Leiden, East and West India Company doctors, institutionalized plant
collecting and Native American informants in 17th Century New
Amsterdam.

Time and Place: Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:00 noon in the Arthur and
Janet Ross Lecture Hall, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. For
directions please call: (718) 817-8779; for general info: (718)
817-8770

Dr. Grossman's talk is presented as part of the New York Botanical
Garden's Quadricentennial Celebration: The Glory of Dutch Bulbs: A
Legacy of 400 Years: May 1-June 7, 2009. Discover indoor and outdoor
displays that feature large swaths of bright flowering bulbs and
companion plants inspired by the great tulip and lily gardens of
Holland.

See Nybg.org/dutch_bulbs for other offerings on June 6th, or another
day on the calendar to see all events being offered as part of the Glory
of Dutch Bulbs program.

511 West 232 Street, Bronx, New York 10463 212-920-4648
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JOEL W. GROSSMAN, Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY - 2009
Dr. Grossman received his Ph.D. at the age of 27, as a
Fulbright/Special Career Fellow, in Peruvian and North American
archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley. His scientific
accomplishments include major prehistoric and historic discoveries
throughout North America, the Andes of Peru, the Brazilian Amazon, Costa
Rica and Puerto Rico. In Peru, after leading a series of joint
US-Peruvian expeditions in the southern Andes, he discovered a 3000 year
sequence of Pre-Inca ceramic cultures and early evidence of New World
gold working. He is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the
planning and implementation of advanced applied
technology solutions to expedite and enhance the feasibility of
important archaeological and
environmental initiatives in logistically challenging and hazardous
conditions. In this capacity, he has spent
more than twenty-five years directing large-scale emergency rescue
excavations of unexpected discoveries
in the path of critical infrastructure programs throughout the
tri-state region and Caribbean, and directed
the first major federally-mandated archaeological investigations of
contaminated Superfund sites in North
America. In the Hudson River drainage, he planned and directed the
excavation of the original shoreline block of the 17th Century Dutch
West India Company in Lower Manhattan, the discovery of a secret,
cadmiumlaced, Civil War-era “Super Gun” testing facility at West
Point Foundry at Cold Spring, and the excavation of a 3000 year sequence
of pre-Iroquois settlements and the 18th century bastion of historic
Fort Edward at Glens Falls. In New Jersey, his work includes the
development of a 3D paleo-environmental and GISbased modeling strategy
for federal and state agencies to target potential archaeological
survivals within the now-submerged Hackensack Meadowlands. Dr. Grossman
has served as a scientific advisor to U.S. and international agencies,
including as a UNESCO scientist to the Peruvian Institute of Culture,
and policy advisor to the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment.
He has been invited to speak before the United Nations, the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Institute of Archaeology and
Ethnography.


Marilyn E. Douglas, NNI/NNP Coordinator
New Netherland Institute
Cultural Ed Center, Room 10D45
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