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DESCRIPTION:\nArchaeology In Our Own Backyards: Hoboken Resident and Arch
 aeologist Brock Giordano on Revealing New Jersey&rsquo\;s Past Through O
 bjects Left Behind As The Non-Profit Hudson School&rsquo\;s Think Thursd
 ays Series Returns On February 9\, 2012\n\nArchaeology often brings to m
 ind the ancient civilizations of Greece\, Rome\,Pompeii\, the Great Pyra
 mids of Egypt\, or the Mayan and Inca civilizations of Central and\nSout
 h America. according to Hoboken resident and archaeologist Brock A. Gior
 dano\, New Jersey residents do not have to look too far to discover the 
 impressive and fascinating history of America&rsquo\;s past located with
 in their own backyards.\n\n&nbsp\;Archaeology\, he says\, is the systema
 tic study of past cultures and societies\n&ldquo\;An underlying premise 
 in the study of material culture is that human-made objects express the 
 beliefs of the individuals who commissioned\, fabricated\, purchased or 
 used them\, and by extension\, the beliefs of the larger society to whic
 h these individuals belonged\," Giordano says. &ldquo\;As such\, you can
  argue that the study of archaeology is study of the material world all 
 around us.It is the material expressions of the human past that is repre
 sented in the present.&rdquo\;\nNew Jersey has a long and exciting past 
 dating from its first Native American inhabitants who occupied the area 
 thousands of years ago\, to the first Dutch settlers arriving and settli
 ng in the area in the early 1600s. New Jersey is home to thousands of ar
 chaeological sites from Native American habitations\, 17th -19th century
  farmsteads and urban houses\, revolutionary war battlefields\, and impr
 essive canals and railroads\, just to name a few.\nThe rapid modern deve
 lopment of New Jersey places archaeological site preservation in constan
 t jeopardy. While this is the case\, various Federal\, state\, and local
  ordinances provide a way to document pieces of past under the forum of 
 cultural resources management.\nThe February 9th Think Thursday discussi
 on will provide not only an list of various archaeological sites in New 
 Jersey\, but an analysis of material culture from several archaeological
  sites\, and an overview of Federal and state environmental regulations 
 that help protect New Jersey's archeological heritage.
URL:http://hoboken.patch.com/events/think-thursdays-presents-nj-archaeolo
 gist-hoboken-resident-brock-giordano
SUMMARY:Think Thursdays Presents NJ Archaeologist &amp\; Hoboken Resident
  Brock Giordano
LOCATION:The Hudson School: 601 Park Ave\, Hoboken\, NJ
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