PANYC Annual Public Program

PANYC presents an annual Public Program where professional archaeologists discuss the results of their work in New York City. The Program is co-sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, where the program has been held every spring since the first event in 1981.

Below you will find the title of each year's program. Click the date to see that year's program handout containing information on the presentations.

1981 Symposium on the Archaeology of New York City - various topics

1982 Searching Beneath our City's Streets

1983 No title - various topics

1984 No title - various topics

1985 Archaeology Above and Below the Ground

1986 No title - various topics

1987 (a) Archaeology Around the Town: Updates on Work Done Throughout the City and

(b) Looking at the Evidence: Documents, Shell Middens, Piers and Gravestones

1988 Urban Archaeology: From Abstract to Concrete

1989

1990 Maritime New York

1991 Neighborhood Archaeology in the City of New York

1992 Hidden Beneath Our Feet

1993 New York in the Years Before the American Revolution: Archaeological Views

of a Diverse People

1994 Trades and Markets of Historic New York

1995 Real Estate: The Archaeology of New York Landscapes and Land Use

1996

1997 Reclaiming Vanished Voices: Excavating 19th Century New York

1998

1999 Historic Places/Public Spaces: The Archaeology of New York's Historic Sites

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2000 Rediscovering the Past: the Little and Big Picture

2001 Ordinary People's Trash: Profiles of Five New Yorkers

2002 The Evolution of a Port: The Archaeology of NY Harbor

2003 Archaeology as Historic Preservation: How archaeology can contribute

to the preservation of America's history

2004 Landscape of Memory: Cemetery Archaeology in New York and New Jersey

2005 Lives of the Rich, the Poor and the Famous: Glimpses of the 17th and 18th C.

Manhattan from Records, Letters and Trash

2006 Public Improvement Projects: Does Archaeology Delay Progress? The Real Story

2007 Made in New York: The Archaeology of New York City's Industrial Past

2008 Colonial Waterfront development in and Around Battery Park: Excavations

for the New South ferry Subway Terminal

2009 Greenwich Village: Indians, Backyards and Burial Grounds

2010 Portals to the Past: Archaeology at New York City's Historic Houses

2011 The History and Archaeology of the Commons: New York City's City Hall Park

2012 The History and Archaeology of the World Trade Center Ship

2013 Re-Discover the Seaport: Archaeology within the South Street Seaport

Historic District

2014 New York City Archaeology Then and Now: Continuing Stories from the

Underground

2015 Shovels, Trowels and More: Celebrating 35 Years of Professional Archaeologist

of New York City

2016 Digging the Moment: Reports from the Field

2017 Keeping up with Times: Technology and Archaeology

2018 New York at Its Core: The Archaeology

2019 Uncovering the Lost Lives of Workers: The Archaeology of Labor

2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19

2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19