The ship at the World Trade Center... a potter's field in Washington Square Park... burial vaults at Trump SoHO... the Battery wall in Battery Park. These are just some of the recent archaeological discoveries in the metropolitan area. In this morning of talks and discussions, learn how and why archaeological research takes place in NYC. Find out who is involved and hear how the public benefits. This talk is presented by Amanda Sutphin, Director of Archaeology, Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City. In another talk, hear about how the African Burial Ground Project was contentious in its early planning stages. The federal government, archaeology firms, academic institutions, and the city’s African descendants and their allies operated with different agendas, interests, and concerns. Hear how, ultimately, the voices of the descendants, and by extension, the ancestors, overcame the forces of domination resulting in an ethical as opposed to a financially controlled project. A talk presented by Warren R. Perry, Director for Archaeology of the New York African Burial Ground Project and Professor of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. Other talks follow.