MISSION STATEMENT

The Gungywamp Society, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit educational research organization which conducts excavations and tours in the Gungywamp complex, located in Groton, Connecticut. We also include information about other archaeological and historical sites in Connecticut and around the world. The Gungywamp Society is dedicated to the preservation of archaeologically and historically significant sites.  The Gungywamp Society holds to professional and scholarly research standards and maintains association with Connecticut's state archaeologist and with other archaeological organizations.



 Board Members

& Researchers

  • Paulette Buchanan
    Educator, Historian Corresponding
    Secretary
    Researcher
  • William J. Dopirak
    College Professor,    Natural Sciences
    Researcher
  • Carol Hallas
    Librarian
    Researcher
     
  • Jack Rajotte
    Researcher
     

  • Melodye Whatley
    Researcher
     

  • Treasury Committee
    Scott Buchanan   Carol Hallas

     


 
 
Announcement Regarding False Chat Room & Web Site Statements:

A cyberstalker falsely claims that Gungywamp board members and researchers are banned from entering, conducting digs, or giving tours of the Gungywamp sites, and that they are guilty of criminal trespass and of theft. In reality, and since the 1970s, Gungywamp board members and researchers continue to be warmly welcomed by all of the private owners of the Gungywamp properties for conducting tours and digs of the sites found in the Gungywamp properties.  For proof of this fact, see the YMCA letter granting permission to tour and work in the Gungywamp sites. 

The cyberstalker has also falsely claimed to have won lawsuits against those he is harassing, when in fact he has lost his lawsuits and his victims have never been ordered by any court to pay anyone any dollar amount.  There is a Connecticut harassment arrest warrant issued against the cyberstalker.  For more police and court documents on the cyberstalker see: www.ministrywarning.com

 

 

 

Stonewatch  Newsletters

Posted Yearly

2008 Stonewatch now available

 

TOUR INFORMATION

We have tried in the past to cease tours of the Gungywamp area due to our board members' busy personal and work schedules, but so many people have continued to contact us requesting tours that we have never stopped giving periodic tours of the Gungywamp sites.  We also still conduct excavations.  When contacting the Gungywamp Society through our P.O. Box to inquire about tour or excavation information, please provide a telephone number in your letter so we can better arrange possible dates for your visit.  

We offer this web site so as to provide information for historical research to those interested in the preservation of native American, colonial and post-colonial archaeological sites.  Those who wish to share information from their own research, either regarding the Gungywamp or other sites, are welcome to contact us at our P.O. Box mailing address (see above).

The Gungywamp Society is in no way linked or associated with pagan, Wiccan or any other ritual or religious groups. Contrary to what certain kinds of web sites and individuals depict about the Gungywamp area, there are no Druid, pagan or Wiccan ritual sites in the Gungywamp complex.  Nor do we make any claims of "mystical powers" or "energies" emanating from any of the Gungywamp sites or the area. Slight electromagnetic fields exist in the Gungywamp as in many other parts of the world and we believe they are due to natural occurrences in the Earth.  In short, we do not represent or encourage any kind of religious/spiritual or paranormal interpretation of the Gungywamp area.

There is also NO evidence within any part of the Gungywamp that there was ever any pre-Columbian Celtic or Norse (Viking) occupation.  There are no Ogham inscriptions in stone, nor any European Bronze Age artifacts which have ever been found in the Gungywamp area.  These issues are dealt with in this web site's Stonewatch newsletters.  All artifact and document research gives evidence of only paleo and woodland Indian, European colonial and European post-colonial occupation.

The Gungywamp Society is strictly a volunteer archaeological organization which promotes archaeological and historical research and which seeks to preserve the land and sites of the Gungywamp area. We support and work in conjunction with other professional organizations which likewise practice objective archaeological and historical research.

 

The Gungywamp:  An Overview

 

DVD Offer:

Maine's Native American Petroglyph

Ray P. Gerber, Ph.D., of Acadia Productions offers a DVD about Maine's Passamaquoddy Tribe.  Dr. Gerber is the film's producer, cinematographer and editor, and the film has appeared several times on Maine's Public Television channel. 

Those interested in obtaining the DVD Maine's Native American Petroglyph can contact:

Ray P. Gerber, Ph.D., Acadia Productions, P.O. Box 97, Brunswick, ME  04011                  207-893-7906

 

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