Presentation by State Archeologist and Author Nicholas F. Bellantoni at Indian Hill Cemetery Chapel

Join us at the Indian Hill Cemetery Chapel on Saturday, September 10, at 1 pm for State Archeologist and author Nicholas F. Bellantoni’s presentation. The presentation is based on his new book, “And So The Tomb Remains…” telling of the former state archaeologist’s investigations into five 18/19th century sepulchers while delving into family histories and genealogies, as well as archaeological and forensic sciences that helped identify the entombed. A tour will follow the presentation up to the Chauncey Mausoleum at Indian Hill Cemetery.

Space is limited at the Chapel and will fill up fast.

To reserve a spot, please call this number: 860-346-0452. Please leave your name and phone number.

This event is a collaboration of the Indian Hill Cemetery and The Rockfall Foundation.

Nicholas F. Bellantoni, PhD

Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist 

Dr. Nicholas F. Bellantoni serves as the state archaeologist emeritus with the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut. He received his doctorate in anthropology from UConn in 1987 and was shortly thereafter appointed state archaeologist. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UConn, and is a former president of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut and the National Association of State Archeologists. 

About his book, “And So The Tomb Remained” by Nick Bellantoni:

Stone and brick tombs were repositories for the physical remains of many of Connecticut’s wealthiest and influential families. The desire to be interred within burial vaults, rather than have their wooden coffins laid into the earth in direct contact with crushing soil burden, led many prominent families to construct large above-ground and semi-subterranean tombs, usually burrowed into the sides of hills as places of interment for their dead.

Included are the tombs of:

Elisha Pitkin, Center Cemetery, East Hartford

Gershom Bulkeley, Ancient Burying Ground, Colchester

Samuel Huntington, Norwichtown Burying Ground, Norwich

Henry Chauncey, Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown

Edwin Denison Morgan, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.

To reserve a spot, please call this number: 860-346-0452. Please leave your name and phone number.