Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
This collection contains the digital library of Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
Currently, the collection contains digital resources related to the archaeology and history of the City of Albany, Albany County, New York. This city is one of the oldest continuously occupied Euro-American settlements in the United States; it dates to the establishment of Fort Orange, a Dutch West India Company military and trading outpost, in 1621. The collection includes digital records (reports, representative images, and data sets) about four Phase III data retrievals that Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. has conducted at four separate sites in the City of Albany, Albany County, New York since 1988. The sites include 1) 625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, 2) Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, 3) SUCF Parking Garage Historic Archaeological Site, and 4) Sheridan Hollow Parking Garage Historic Archaeological Site. The sites selected for digital record preservation feature elements of contact-period, colonial, and nineteenth-century contexts. Together, they provide a detailed picture of the archaeology of Albany and colonial urban development in the Northeast during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Records pertaining to each Phase III data recovery project at each of the sites are associated with individual subcollections.
The collection also contains final reports pertaining to Hartgen's work at seven other archaeological sites in the Albany area. The additional reports are associated with the tDAR project titled "Phase III Data Retrievals on Historic Archaeological Sites in Albany, New York."
Site Name Keywords
Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility Historic Archeological Site •
Reher Historical Site •
Quackenbush Square Parking Facility •
625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site •
SUCF 600 •
MB #33 •
St. Anne's Site, VT-GI-1 •
A00716000082 •
Clinton And Lark Historic Archeological Site (USN A00140.004690) •
J. Houck Historic Site
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
House •
Archaeological Feature •
Settlements •
Privy •
Town / City •
Hearth •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Non-Domestic Structures
Other Keywords
19th Century •
Sanitation •
Macrobotanical •
Trade •
Faunal Analysis (Historic) •
Parasite Analysis •
17TH CENTURY OCCUPATION •
18TH CENTURY OCCUPATION •
Ceramic Analysis •
Dutch
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Woodland •
Late Woodland •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Archaic •
Late Archaic •
Middle Woodland •
Irish Immigrant •
Early Woodland
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Historic Background Research •
Archaeological Overview •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Architectural Survey •
Systematic Survey •
Environment Research •
Architectural Documentation
Material Types
Ceramic •
Fauna •
Macrobotanical •
Glass •
Building Materials •
Pollen •
Metal •
Chipped Stone •
Dating Sample •
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Temporal Keywords
18th Century •
19th Century •
17th Century •
Late Woodland •
19th Century •
20th Century •
Late Archaic •
Historic •
Contact Period •
Middle Woodland
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
New York (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
US (ISO Country Code) •
Albany County (County) •
Albany, New York •
New York State •
Hudson River •
USA (Country) •
North America
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-13 of 13)
There are 13 Projects within this Collection [remove this filter]
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625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Phase III data recovery at various contexts ranging from a 17th-c. trader's hut to 19th-c. industrial and commercial contexts at 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, in advance of the construction of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters. Topics covered in the analysis include 17th-c. colonial trade and contact, production of wampum, evidence of a city-wide fire in 1797, a dump of painted pearlware from about 1797, analysis of the early 19th-c. Albany Female Academy,...
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Clinton And Lark Historic Archeological Site, Albany New York
PROJECT
A Phase III Data Recovery Excavation was conducted at the Clinton and Lark Historic Archeological Site (A00140.004690) by Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. in July of 2020. The goal of the Project was to identify intact archeological deposits and features to excavate and record, as part of the mitigation effort. The Project entailed mechanical stripping of 156.6 m2 (1626 ft2, or 0.37 acres) as well as excavation and documentation of identified cultural features. Five features were...
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Data Retrieval Investigation, Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility Historic Archeological Site, Albany, New York
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
From 2003 to 2005, Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. conducted a series of archeological investigations in advance of the construction of a parking facility in the Sheridan Hollow neighborhood of Albany, New York. The archeological examination, required by Section 14.09 of the New York State Historic Preservation Act, focused on two urban residential lots on Sheridan Avenue, occupied about 1840-1920. For most of the 19th century, the neighborhood was occupied by Irish immigrants and...
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Data Retrieval, SUCF Parking Structure, Maiden Lane, Albany, New York.
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Hartgen conducted a Phase III data retrieval for the construction of a 600-car parking garage by the State University Construction Fund. The data retrieval focused on a city block along Albany's colonial waterfront. Archaeologists analyzed the remains of several late 18th to mid 19th-century residences and businesses built over landfill along the Hudson River. Beneath this were evidence of colonial land reclamation consisting of timber bulkheads and ricking, as well as the stockade which...
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J. Houck Historic Site, Town of Florida, NY
PROJECT
Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc completed Phase III fieldwork for the proposed Winstanley Distribution Center in the Town of Florida, New York, following Phase I and Phase II archeological surveys identifying the J. Houck Historic Site. The Houck family were significant in the settlement and early development of the community of Florida, New York; their first recorded purchase of the property was in 1793. The Houck family owned and farmed their property for over 100 years, relying on the...
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Leatherstocking Precontact Site 2
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Leatherstocking Site 2 was discovered in the Town of Windsor, New York, east of the Susquehanna River. It is adjacent to the reputed location of the Onaquaga, a 17th and 18th-century Iroquoian village, and contains pit features and evidence of potential Native and American structures.
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MB #33 Precontact Site, Moreau, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Digital resources from Phase II and III investigations at the MB #33 precontact site on the Batten Kill in the Town of Moreau, Saratoga County, NY. Surveys conducted by Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. on behalf of National Grid, Inc.
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Phase I, II, and III Archaeological Investigations, St. Anne's Shrine Cottage Construction, Isle la Motte, Vermont
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Phase I, II, and III investigations of a multicomponent precontact site on Isle la Motte, VT, one of several small islands in the widest part of Lake Champlain. Includes pottery analysis and components dating to the Late Archaic, Middle Woodland, and Late Woodland/Contact periods.
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Phase II/III Archeological Investigation, 184-186 Sheridan Avenue and 203-209 Sheridan Avenue Historic Sites, Albany, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Report detailing the results of a Phase II site evaluation and Phase III data retrieval of two historic sites on Sheridan Avenue in Albany, NY. The research focuses on the c.1870-1930 use of two privies behind the houses in a neighborhood known in the 19th century as Sheridan Hollow, which was largely occupied by Irish immigrants and Irish-American families. The privy at the 203-209 Sheridan site was likely used by a grocery and saloon located at the corner at 203 Sheridan Avenue.
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Phase III Archaeological Data Retrieval of a Multicomponent Precontact Site in the Schoharie Creek Valley of New York State
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Phase III (redacted) report in .pdf format for a multi-component precontact site, consisting of Late Archaic to Late Woodland materials in the Schoharie Valley. Includes report and artifact database. Report includes pottery analysis, faunal and floral macroanalyses, and radiocarbon assays.
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Phase III Data Retrievals on Historic Archaeological Sites in Albany, New York
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
This is a group of Phase III data retrieval reports on nine historic archaeological sites in Albany, New York. The group covers a broad range of cultural and temporal contexts, including one of the nation's first railroads, colonial period downtown sites, and mid to late 19th-century domestic contexts.
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Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
Phase III data recovery and subsequent investigations for Section 106 compliance in Albany, NY. The project focused on recovery of archaeological data from three colonial and early federal contexts. The first two were a brickyard and brickmaker's house from the 17th century. The house was built in the 1630s to lease to a brickmaker; it was burned and rebuilt in the 1650s and finally abandoned about 1686. The brickyard operated from about 1654 until the late 1680s. The third context was a rum...
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Reher Bakery Historic Archaeological Site, Kingston, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio
This project is based on Phase III data retrieval excavations and research conducted by Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. on the late 19th- and early 20th-century Reher Bakery site, a Jewish-American kosher and bakery within the National Register-listed Rondout-West Strand historic district. Archaeologists discovered several features, including a very large brick cistern, possibly used in the production of sarsaparilla or elsewhere in the bakery. Project resources include the Phase III...