New York (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Taylor Cooper.

JMA (John Milner Associates, Inc.) has created a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database of cultural resources studies conducted in association with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District’s Civil Works projects. This work was completed in two phases. The first phase consisted of data collection at the district office in New York City. The second phase consisted of data entry into GIS, completed at JMA’s Croton-on-Hudson, New York, office. This work was conducted on behalf the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Arron T. Kotlensky. Peter Mustardo.

JMA completed an inventory and assessment of materials held at the New York District's Albany Field Office located at the Troy Lock and Dam facility in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Materials were related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of Corps facilities and projects within the New York District. No formal inventory or assessment of historic records held at the Albany Field Office had been conducted prior to this investigation. Objectives included the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Arron Kotlensky.

JMA conducted a Phase I investigation of the Troy Lock and Dam property, located in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, with subsurface testing of select portions of unpaved areas within the property to test for intact archeological sites and deposits. In 1993, the District determined that the Troy Lock and Dam property was not eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); however, no previous surveys have been undertaken to determine the archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas C. McVarish. Lee Cox.

JMA conducted National Register eligibility studies of three Corps-owned breakwaters in Lake Champlain: Rouses Point (New York), Gordon’s Landing (Vermont), and Swanton Harbor (Vermont). The investigation consisted of background research, field investigations, and significance evaluations. Background research was conducted at a variety of universities, historical societies, archives, and websites. Field investigations consisted of visual inspection of the above surface components of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Geraldine E. Baldwin. T. Arron Kotlensky. Joel I. Klein.

JMA conducted archeological investigations at South Rock, Cooke's Island, located in the Narrows of Lake Champlain in the Village of Whitehall, New York, on behalf of the USACOE-New York District. JMA’s investigation consisted of Phase I survey of seven acres of South Rock and Phase II evaluations of two previously identified historic foundations. JMA excavated 118 shovel tests and 15 1m x 1m excavation units from which a total of 3,126 artifacts were recovered. JMA's survey work identified...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Geraldine Baldwin. Cox Beinda. Joel Klein. Lori Aument. Lee Cox. Dan Lieb.

JMA conducted a cultural resources investigation on Schodack-Houghtaling Island on behalf of the USACE - NY District. Three historic icehouse sites had previously been determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (OPRHP A03912.000111, A03912.000112 and A03912.000113). Field investigations conducted by JMA within the Corps property (the Project) included re-location of landscape features, as well as re-location and assessment of the three ice house complexes. JMA...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas C. McVarish. Sarah Goode. Traum.

At the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (Corps), John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA) conducted National Historic Preservation Act Section 110 archaeological compliance surveys. JMA conducted background research, field investigations, and analysis to evaluate the sixteen dams of the flood control dams and reservoirs within the Pittsburgh District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Meta F Janowitz.

Salt-glazed stoneware vessels and sherds found on 19th century sites are generally assumed to be of North American manufacture, unless they are highly decorated, but sherds from 18th century sites are usually identified as German made. American potters, however, made highly decorated vessels in the German style beginning in the early 18th century and many vessels attributed to Europe were made in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania. These vessels can be identified by their pastes and other...

DOCUMENT Citation Only T C Gillmer.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tane Renata Casserley. David W Alberg.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Beyond Monitor National Marine Sanctuary’s (MNMS) current boundaries off North Carolina lie waters associated with nearly 500 years of western maritime history and includes shipwrecks representing coastal heritage, American Civil War, U.S. naval aviation, World War I, and most prominently World War II (WWII). MNMS is proposing a boundary expansion to protect and honor these...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel E. Pierce. Anthony Farace.

Once known as America’s "Haven of Health", the city of Excelsior Springs, Missouri was home to an estimated 40 unique mineral spring and well sites.  This collection of mineral waters is one of the largest in the world, and reputation quickly spread of their healing properties.  After the founding of the city in 1880, hundreds and thousands flocked to the area daily to enjoy the various health spas and recreational facilities.  Preliminary analysis of artifacts recovered at the Regent Spring...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian Thompson. David Wescott.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan M Fochs. Catherine Qualls. Athena Van Overschelde. Frederick H. Hanselmann.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Recent Development of Maritime and Historical Archaeology Programs in South Florida" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Two assemblages of 18th century cannons lay on the seafloor near Carysfort Reef, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. An underwater survey consisting of trilateration mapping, photogrammetry, and 3D modeling techniques was conducted at both sites. The shallow reef system that is...

DOCUMENT Citation Only National Park Service.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Legg. Steven D. Smith.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, the American Continental Army under the command of General Nathanael Greene laid siege to a Loyalist detachment occupying the fortified village of Ninety Six in the backcountry of South Carolina. The Loyalist defenses included an eight-pointed, star-shaped earthwork fort that was the focus of the American siege, including a desperate and unsuccessful...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles D Bendig.

Over the past four years University of West Florida archaeologists have excavated the amidships area of the Emanuel Point II (EP II) shipwreck, which was once part of the ill-fated 1559 Spanish colonizing expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano. During excavation, staff and students were able to uncover and record the mainmast step and location for two bilge pumps. Archaeologists also recorded and systematically removed over 30 disarticulated timbers related to the pump well enclosure....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lily Carhart.

This is an abstract from the "Meaning in Material Culture" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1987, two large features consisting primarily of slag, ash, charcoal, iron waste and trim, were excavated in the area known as the North Grove at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This area, directly north of the mansion, is adjacent to the blacksmith shop, which led to the conclusion that the features were the primary blacksmithing waste deposits....

DOCUMENT Citation Only John R. Elmore.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Wooden containers have been utilized for storing and shipping various goods for thousands of years. The study of these types of containers and their physical components allows archaeologists to understand various cultural phenomena...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katlyn R Likely.

In the 1800s, Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri previously offered secondary education primarily to women.  During this time, the university disposed of garbage from the college in a garbage dump behind the student residency where it was later burned. An excavation of the former garbage dump from provides an insight of the lifestyle of university students during the 1800s, including goods and products that the students used. The excavation and surface collections continue...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexis K Ohman.

Since 2007, excavations at Betty’s Hope plantation have yielded a large amount of faunal material from a variety of contexts on the site: the Great House, Service Quarters, Rum Distillery, and Slave Village. The faunal analysis has begun for the Great House and Service Quarters contexts by focusing on the fish and mollusks in order to ascertain the roles of local vs. nonlocal/imported resources and their incorporation into English foodways at Betty’s Hope. Excavations in the Slave Village began...

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Gloor. Michael W. Clem.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since excavations began at Eyreville in the Spring of 2017 nearly 2000 tobacco pipe bowls, stems, and fragments have been recovered. These include pipes manufactured in both England and Holland as well as many unique, locally made, “Chesapeake” pipes likely manufactured by Native Americans and possibly enslaved Africans....

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Gloor. Michael W. Clem.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since excavations began at Eyreville in the Spring of 2017 nearly 2000 tobacco pipe bowls, stems, and fragments have been recovered. These include pipes manufactured in both England and Holland as well as many unique, locally made, “Chesapeake” pipes likely manufactured by Native Americans and possibly enslaved Africans....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Jacobucci.

Twenty two soil samples from two prehistoric (Middle Archaic to Woodland) Native American sites in Broome County, New York, were submitted to the Fiske Center for palynological analysis. Within these samples, 72 taxa were identified, providing evidence of a changing landscape which was shaped by human land management strategies, including controlled burning and the intentional cultivation of maize (Zea mays) as a food crop.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolane Veilleux.

The province of Québec, Canada, has witnessed thousands of wrecks throughout its history. Despite this fact, the number of shipwrecks discovered remains very low. In 2009, 49 sites had been located in the province; in 2017, the total had hardly reached 80 wrecks. A great cultural potential is lying under the vast hydrographic system of Québec, but the maritime archaeologists have limited financial resources and few trained workers, not to mention the short field seasons. This brings up the topic...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexandra C Snyder. Steve Dasovich.

This paper describes the analysis of an in situ dirt floor from a French Colonial structure in St. Charles, Missouri.  The floor is a prepared floor, constructed of homogenous soil brought from off-site and is similar in thickness throughout.  The only identified wall of the structure is poteaux sur sole.  In and above the floor, the structure also contained a double-firepit hearth.  Artifacts types within the floor are varied, but include several chronological markers indicating French...