Albany, New York (Geographic Keyword)
26-49 (49 Records)
Phase I investigations and monitoring for the installation of a fiber optic cable in Maiden Lane. The monitoring work uncovered a 19th-c. foundation and associated sheet midden, as well as a late 17th-c. feature and two 18th-c. features. Samples were recovered from each feature.
Phase IB/III Archeological Investigations, Hudson River Way Pedestrian Bridge, Maiden Lane, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2002)
Investigation of 17th, 18th, and 19th features in the colonial center of the City of Albany. Includes examination of a culverted stream, a late 18th-c. privy, and evidence of massive fires in 1793 and 1797.
Phase II Archeological Site Evaluation, 29 1/2 Watervliet Avenue Historic Site, Brighter Choice Foundation Preparatory Charter School, 30 Watervliet Avenue, City of Albany, Albany, New York (2008)
Phase II examination of an urban late 19th-c. domestic site in Albany, NY. Features examination of waste disposal and seasonality in trash pits and sanitation adaptations.
Phase II Site Evaluation, New York State Court of Appeals, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2001)
Phase II investigation of archaeological features associated with the construction of the early 20th-c. Court of Appeals and 19th-c. privy features. Survey provides evidence of landscape alterations from the colonial period onward.
Phase II/III Archeological Investigation, 184-186 Sheridan Avenue and 203-209 Sheridan Avenue Historic Sites, Albany, NY
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.
Phase II/III Archeological Investigation, 184-186 Sheridan Avenue and 203-209 Sheridan Avenue Historic Sites, Albany, NY (2014)
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.
Phase II/III Archeological Site Evaluation and Mitigation/Data Retrieval, Jessie Cottage Historic Archeological Site, Center for the Disabled Housing Project, 644-646 South Pearl Street, City of Albany, Albany County, NY (2006)
Phase III excavations of a mid 19th-c. to early 20th-c. cottage house just south of Albany's downtown and near the banks of the Hudson River. In addition to an analysis of artifacts found at the site, there is some architectural treatment of the house, which was adapted to an industrial use and razed in 1993.
Phase III Archeological Data Retrieval, Hall, Hartwell and Company Historic Archeological Site, Monrain Historic Archeological Site, and Albert Historic Archeological Site, Brighter Choice Boys' Elementary Charter School, 116 North Lake Avenue, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2008)
Phase III analysis of three 19th- to 20th-century archeological sites, including an industrial component at a morocco leather factory, later a shirt and collar factory; as well as a German-American household. Some very early 19th- and possibly late 18th-c. contexts were recovered as well.
Phase III Data Retrievals on Historic Archaeological Sites in Albany, New York
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.
Phase III Report for Clinton and Lark Historic Archeological Site, Albany NY (USN A00140.004690) (2022)
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...
Pollen Analysis of Sediments from the Niagra-Mohawk Power Corporation State Street Site, the Quackenbush Square Parking Garage Site, and the Court of Appeals Site (2002)
Subconsultant analysis of pollen from sediments collected at the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site and two other archaeological sites in Albany, NY. Report appeared as an appendix to the PDF Phase III report.
POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM PRIVY VAULTS IN ALBANY, NEW YORK (2014)
Two privy vaults were discovered on lots at 184–186 Sheridan Avenue (Feature 14) and 103–109 Sheridan Avenue (Feature 3001) in an area known as Sheridan Hollow in Albany, New York. Sheridan Hollow, a poorly drained low-lying area developed slowly into a downtown neighborhood beginning during the Civil War era, becoming more densely populated during the Victorian era. Pollen and parasite analysis were conducted on night soil deposits noted in the bottoms of each privy vault.
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL AT THE ALBANY FAMILY COURTS, ALBANY, NEW YORK (2003)
The Albany Family Courts lie at an elevation of 60-65 feet above mean sea level and overlook the Hudson River to the east and Fox Creek valley to the south. European settlers have occupied the site since the second half of the 1700s, although Albany was settled by the Dutch in the early 1600s. Feature 17, a circular stone well, was later used as a privy. Two combination pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral samples were collected and examined from fill within the privy to identify...
Privy Photographs from the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2002)
Photographs of several privies from about 1740-1880 at the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY
Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY
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...
The Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Site Faunal Analysis and Interpretation (2002)
Analysis of faunal remains from the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility site in Albany, NY. Includes analysis of wild game remains from a 17th-c. context. Originally appeared as an appendix to the Phase III report for the Quackenbush site.
Rum Distillation Vat Removal and Conservation, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Site, Albany, NY (2002)
After the rum distillery site was buried beneath crushed stone fill to prepare for construction, plans were made to remove and conserve two of the more complete and intact vats. The vats were conserved with PEG at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in New York State and put on permanent display at an exhibit of Albany archaeology in the Charles L. Fisher Gallery at the New York State Museum.
Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility Site Floral Remains (2005)
Report on macrobotanical remains recovered from five privies at the Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility site. Sidell's report was included as an appendix to the Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility site data recovery report.
Site Photographs and Figures, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2001)
Plan map of entire site and photographs of the rum distillery complex taken during a public information day in 2001.
Site Photographs and Figures, SUCF 600 Car Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (1999)
Photographs of the site taken from a hydraulic lift. Includes site map as well.
Tobacco Pipes, Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2005)
Sample of tobacco pipes collected from Feature 4, a cylindrical brick privy (c.1841-1870), and Feature 3, a wooden privy (c.1870-1908), shared by residents at 112 and 114 Sheridan Avenue.
Trace Element Analysis of Quackenbush Soils (2002)
Subconsultant report on trace element analysis of nightsoil from privies found at the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY. Hall found evidence of several trace elements, including lead, mercury, and arsenic, in nightsoil deposits from the 18th and 19th centuries at the site. The document was presented as an appendix to the full Phase III data recovery report for the Quackenbush Square site.
"A Very Working-Class Neighborhood": Nineteenth-Century Archeology in Sheridan Hollow, Data Retrieval Investigation, Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2005)
Phase III Data Retrieval Report, including macrobotanical, faunal, and parasitic analyses; inventory of artifacts; figures; and site forms. The site consists of features and deposits associated with the urban residential occupation of Sheridan Hollow spanning from c. 1840-1920. Throughout most of the 19th century, the site was populated principally by Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish-Americans. The site components include the architectural remains of two rowhouses, seven privy vaults,...
Wooden Structure Photographs, SUCF Parking Facility Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2001)
Photographs of wooden structures, including cribbing, ricking, wharves, and stockades, from the SUCF Parking Facility site, Albany, NY. Elements of the site were featured in an article from Historical Archaeology. McDonald, Molly R. 2011. Whatves and Waterfront Retaining Strucctures as Vernacular Architecture. Historical Archaeology 45 (2):42-68.