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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,...
The Archaeology of 19th-Century Medicine in Troy and Albany, NY (2011)
Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century privy nightsoil samples raise questions related to historical medicine use. Historical evidence of medicinal practices demonstrates the frequent use of heavy metals in medicine. Previous archaeological studies of medicine have used medicine bottles to examine the potential differences in access to medicine across class. However, due to the difficulty of interpreting medicine bottles as evidence of medicine use, the...
Archaeoparasite 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)
Analysis of parasitic remains from the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site as well as two other sites in Albany, NY. Subconsultant report appears as an appendix in the PDF Phase III data recovery report for the site.
Artifact Inventory, 625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2001)
Artifact inventory for Phase III at 625 Broadway site, Albany, NY.
Artifact Inventory, Quackenbush Parking Garage Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2002)
Artifact inventory for Phase III at the Quackenbush Square site, Albany, NY.
Artifact Inventory, SUCF Parking Facility Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2001)
Artifact inventory for the SUCF Parking Garage site, Albany, NY.
At the River's Edge: Two-Hundred-Fifty Years of Albany History: Data Retrieval, SUCF Parking Structure, Maiden Lane, Albany, NY. (2002)
Report of Phase III data retrieval at the SUCF 600 historic archaeological site, including subconsultant reports and artifact inventory. The report is broken up into chapters pertaining to particular elements of the block-wide site.
Beyond the North Gate: Archeology on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany. Archeological Data Retrieval, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility, Broadway, Albany, New York (2005)
Report of data recovery results from the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility site in Albany, NY. The pdf report focuses on the detailed excavation of a rum distillery (c.1750s-1820s) and a brickmaker's house and brickyard (c.1630s-1680s). The report includes micro/macroscopic analyses of faunal and floral materials, pollen, parasites,and heavy metal contents. The report also provides deep historical context to rum production and early colonial settlement in Albany and the Northeast.
Data Retrieval, SUCF Parking Structure, Maiden Lane, Albany, New York.
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...
Feature Photographs from the SUCF Parking Garage site, Albany, NY (2001)
Photographs of features from the SUCF site, Albany, NY. Features from the site were the subject of several written articles and chapters in edited books. Citations are available in the parent project resource.
On the Outside Looking In: Four Centuries of Change at 625 Broadway, Archeology at the DEC Headquarters, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York. (2002)
Report of Phase III Data Recovery at the 625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site. Includes all appendices and artifact inventory. Report broken out into 12 chapters covering various aspects of the site.
Part 1: Painted Pearlware from the 625 Broadway Site, Albany, NY (2002)
Part 1 of 2. Photographs of hand-painted patterns and painters' marks on vessel fragments recovered from the 625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, New York.
Part 2: Painted Pearlware Vessels from the 625 Broadway Site, Albany, NY (2002)
Part 2 of 2. Photographs of hand-painted patterns and painters' marks on vessel fragments recovered from the 625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, New York.
Phase IA Cultural Resources Survey for the Former Koppers Company, Inc. Property, New Castle, Delaware (1995)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.