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Site Name Keywords
Eaton • Eaton Site • Other

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Farming Village • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Village

Other Keywords
Ceramics • Chipped Stone Drills • Stone Drill • Drill • drill form • Gaming Stones • chunkey stones • Buffalo Creek Reservation • Chert Drill • Fauna

Culture Keywords
Woodland • Archaic • Early Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Archaic • Historic • PaleoIndian • Iroquoian • Late Woodland • Iroquois

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Collections Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Systematic Survey

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Dating Sample • Glass • Human Remains • Drills • gaming stones

Temporal Keywords
Multi-component • Late Woodland • late Middle Woodland - early Late Woodland • Historic • Woodland • late Paleoindian period • Late Late Woodland • Historic Aboriginal • Iroquoian

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • New York (State / Territory) • USA (Country) • Erie County (County) • Western New York • US (ISO Country Code) • New York State • Pennsylvania (State / Territory) • Millcreek Township, Erie, PA

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Eaton Site
  • Eaton Site
    PROJECT Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    This project contains data from 17 seasons of excavation from the Eaton Site in West Seneca, NY just south of the city of Buffalo. It is a multi-component site that was occupied intermittently from late Paleo-Indian times through the early 19th century when it contained a cabin on what was then the Buffalo Creek Reservation. The bulk of material recovered from the site is from an Iroquoian village dating to the mid-sixteenth century. The major portions of three longhouses and a palisade...

  • 1975 Excavation Report (1975)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1975 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1975 Post Mold Images (1975)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1975 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1977 Excavation Report (1977)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1977 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1977 Photos (1977)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Misc. photos from 1977. Group photo, front row left to right: Eva Thuman, Mary Louise Grasso, Karen Swanekamp, Patricia Fink, Virginia Rivard. Second row: Donald Manchester, Richard Cohen, Engelbrecht, Kenneth Richard.

  • 1977 Post Mold Images (1977)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1977 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1979 Excavation Report (1979)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1979 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1979 Photos (1979)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Group photo, front row, left to right: Bonnie Gosset, James Hartner, Lisa Seivert, Jantina Day, Karen Swanekamp, Janet Balsom, Stephen Birmingham. Back row: Lynn Clark, Joseph Fleischman, Beryl Rosenthal, Nancy Collins, Donald Licht, Engelbrecht, William Wilson.

  • 1979 Post Mold Images (1979)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1979 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1981 Excavation Report (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1981 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1981 Photos (1981)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Misc. photos from the 1981 field season. For group photo, see "Eaton Photos of Students."

  • 1981 Post Mold Images (1981)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1981 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1982 Excavation Report (1982)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1982 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1982 Group Photo (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    Group photo of the 1982 field school.

  • 1982 Post Mold Images (1982)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1982 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1983 Excavation Report (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1983 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1983 Photos (1983)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Miscellaneous photos from the 1983 season. Group Shot - First Row: Dow, Maldonado, Isseroff, Engelbrecht, Sadow, Chester, Stull. Second Row: Barker, Arnott, Clemente. Third Row: Szymoniak, Barber, Beaudet (?), Stachowski, Seiler, Saint-George, Soloman, Jividen, Ford, Doerrer, Pittari, Pickin, Abbott.

  • 1983 Post Mold Images (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1983 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1984 Excavation Report (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1984 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1984 Photos (1984)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Misc. photos from the 1984 field school. Group Photo - Front Row: Crawley, Ford, Augenbaugh, Hoard, Colker. Second Row: Ostanski, Budrow, Bartolotta, Pierce, Myers, Benson, Nelson, Kingman. Back Row: Prince, Kruse, Engelbrecht, Gasper.

  • 1984 Post Mold Images (1984)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1984 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1985 Post Mold Images (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1985 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1986 Excavation Report (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1986 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1986 Photos (1986)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Misc. photos from the 1986 season. For a group photo from 1986, go to "Photos of students from 1988-1993."

  • 1986 Post Mold images (1986)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1986 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1988 Excavation Report (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1988 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1988 Photos (1988)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Miscellaneous photos from the 1988 season.

  • 1988 Post Mold Images (1988)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1988 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1990 Excavation Report (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1990 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1990 Post Mold Images (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1990 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1992 Excavation Report (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1992 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1992 Post Mold Images (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1992 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1993 Excavation Report (1993)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1993 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1993 Post Mold Images (1993)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1993 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1995 Excavation Report (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes data recovery during the 1995 season.

  • 1995 Post Mold Images (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1995 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1996 Excavation Report (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1996 data recovery at the Eaton Site.

  • 1996 Post Mold Images (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1996 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1997 Excavation Report (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes 1997 data recovery at the Eaton Site.

  • 1997 Post Mold Images (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1997 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 1999 Excavation Report (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes data recovery during the 1999 field season.

  • 1999 Post Mold Images (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 1999 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • 2000 Excavation Report (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This report describes data recovery during the 2000 excavation season.

  • 2000 Post Mold Images (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file includes images of post molds identified during 2000 data recovery at the Eaton Site

  • Bi-pitted Stone (2010)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    This stone is 13 cm x 11 cm x 4.2 cm (max. dimensions) and is pitted on both sides.

  • Biface Fragment Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    A summary tabulation of biface fragments by unit.

  • Broken Endscraper Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    Sumary tabulation of broken endscrapers by unit.

  • Broken Knives Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    Summary of broken knives by unit.

  • Broken Scraper Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This gives the frequency of broken scrapers by unit.

  • Catalog Number by Unit (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This lists the catalog numbers by excavation unit.

  • Ceramic Vessel (2011)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    A partially reconstructed ceramic vessel. Note mending hole.

  • Core Fragment Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This table contains tabulations of core fragments by unit. Core fragments are defined here as chunks of chert at least 1 inch by .75 inch by .75 inch.

  • Core Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This table tabulates cores by units. Core fragments and exhausted cores are not considered here.

  • Cores and Exhausted Core Distributions (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Useful flakes can no longer be struck from exhausted cores.

  • Coronet Pipe (2011)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Complete Coronet Pipe (2 views)

  • Debris Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This table tabulates debris by unit. Debris counts do not include utilized flakes or other lithic tools. This table does not include debris from the "Extras" Table.

  • Distribution of Biface Preforms (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Biface staging follows Callahan (1979) with the addition of the following half stages: 2.5 and 3.5. A Stage 4 biface preform is considered Late Stage. Biface fragments were too incomplete to be staged.

  • Distribution of Debitage (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    "Debris" tabulates whole and broken flakes and pieces of shatter. "Core Fragments" are larger chunks of chert greater than 2.5 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm.

  • Distribution of Drill Types and Parts 1 (2022)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This document contains 5 GIS distribution maps generated by Roderick Salisbury. Broken Triangular Drills, Drill Bases, Key Drills (broken + whole), Whole Key Drills, and Micro-drills.

  • Distribution of Drill Types and Parts 2 (2022)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    Six GIS distribution maps of drills from the Eaton site: bases pf rod-shaped drills, whole rod-shaped drills, T-drills, drill tips (class 5 = base missing, class 7 = only tip), drill tips (only class 7), whole triangular drills. These were generated by Roderick Salisbury.

  • Distribution of Drills (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    This distribution map includes specimens that might be classified as drills, awls, gravers, reamers, or burins. Specimens may be broken or whole. Most specimens are bifacial or unifacially flaked, but a few are utilized flakes showing use wear on a projection.

  • Distribution of Expedient Tools (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Distribution of utilized flakes and utilized fragments. Fragments are defined as chunks of chert larger than 2.5 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm.

  • Distribution of Fire Altered Rock (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    This shows the distribution of fire altered rock on the Eaton Site. It is tabulated in kilograms.

  • Distribution of Knives (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Distribution of both whole and broken knives. ""Total Knives" combines whole and broken knives into a single distribution.

  • Distribution of Pipe Fragments (2011)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Shows the distribution of pipe fragments on the site.

  • Distribution of projectile points and projectile point fragments (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    These are Madison (Iroquoian) points and point fragments.

  • Distribution of Scrapers Varieties (2012)
    IMAGE William Engelbrecht.

    Notches (spokeshaves) include bifacial and unifacial specimens along with utilized flakes; all characterized by having a notch. Also shown: the distribution of whole endscrapers and broken endscrapers. Broken endscrapers are generally represented by the end with steep retouch. Broken and whole endscraper tabulations are combined in the distribution "Total Endscrapers." The scraper and broken scraper categories encompass a variety of shapes and sizes, but all exhibit use wear. The distribution...

  • Documentation of 5 Eaton Access Tables
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    The Eaton project contains data from 17 seasons of excavation from the Eaton Site in West Seneca, NY. This document is an explanation of Levels 1-4 and “Extras” of 5 Eaton Access Tables for the tDAR dataset 6031.

  • Drill Attribute List (2022)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This is the attribute list used for analyzing drills from the Eaton site. It is the key for understanding the numbers in the Drill data set.

  • Drill Summary (2013)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This table tabulates drills, awls, gravers, and burins by unit. These tools may be broken or whole. The broken tools are generally represented by the tip rather than the base.

  • Drills (2022)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This Access Table describes attributes of drills from the Eaton site. See "Drill Attribute List" (468910) for an explanation of the numbers.

  • E1048, 18S 10W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Unidentified Biface Fragment. 4 views.

  • E106, 8S 26W, L.3 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Lamoka. 121 cm from 6S 26W, 96 cm from 6S 24W, depth = 39 cm.

  • E112, 8S 26W, L.4 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Innes (Ace-of-Spades) Point (4 views)

  • E1125, 46N 7E, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Adena - Kramer Point. 4 views.

  • E1176, 46N 1E, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Innes (Ace-of-Spades) Point. 4 Views.

  • E1187, 46N 1E, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Unidentified Biface Fragment. 4 views. Image needs to be rotated slightly.

  • E1215-1558 Drill Form (2023)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Sean Hanrahan.

    This file describes the morphology and use wear of a drill form from the Eaton site in West Seneca, New York.

  • E122, 8S 24W, L.3 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Lamoka Point.

  • E1227, 4S 4W, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad Point. 4 views.

  • E1231, 4S 8W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Perkiomen Point. 4 views.

  • E1232, 4S 8W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad Point. 4 views

  • E1236, 26N 1W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Innes (Ace-of-Spades) Point. 4 Views.

  • E1261, 72N 1E, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    This was originally classified as a Lamoka Point, but is now considered Non-diagnostic. Length = 21.6 mm, Width = 13.1 mm, Thickness = 7.1 mm.

  • E1315, 44N 29W, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Orient Fishtail Point. 4 views.

  • E1318, 44N 27W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Kevin Smith identified this specimen as Brewerton - Locner. Photos by Nathan Arndt.

  • E1318, 44N 27W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Levanna Point. 4 views. Image needs to be rotated. Length = 35.6 mm, Width = 33.8 mm, Thickness, = 6.8 mm, Onondaga chert Broken Levanna point, large, thin, with slightly incurvate base – unground and thinned with pressure flaking. Fractured diagonally along the midsection with a large roll-out fracture suggesting impact.

  • E1326, 36N 13W, L1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Multiple views of a bifurcate point, identified by Kevin Smith and photographed by Nathan Arndt. Length = 26 mm, Width = 19.4 mm, Thickness = 8.4, Early Archaic, Onondaga chert Complete but heavily reworked LeCroy type bifurcate point with long, expanding haft element ending in a bifurcated base with downturning, rounded ears flanking a bifacially thinned concavity. Blade expands at a nearly 90° angle from the hafting element but the form of the shoulders can't be determined because the blade...

  • E142-1407 Drill Form (2023)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Sean Hanrahan.

    This file describes the morphology and use wear of a drill form from the Eaton site in West Seneca, New York.

  • E20, 2S 20W, L.4 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Neville Point

  • E202-1379 Drill Form (2023)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Sean Hanrahan.

    This file describes the morphology and use wear of a drill form from the Eaton site in West Seneca, New York.

  • E204, 2N 26W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad point. 4 views.

  • E209, 2N 26W, L.3 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad Point. 4 views.

  • E210, 2N 26W, L.4 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Unidentified point fragment. 4 views.

  • E211, 4N 26W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad Point. 4 views.

  • E231, 4S 21E, L.3 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Innes (Ace-of-Spades) Point (4 views). Location =96 cm with respect to west wall, 71 cm with respect to south wall. Level 3 = approx. 25-35 cm in depth.

  • E269, 4N 28W, L.1 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Susquehanna Broad Point. 4 views.

  • E303, 26S 6W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Orient Fishtail Point. 4 views.

  • E316, 26S 8W, L.2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Orient Fishtail Point. 4 views.

  • E324, 18S 14W, L2 (2012)
    IMAGE Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht

    Early Archaic Kirk point, identified by Kevin Smith and photographed by Nathan Arndt. Found 20 cm from west wall and 86 cm from south wall at a depth of 20 cm.