William Engelbrecht Resources

This report describes 1975 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1977 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1979 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1981 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1982 data recovery at the Eaton Site

Group photo of the 1982 field school.

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

This report describes 1983 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1984 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

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

This report describes 1986 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1988 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1990 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1992 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes 1993 data recovery at the Eaton Site

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

This report describes data recovery during the 1995 season.

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

This report describes 1996 data recovery at the Eaton Site.

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

This report describes 1997 data recovery at the Eaton Site.

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

This report describes data recovery during the 1999 field season.

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

This report describes data recovery during the 2000 excavation season.

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

This lists the catalog numbers by excavation unit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GIS distribution of broken flake scrapers from the Eaton site, created by Rod Salisbury.

Images of grave goods associated with burials from the Eaton site. For details on these burials, see the 1995 NAGPRA report from Eaton, I.D. 373225. The average diameter of the stone beads = 9 mm. Both the beads and the teeth were given the catalog number E260, with the exception of one tooth which was designated E242,

Images of some distally retouched uniface scrapers, uniface side scrapers, blade cores, and cores.

Length histograms for whole endscrapers (N = 133) and side scrapers (N = 63) from the Eaton site. A histogram illustrating length of whole flake scrapers may be found in a paper: "Patterning in a Large Sample of Unifaces".

Three longhouses were discovered at the Eaton site in western New York between 1975-2000. From the postmold evidence obtained, these structures resemble most Iroquoian longhouses constructed throughout Iroquoia. Yet, particular dimensions of the Eaton longhouse are collectively distinct. When compared to other western New York sites and the whole of Iroquoia, the longhouses suggest that some Iroquoian peoples utilized a standard longhouse design. The question is why would Iroquoian builders...

Macrobotanical Remains from Eaton prepared by Rudy Fecteau

GIS distribution of whole side scrapers on the Eaton site. Created by Rod Salisbury. Supplemental material for an article on unifacial tools.

Twelve seasons of work by archaeological field schools have resulted in the partial excavation of an Iroquoian village at the Eaton Site, located in western New York. One longhouse has been almost totally excavated and two others have been partially excavated. This paper reviews what is currently known about the site and presents information on the quantity and type of some of the artifacts recovered. It also looks at the distribution of some material relative to the excavated longhouses.

Symmetrical ground stone disk.

Histograms showing the distribution of whole flake scraper maximum thickness (N = 129), whole side scraper maximum thickness (N = 63), and whole endscraper maximum thickness (n = 133).

Three weight histograms: broken endscrapers, broken flake scrapers, and broken side scrapers. These are from the Eaton site.

These 3 histograms illustrate the weight of endscrapers (N = 133) flake scrapers (N = 129) and side scrapers (N =63) from the Eaton site.

GIS distribution of whole endscrapers on the Eaton site, created by Rod Salisbury.

GIS distribution of whole flake scrapers on the Eaton site, created by Rod Salisbury. Flake scrapers are defined here as unifacial distally retouched scrapers with a thin distal bit.

Histograms illustrating width of whole endscrapers (N = 133), flake scrapers (N = 129), and side scrapers (N = 63) from the Eaton site. These tools are largely unifacial.

After seventeen field school excavations, the Eaton Site assemblage is ready to be examined more closely. One hundred sixty-two endscrapers found on the site were studied. Just what endscrapers were used for and the controversy surrounding hafting is discussed. In addition, data concerning variability and patterning in six areas of the site are reported. What this suggests for the site, as well as the potential impact of extensive plowing on the sample, are also discussed. Site maps showing...

This M.A. uses post mold density of 3 partially excavated longhouses to estimate their duration of occupation.

A report of the Eaton faunal analysis.

A listing of gunflints and lead shot, compiled by Mike Roets.

Images of Madison Point refits from the Eaton Site. Numbers 1-56.

This file illustrates Madison point refits numbers 57-114. The numbers correspond to the cases in the Refit Tables.

This paper reports the discovery of late Paleoindian period points at the Eaton site, Erie County, NY. The authors describe three Holocombe style and three Hi-lo style points found in two discreet locations on the site. They briefly discuss how the discovery of these point styles at Eaton impacts arguments for increased localization of point style in the late Paleoindian period in the Great Lakes region.

In 1979, archaeological field school students recovered a small lead object from a 2 m x 2 m excavation unit at the Eaton Site. The object remained in a bag of chert debitage until 1994 when its resemblance to a human incisor was noted. This paper briefly describes the historic components of the site, describes the object, and advances four hypotheses regarding its possible function.

Two aspects of the artifact assemblage at the Eaton Site in Western New York are examined. First, in what way and to what extent did extensive plowing affect the integrity of the site context? The data suggest that some important inferences can be made. This allows for the second discussion, regarding behavioral patterns. Distribution maps of ceramic and lithic cross-mends, along with post mold maps are used to study waste streams at Eaton, with several distinct lines of refuse disposal...

This is an inventory of the human remains encountered during excavation. For images of grave goods, see "Eaton Grave Goods," document I.D. 467950. It is in the Collection: Eaton Unique Artifacts.

This manuscript compares morphological and distributional differences between endscrapers, flake scrapers and side scrapers at the Eaton site.

Photos of field school students from 1988 to 1993 including two group photos, one from 1981 and one from 1986.

Photos of field school students at the Eaton site from 1995-2000 along with some images of members of the Houghton Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association, also working at the site.

This report by Linda Scott Cummings and Caitlin A. Clark describes protein residues on 3 chert specimens from Eaton.One specimen did not react to weak antisera, one suggested the processing of both dog and rabbit, and the third suggested processing domestic goat.

This article argues that Iroquoian endscrapers were used to scrape thick hides like bear, rather than thin hides like deer. For Tables and Figures, contact William Engelbrecht, engelbwe@gmail.com.

Eaton is a multicomponent site located in western New York. The major component consists of an Iroquoian village dating to the mid-sixteenth century. There is a high ratio of expedient lithic tools to debitage in the area of the palisade. We explore possible explanations for this distribution and discuss the implications for the construction and maintenance of a palisade.

Contains catalog numbers for 17 field seasons.

Images of rim sherds from southern units on the Eaton site.

Images of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62. One of four documents.

Images and descriptions of rim sherds from the Griswold Site, 36Er62.

Rim sherd images and descriptions from the Griswold site, 36Er62

Description and illustration of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62.

Images and descriptions of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62.

Images and descriptions of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62.

Images and descriptions of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62.

Images and descriptions of rim sherds from the Griswold site, 36Er62.

This lists the identifying site number, the probable ethnic affiliation (Mohawk, Seneca, etc.) and the sample size. The original coding sheets are curated in the archives of Buffalo State College. Sites with a small sample size are not represented in this project.

This is a data set of ceramics from Adams. Adams is a Seneca Village dating to the latter part of the 16th century.

ceramic data from the Adams site with regrouped attributes

.txt file containing data.

ceramic data from the Atwell Site (Onondaga) with regrouped attributes

.txt file