The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods," at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

PennDOT and FHWA are undertaking a long-term, multiphase project to improve and rebuild Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania. Given the complex urban setting, the archaeological subsurface testing for the I-95/GIR Improvement Corridor Project is being guided by a Programmatic Agreement. Through data recovery excavations AECOM has documented thirty historic and Native American sites. The purpose of this symposium is twofold: 1) to help remind local residents and members of the larger city population that PennDOT and AECOM are not only working to create a vastly improved transportation system, but at the same time is actively revealing and preserving exciting new chapters of Philadelphia’s past; and 2) this symposium focuses on the progression of change over time and space, as historic settlement progressed north along the Delaware River away from the city’s center. The archaeology of the 19th century Port Richmond neighborhood is specifically highlighted.