Artifact Database, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995

Creator(s): Veterans Curation Program

Year: 2013

Summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program's (VCP) Washington, D.C. laboratory in the winter of 2010 and then moved to the Alexandria laboratory in August 2011. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA), an archaeological contract firm located in Alexandria, Virginia.

The procedures employed to re-house the archaeological material from the New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) Investigation are discussed below and follow those procedures utilized by the Alexandria VCP laboratory. In the re-housing process of each investigative effort of the USACE, Pittsburgh District collection, the VCP standard procedures and The State Museum of Pennsylvania guidelines were followed. Upon completion of the curation management project, the collection was sent to The State Museum of Pennsylvania for permanent curation.

The procedures employed by the Alexandria VCP to rehouse the archaeological material from the New Geneva Pottery Waster Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 investigation are discussed in the Artifact Report. The report can be found in tDAR at (https://core.tdar.org/document/426084).

Cite this Record

Artifact Database, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995. Veterans Curation Program. Alexandria, VA: John Milner Associates, Inc. 2013 ( tDAR id: 427886) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8427886

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: Artifact-Database---New-Geneva

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Date of Collection VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Provenience VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Feature VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Material Class VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Artifact Description VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Count BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Weight (g) DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Comments VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Photographed by VCP VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
New Box Number VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Catalog Number BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Site Number VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
ER Number VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Principal Investigators VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Investigating Organization VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Year of Investigation BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Subject Property VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
USACE District VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Project Name VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
VCP ID VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral

Site Name
36FA404 • 36FA91

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

General
Artifact Database • Collections Management • Lithic

Geographic Keywords
Grays Landing Lock and Dam • Monongahela River, Pennsylvania • New Geneva, Pennsylania • Pennsylvania (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.026; min lat: 39.743 ; max long: -79.887; max lat: 39.993 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Repository(s): Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, original investigation report, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box inventory, document folder listing, initial data collection, and personal notes. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Source Collections

New Geneva Pottery Washer and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 collection is stored at the Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

File Information

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