Recent Archaeological Studies in National Parks of the Northeast Region

Summary

The Northeast Region of the NPS extends from Saint Croix Island on the Maine-New Brunswick border to Booker T. Washington National Monument in Virginia, and from Cape Cod National Seashore to New River Gorge in West Virginia. The national parks of this region contain the archaeological signatures of presidents, poets, war, human rights struggles, maritime history, industrial history, and thousands of years of American Indian heritage. This paper discusses recent archaeological studies in the national parks of this region. These studies range from baseline documentation efforts to inventories of areas threatened by climate change. Recent archaeological overviews are discussed, with those at Petersburg and Richmond National Battlefields highlighted. Several geophysical investigations have recently been conducted, and those at Longfellow National Historical Site and Booker T. Washington National Monument are reviewed. Recent inventories are presented, and those at Cedar Creek and Minute Man National Historical Parks are discussed. A progress report is given of the National Constitution Center project in Philadelphia, one of the largest excavations conducted within a national park. Attention is brought to sites threatened and damaged by climate change, with specific mention of sites at Cape Cod, Saint Croix Island, and Colonial National Historical Park.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Archeological Stewardship and Science in the National Park Service

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