Stage 2 Cultural Resource Investigations for the Farm 3 Site (AO65-22-0097), Farm 4 Site (AO65-22-0098), and Farm 5 Site (AO65-22-0099), Verona Research Facility, Oneida County, New York

Author(s): Lu Engineers

Year: 2002

Summary

Stage 2 site evaluations and excavations at three remnant nineteenth-early twentieth century dairy farms, designated as Farms 3, 4 and 5, on the Verona Research Facility in Oneida County, New York. Stage 1B shovel tests at these farmsteads revealed concentrations of artifacts and evidence of structural features that prompted additional testing procedures. Much of the Stage 2 cultural material was derived from disturbed feature contexts at all three farmsteads, including damaged concrete foundations and areas of buried rubble and extensive fill. Numerous artifacts were also collected from yard refuse sheet middens, usually in proximity to former structural components that have been severely disturbed. Extensive post-1951 disturbances in the form of demolition, bulldozing, and fill zones across all three sites has seriously impaired archaeological interpretation. As a result of these disturbances, it is suggested that none of the farms retain the significance or integrity necessary to be considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, no further investigations are recommended for Farms 3, 4, or 5.

Cite this Record

Stage 2 Cultural Resource Investigations for the Farm 3 Site (AO65-22-0097), Farm 4 Site (AO65-22-0098), and Farm 5 Site (AO65-22-0099), Verona Research Facility, Oneida County, New York. Lu Engineers. 2002 ( tDAR id: 438085) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438085

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Clay pipe fragment • Fauna • Fieldstone • Glass • Metal • Orient Fishtail Stemmed Specimen • Textile • Wood

Site Name
AO65-22-0097 • AO65-22-0098 • AO65-22-0099 • King-Foster Farm • Reiner-Kaiser-Comb Farm • Smith-Volker-Winterton Farm

Site Type
Barn • Cement Pad • Cobble Trench • Demolished Foundation • Foundation • Outbuilding • Road • Rock Alignment • Rubble filled Depression • Sheet Midden • Surface Dump • Trail

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Cultural Resource Investigation

Geographic Keywords
New York (State / Territory) • Oneida (County) • Verona, NY • Verona Research Facility

Temporal Keywords
19th - 20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1850 to 1950 (Cultural material time span from Farm 4)

Calendar Date: 1880 to 1910 (Activity time span for Farm 3)

Calendar Date: 1870 to 1935 (Cultural material time span from Farm 5)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -75.813; min lat: 43.03 ; max long: -75.051; max lat: 43.256 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site

Contributor(s): Daniel Landis; Kent C Taylor; James D. MacKecknie

Field Director(s): Diane L Sertz

Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn A. Pierce

Prepared By(s): Lu Engineers

Submitted To(s): Air Force Research Laboratory

Record Identifiers

Project(s): 13127

OPRHP No. (s): 98 PR 2533

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Contact(s): Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome Research Site