Stage 1B Cultural Resource Investigations for the Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York

Author(s): Carolyn A. Pierce

Year: 1999

Summary

Stage 1A cultural resource investigations were conducted in 1997 for the Verona Research Facility located in the Town of Verona, Oneida County. The Facility was investigated in conjunction with the potential excessing of properties associated with Air Force Research Laboratory/Rome Research Site in Rome, New York. The Facility was stratified in terms of archaeological sensitivity. While most of the Facility acreage consisted of designated wetlands, several locations had potentially well-drained soil qualities and topographic settings that might argue for potential attractiveness to prehistoric occupation and/or activities. The mid-section of the Facility has been highly disturbed by various episodes of construction and development since the 1950s. The potential for locating historic cultural material, refuse or foundations, was considered to be high in six locations where nineteenth century farmsteads once stood.

Stage IB field investigations (shovel testing) were conducted at the Facility in November and December 1998. The results of the testing revealed the presence of historic material at three of the six historic farm locations and prehistoric material (a lithic scatter) adjacent to a tributary to Brandy Brook (Area K). Stage 2 site evaluation investigations are recommended for three farmstead areas (Farms 3, 4, and 5) and at the Area K prehistoric archaeological site.

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Stage 1B Cultural Resource Investigations for the Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York. Carolyn A. Pierce. 1999 ( tDAR id: 438089) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438089

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Prehistoric

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal • Wood

Site Name
King-Foster Farm • M. Kennedy-Sullivan Farm • Reunner-Kaiser-Combs Farm • Shots [Shoults]- Kaiser Farm • Smith-Volker-Winteron Farm • Waffle-Dunn-Henry Farm/ Maple Lawn Farm

Site Type
Camp • Farmstead • Filled in Well • Trash Dump

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Cultural Resource Investigation

Geographic Keywords
36065 (Fips Code) • New York (State / Territory) • Oneida (County) • Oneida Lake • Verona, NY

Temporal Keywords
Mid 19th - Early 20th Century • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -75.78; min lat: 43.009 ; max long: -75.03; max lat: 43.277 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Contributor(s): Daniel Cadzow; Bill Clark; Theresa Hajduk; David Martin; Robert Peltier; Tony Bonn

Field Director(s): Todd P. Harrington

Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn A. Pierce

Prepared By(s): Lu Engineers

Submitted To(s): Air Force Research Laboratory

Record Identifiers

OPRHP No. (s): 98 PR 2533

Project(s): 13117

NADB document id number(s): 3500437

NADB citation id number(s): 000000307132

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