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

Summary

The New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 investigation in Monongahela River, Pennsylvania was contracted to John Milner Associates, Inc. and conducted over a period of two years. Excavations occurred in August and November of 1993. The principal investigators were Wade Catts, John McCarthy, and Thomas Johnson. The studies were by JMA, on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, as part of the Grays Landing Lock and Dam project. JMA studied and documented the impacts to known and previously unrecorded cultural resources at the construction zones of the replacement of the lock and dam at river mile 85, as well as the areas affected by a 15-foot pool rise between these structures. Field work consisted of both manual and mechanical excavated test units and trenches. Excavations during this project recovered artifacts associated with the Arthur Robbin's pottery (circa 1907-1914) (Wade et al. 1995).

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.

Cite this Record

New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995. ( tDAR id: 426012) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8426012

Keywords

Site Name
36FA404 • 36FA91

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

General
Collections Management

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

Contributor(s): John Milner Associates, Inc.

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; US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh 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.

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-7 of 7)

Documents

  1. Archaeological Investigation of the New Geneva Pottery Waster/Loading Dock Site (36FA404), New Geneva, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Wade P. Catts. John P. McCarthy. Thomas M. Johnson.

    Archeological investigations were conducted at 36FA404, the New Geneva Pottery Waster/Loading Dock Site. Field work consisted of both manually and mechanically excavated test units and trenches. Portions of the waster dump used by the New Geneva potters in the final two decades of the nineteenth century and into the early years of the twentieth century were excavated on Lot 167. Excavations on Lot 166 recovered artifacts associated with the Arthur Robbins’ pottery (circa 1907-1914). The...

  2. Artifact Report, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Crystal Bryant.

    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...

  3. Finding Aid, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Nichole Perry.

    This collection is referred to as "New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and a half (1.5) linear inches. New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 document collection contained two identical copies of the final report. Each copy was bound together with metal clips, which were removed. A digitized copy of the final report was also...

  4. Scanned Asset Key, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Eliel Islas

    This is the scanned asset key for the New Geneva Pottery Waster Dock Site collection stored at the Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg.

Images

  1. Building Material Artifact Photographs, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photograph of building material artifact collected during the New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 archaeological investigation in the New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site area, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

  2. Ceramic Artifact Photographs, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 archaeological investigation in the New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site area, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Datasets

  1. Artifact Database, New Geneva Pottery Waster and Dock Site (36FA404) 1995 (2013)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    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...