Eaton Site

Summary

This project contains data from 17 seasons of excavation from the Eaton Site in West Seneca, NY just south of the city of Buffalo. It is a multi-component site that was occupied intermittently from late Paleo-Indian times through the early 19th century when it contained a cabin on what was then the Buffalo Creek Reservation. The bulk of material recovered from the site is from an Iroquoian village dating to the mid-sixteenth century. The major portions of three longhouses and a palisade pertaining to the Iroquoian component were recorded on the site. Eaton is one of a number of large Iroquoian village sites found in this region dating from the 15th through the mid-17th century. The Archaeological Conservancy now owns most of the site.

This project contains data recovered as a result of 17 summer field schools directed by William Engelbrecht. An excavation report was written after each field school and these have been uploaded to this project. Rob Peltier uploaded approximately 250 digital images of floor plans of excavation units. Both these images and the yearly excavation reports are grouped together under collections for each excavation year (i.e. Eaton 1975, Eaton 1977, etc.). Five Access tables (Tables 1-4 and Extras) give artifact counts by unit and level. Publications relating to the Eaton site have also been scanned and uploaded as have many artifact photos.

Cite this Record

Eaton Site. ( tDAR id: 6030) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8B27WRJ

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • PaleoIndian • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains

Site Name
Eaton

Site Type
Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

Geographic Keywords
Western New York

Temporal Keywords
Multi-component

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -10000 to 2000

Spatial Coverage

min long: -78.802; min lat: 42.823 ; max long: -78.766; max lat: 42.859 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): ; Sean Hanrahan

Record Identifiers

NRHP Reference(s): 79001581

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 101-200 of 299)

Documents

  1. Faunal Report (2010)
  2. Gunflints and Lead Shot (2012)
  3. Images of Point Refits 1-56 (2017)
  4. Images of Point Refits 57 - 114 (2017)
  5. Late Paleoindian Archaeology at the Eaton Site, Western New York (2010)
  6. A Lead Object From the Eaton Site (2008)
  7. Lithic and Ceramic Cross-Mends at the Eaton Site (2001)
  8. NAGPRA Report (1995)
  9. Patterning in a Large Sample of Retouched Unifacial Tools (2021)
  10. Photos of Students 1988-1993 (2014)
  11. Photos of Students 1995-2000 (2014)
  12. Protein Residue (CIEP) Analysis of Lithic Samples from the Eaton site, Erie County, New York (2019)
  13. Rethinking Iroquoian Stone Endscraper Use (2020)
  14. Rethinking Palisades in the Northeast: Evidence from the Eaton Site (2012)
  15. Site Catalog (1975)
  16. Southern Unit Rim Sherds (2014)

Images

  1. 1977 Photos (1977)
  2. 1979 Photos (1979)
  3. 1981 Photos (1981)
  4. 1983 Photos (1983)
  5. 1984 Photos (1984)
  6. 1986 Photos (1986)
  7. 1988 Photos (1988)
  8. Bi-pitted Stone (2010)
  9. Ceramic Vessel (2011)
  10. Cores and Exhausted Core Distributions (2012)
  11. Coronet Pipe (2011)
  12. Distribution of Biface Preforms (2012)
  13. Distribution of Debitage (2012)
  14. Distribution of Drills (2012)
  15. Distribution of Expedient Tools (2012)
  16. Distribution of Fire Altered Rock (2012)
  17. Distribution of Knives (2012)
  18. Distribution of Pipe Fragments (2011)
  19. Distribution of projectile points and projectile point fragments (2012)
  20. Distribution of Scrapers Varieties (2012)
  21. E1048, 18S 10W, L.2 (2012)
  22. E106, 8S 26W, L.3 (2012)
  23. E112, 8S 26W, L.4 (2012)
  24. E1125, 46N 7E, L.1 (2012)
  25. E1176, 46N 1E, L.1 (2012)
  26. E1187, 46N 1E, L.2 (2012)
  27. E122, 8S 24W, L.3 (2012)
  28. E1227, 4S 4W, L.1 (2012)
  29. E1231, 4S 8W, L.2 (2012)
  30. E1232, 4S 8W, L.2 (2012)
  31. E1236, 26N 1W, L.2 (2012)
  32. E1261, 72N 1E, L.1 (2012)
  33. E1315, 44N 29W, L.1 (2012)
  34. E1318, 44N 27W, L.2 (2012)
  35. E1318, 44N 27W, L.2 (2012)
  36. E1326, 36N 13W, L1 (2012)
  37. E20, 2S 20W, L.4 (2012)
  38. E204, 2N 26W, L.2 (2012)
  39. E209, 2N 26W, L.3 (2012)
  40. E210, 2N 26W, L.4 (2012)
  41. E211, 4N 26W, L.2 (2012)
  42. E231, 4S 21E, L.3 (2012)
  43. E269, 4N 28W, L.1 (2012)
  44. E303, 26S 6W, L.2 (2012)
  45. E316, 26S 8W, L.2 (2012)
  46. E324, 18S 14W, L2 (2012)
  47. E347, 26S 8W, L.2 (2012)
  48. E361, 2S 10W, L.1 (2012)
  49. E363, 26S 4W, L.1 (2012)
  50. E365, 8S 19E, L.1 (2012)
  51. E369, 26S 4W, L.2 (2012)
  52. E374, 6S 6W, L.1 (2012)
  53. E374, 6S 6W, L.1 (2012)
  54. E380, 16S 10W, L.2 (2012)
  55. E381, 6S 6W, L.2 (2012)
  56. E384, 6S 6W, L3 (2012)
  57. E386, 26S 4W, L.3 (2012)
  58. E396, 26S 2W, L.1 (2012)
  59. E397, 26S 4W, L.3 (2012)
  60. E400, 26S 4W, L.3 (2012)
  61. E419, 26S 2W, L.2 (2012)
  62. E42, 4S 24W, L. 1 (2012)
  63. E422, 4S 19E, L.3 (2012)
  64. E424, 26S 2W, L.3 (2012)
  65. E454, 8S 4W, L.1 (2012)
  66. E455, 10S 4W, L.1 (2012)
  67. E456, 8S 4W, L.1 (2012)
  68. E457, 10S 8W, L.2 (2012)
  69. E467, 4S 17E, L.1 (2012)
  70. E473, 10S 8W, L.3, Area B (2012)
  71. E483, 8S 4W, L.2 (2012)
  72. E483, 8S 4W, L.2 (2012)
  73. E495. 4S 17E, L.2 (2012)
  74. E507, 2S 12W, L.1 (2012)
  75. E507, 2S 12W, L.1 (2012)
  76. E510, 2S 12W, L.2 (2012)
  77. E510, 2S 12W, L.2 (2012)
  78. E512, 4S 17E, L.3 (2012)
  79. E521, 22N 1W, L.1 (2012)
  80. E531, 8S 13E, L.3 (2012)
  81. E561, 6S 17E, L2 (2012)
  82. E576, 10S 9E, L.1 (2012)
  83. E588, 24S 6W, L4 (2012)
  84. E630, 24S 8W, L.4 (2012)