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Four Historical Landscapes Of The Merchant’S House Museum Backlot, Manhattan Island, New York, Identified Through Pollen Analysis, Gerald K. Kelso, Diana Dizerega Wall
Four Historical Landscapes Of The Merchant’S House Museum Backlot, Manhattan Island, New York, Identified Through Pollen Analysis, Gerald K. Kelso, Diana Dizerega Wall
Northeast Historical Archaeology
The Merchant’s House Museum is on Manhattan Island in New York City, at 29 East Fourth Street, between Lafayette Street and the Bowery. It is the sole, remaining, intact 19th-century family home in the city with original, period furnishings. An archaeological study of the Merchant’s House backyard was undertaken in 1991–1995 in conjunction with an historical-structure study of the house. This pollen analysis of a soil profile from a central parterre was part of the backlot study.
Finding Cantonment Saranac: The Search For Col. Zebulon Pike’S 1812-1813 Winter Cantonment In Plattsburgh, New York, Timothy J. Abel
Finding Cantonment Saranac: The Search For Col. Zebulon Pike’S 1812-1813 Winter Cantonment In Plattsburgh, New York, Timothy J. Abel
Northeast Historical Archaeology
From 2011 to 2013, archaeologists, students and volunteers conducted survey and excavation of the Zagreb site, near Plattsburgh, NY, in an effort to associate it with the enigmatic Cantonment Saranac— Col. Zebulon Pike’s winter cantonment of 1812–1813. Missing for over a century, local historians had tried unsuccessfully to establish its location based on archival descriptions. Until 2011, archaeological evidence from the site was entirely lacking. Using metal detection, the current project has successfully linked the historical to the actual, providing a unique glimpse into events of the early War of 1812 period in the Champlain Valley.
Gunflints And Musket Balls: Implications For The Occupational History Of The Eaton Site And The Niagara Frontier, Michael Roets, William Engelbrecht, John D. Holland
Gunflints And Musket Balls: Implications For The Occupational History Of The Eaton Site And The Niagara Frontier, Michael Roets, William Engelbrecht, John D. Holland
Northeast Historical Archaeology
The multicomponent Eaton site in West Seneca, New York, was the focus of a long-term archaeological project. While the major emphasis was the excavation of a mid-16th-century Iroquoian village, all artifacts are being analyzed. These include 12 gunflints and 8 musket balls deposited at some point after the abandonment of the Iroquoian village. This article describes these objects, their distribution and dating, and the implications of these artifacts for the history of the site and the region.
A Family Affair: Whaling As Native American Household Strategy On Eastern Long Island, New York, Emily Button
A Family Affair: Whaling As Native American Household Strategy On Eastern Long Island, New York, Emily Button
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Nineteenth-century Native Americans from the northeastern United States became locally famous as mariners in the commercial whaling fleet. In the struggle to protect their small land bases and maintain their communities, going to sea became part of household practices for cultural and economic survival. From approximately 1800 through 1880, indigenous whaling families from Long Island used wages from commercial whaling to combat the limitations of land, credit, and capital that they faced on and off reservations. Whaling’s opportunities supported household formation and property accumulation among Shinnecock and Montaukett people for three generations, but whaling’s instability and risk meant that these …
Hier Leydt Begraven: A Primer On Dutch Colonial Gravestones, Brandon Richards
Hier Leydt Begraven: A Primer On Dutch Colonial Gravestones, Brandon Richards
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Although colonial Dutch gravestones appear in the archaeological record decades later than English gravestones, evidence suggests that New Netherland colonists and their descendants knew of and used grave markers prior to the 1664 conquest by the English. Various factors, such as development pressures, neglect, misidentification, and the likelihood that many were made of wood, have all contributed to the loss of the earliest markers. The oldest surviving colonial Dutch gravestones date between 1690 and 1720, with the most common types being the trapezoidal, tablet, and plank- and post-like forms. It is highly likely that these types are a legacy of …
A Battle Of Remembrance: Memorialization And Heritage At The Newtown Battlefield, New York, Brant Venables
A Battle Of Remembrance: Memorialization And Heritage At The Newtown Battlefield, New York, Brant Venables
Northeast Historical Archaeology
On 29 August 1779, Loyalist soldiers and Native American warriors fought against overwhelming numbers of invading Continental forces in the Battle of Newtown. After Newtown, the Continental forces destroyed 40 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) towns. In 1879, Newtown Battlefield, near present-day Elmira, New York, was transformed into a heritage landscape memorializing the victors and the early expansion of the United States. To analyze the changing rituals of memorialization from 1879 to 2012, I examined monuments, interpretive signage, and primary-source documents, such as speech transcripts and newspaper accounts. I concluded that the rituals of memorialization at Newtown reflected the U.S. national attitudes and …
Colonial Crown Point And Its Artifacts, Frank J. Kravic
Colonial Crown Point And Its Artifacts, Frank J. Kravic
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Artillery Implements And Carriage Hardware: Fort Plain, New York, Wayne Lenig
Artillery Implements And Carriage Hardware: Fort Plain, New York, Wayne Lenig
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Fort Stanwix, Dick Ping Hsu
Fort Stanwix, Dick Ping Hsu
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
The Forts Of Oswego, Wallace F. Workmaster
The Forts Of Oswego, Wallace F. Workmaster
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Peter Hasenclever And The American Iron Company, Edward J. Lenik
Peter Hasenclever And The American Iron Company, Edward J. Lenik
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Note On "The Ceramics From The Weeksville Excavations", Bert Salwen, Sarah Bridges
Note On "The Ceramics From The Weeksville Excavations", Bert Salwen, Sarah Bridges
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Construction Of The Auburn & Syracuse Railroad: A Study In Early Engineering, Richard F. Palmer
Construction Of The Auburn & Syracuse Railroad: A Study In Early Engineering, Richard F. Palmer
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Outhouses In Rome, New York, Lee Hanson
Outhouses In Rome, New York, Lee Hanson
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Excavations At The Bull-Jackson Farmstead, Orange County, New York, Thomas J. Riley
Excavations At The Bull-Jackson Farmstead, Orange County, New York, Thomas J. Riley
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Industrial Pottery Of The United States, James R. Mitchell
Industrial Pottery Of The United States, James R. Mitchell
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Investigations Of A Colonial New England Roadway, Cecelia S. Kirkorian, Joseph D. Zeranski
Investigations Of A Colonial New England Roadway, Cecelia S. Kirkorian, Joseph D. Zeranski
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Hoboken Hollow: A 19th Century Factory Workers' Housing Site, Sherene Baugher
Hoboken Hollow: A 19th Century Factory Workers' Housing Site, Sherene Baugher
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract is available at this time.
Evidence Of Children At Revolutionary War Sites, Michael Cohn
Evidence Of Children At Revolutionary War Sites, Michael Cohn
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract available at this time.
Geophysical And Soil Chemical Investigations At New Windsor Cantonment, Joseph Sopko
Geophysical And Soil Chemical Investigations At New Windsor Cantonment, Joseph Sopko
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract available at this time.
Archaeology At New Windsor Cantonment: Construction And Social Reproduction At A Revolutionary War Encampment, Charles L. Fisher
Archaeology At New Windsor Cantonment: Construction And Social Reproduction At A Revolutionary War Encampment, Charles L. Fisher
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract available at this time.
Log Roads To Light Rails: The Evolution Of Main Street And Transportation In Buffalo, New York, Michael A. Cinquino, Marvin G. Keller, Carmine A. Tronolone, Charles E. Vandrei Jr.
Log Roads To Light Rails: The Evolution Of Main Street And Transportation In Buffalo, New York, Michael A. Cinquino, Marvin G. Keller, Carmine A. Tronolone, Charles E. Vandrei Jr.
Northeast Historical Archaeology
No abstract available at this time.
A Bibliography Of Northeast Historical Archaeology, David R. Starbuck
A Bibliography Of Northeast Historical Archaeology, David R. Starbuck
Northeast Historical Archaeology
A bibliography including books and articles that relate to historical archaeology in the northeastern states and provinces and all articles published in Northeast Historical Archaeology since its creation.
An Admirable Police Maintained: Evidence Of Sanitary Practices At The New Windsor Cantonment, Edward J. Lenik
An Admirable Police Maintained: Evidence Of Sanitary Practices At The New Windsor Cantonment, Edward J. Lenik
Northeast Historical Archaeology
An archaeological survey at the 1782-83 winter encampent of the Continental Army at New Windsor, New York, has revealed the presence of several large pits or depressions located some 250ft (76.2m) from the site of the soldiers' huts. Test excavations and chemcial analysis of the soils have determined that these pits were utilized as latrines or necessaries. The land use pattern at the site, including the location of the soldiers' huts and the delineation of use areas for trash disposal and necessaries, reflects the officers' successful attempt to impose order and discipline on the troops.
The Orphanage At Schuyler Mansion, Lois Feister
The Orphanage At Schuyler Mansion, Lois Feister
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Doll parts, toy tea set fragments, and other toys were excavated from the late 19th-century through early 20th-century occupation layers at the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site in Albany, New York. Their occurrence raised questions about the orphans hosed their during that time period. Archival research and archaeological analysis resulted in increased understanding of the care received by homeless children during that period.
A Retrospective On Archaeology At Fort William Henry, 1952-1993: Retelling The Tale Of The Last Of The Mohicans, David R. Starbuck
A Retrospective On Archaeology At Fort William Henry, 1952-1993: Retelling The Tale Of The Last Of The Mohicans, David R. Starbuck
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Fort William Henry was a British frontier fort constructed on the orders of Sir William Johnson in September of 1755 at the southern end of Lake George in upstate New York. After its destruction by a French army under the leadership of the Marquis de Montcalm in August of 1757, at which time many of its defenders were "massacred", the outline of the fort lay exposed until 1952 when archaeological excavations began to expose the charred ruins of the fort. Regrettably, while this was one of the largest excavations ever conducted on a site of the French and Indian War, …
Assumptions About Consumption In The Archaeology Of Late Nineteenth-Century Farmsteads, Niels R. Rinehart
Assumptions About Consumption In The Archaeology Of Late Nineteenth-Century Farmsteads, Niels R. Rinehart
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Farming is typically associated with rural environments. The Dubois Site in Albany, New York, however, presented an opportunity to look at a farmstead close to a growing urban center during the second half of the 19th century. The excavations of the Dubois Site are discussed and the results are compared to the more rural Porter Site, a contemporary 19th-century farmstead. The comparison examines how the different contexts might have impacted consumption and production at the two farms, as well as the treatment of the farmstead landscapes. The two New York sites are then contrasted with four contemporary farm sites in …
Representations Of The Local Past: Gilded Age And Bureaucratic Accounts Of The Minisink, 1889 To The Present, Wendy Harris
Representations Of The Local Past: Gilded Age And Bureaucratic Accounts Of The Minisink, 1889 To The Present, Wendy Harris
Northeast Historical Archaeology
The process whereby local pasts are made meaningful varies through time and among different communities. While historians, philosophers, and anthropologists have long been intrigued by the problem of historical practice, their discussions remain speculative. This paper examines the specific social conditions of production of a single local past. During the late 19th-century, the members of the Minisink Valley Historical Society in Port Jervis, New York, engaged in the imaginative construction of a place they named "the Minisink"- an early frontier region encompassing portions of the Upper Delaware River Valley. The Society's account is examined and compared to accounts produced a …
Indian Forts Of The Mid-17th Century In The Southern New England-New York Coastal Area, Ralph S. Solecki
Indian Forts Of The Mid-17th Century In The Southern New England-New York Coastal Area, Ralph S. Solecki
Northeast Historical Archaeology
According to a recent hypothesis in connection with the emergence of the wampum trade, some 17th-century Indian forts in the southern New England-New York coastal area were built as trading stations rather than for defense or refuge. This proposition has not been fully explored. An examination of the data from the known Indian forts on Long Island and across the Long Island Sound in Connecticut and Rhode Island indicates that the proposition needs review. Only three out of nine forts discussed here appear to qualify as trading stations. These date comparatively later in the second half of the 17th century.
Prehistoric Adaptations On Fishers Island, New York: Progress Report, Robert E. Funk, John E. Pfeiffer
Prehistoric Adaptations On Fishers Island, New York: Progress Report, Robert E. Funk, John E. Pfeiffer
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Archaeological and paleoenvironmental research since 1985 on Fishers Island, New York has delineated a partially radiocarbon-dated Native American cultural sequence beginning in the Late Archaic period c. 4200 B.P. and ending at the Contact period c. A.D. 1600. Investigated settlement types included shell middens, lithic workshops, and inland hunting-gathering camps. Subsistence remains, including nuts, mollusks, and the bones of mammals, fishes, and birds indicate sporadic occupation of the island from spring through fall. Pollen recovered from both fresh water bogs and salt marshes evidence a typical postglacial forest succession beginning with the spruce-fir zone at about 13,000 B.P. and ending …