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COUNCIL NEVS

The Counoil is pleased to: announce receipt ofthe tenth royalty check fot' $108.07, troill 3alesof HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: A GUIDE TOSUBSTANTIVE AND 1fiEORE1'lCAL CONTRIBUTIONS, Ed.Robert L. Schur1 e r ($ i 8.00. $1.50 po:stage t

Baywood Publishing Co. Inc., Amityville, NewYork 11735).

A Dew membership brochure, in English andFrenoh. bas been prepar~d for the Council. Toreceive copies for distribution to your friendsand colleagues who might wish to Join theCouncil, contact Suzanne Spencer-Wood, 81Highland Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts02174.

SHIPWREC! ,~EGI.s~~'1'!Q~On Decewber 19. 1987, the Senate passed S. 858,tbe Abandoned Shipwreck Act. The bill wocldgive the States clea~ title to ship~recks WhlChare embedded in state sub:merg.ed ). ends andprotected coralline formations or which areeligible for the National Register of HistoricPlaces. A companion bill was introduced in theHouse, B.:R. 74 and 'Was jointly referred to twocommittees. Although n.R. 74 was initiallyqUite similar to S. 858 1 it was amended by aHOllse subcomE~ttee. No furtber action has beentaken on the bill.

Your help 1s needed now to get tbe legislationthrough the House of Representatives. Our goalis for S. 858 to pass as QU 10k 1 Y a.s possib 1 ewithout any aruendments. Supporters favor thechanges that the Ser~te made and are convincedthat the only way to get a good shipwrecksbill enacted thil$ year ia for the House to passthe Senate version. without amendments. TheSenate version i~ an excellent compromi~e tbata wide variety of interests can and do support.

The Society fer Historical Archaeology iscQordinating the activitie$ of supporters forthe bill in Washington, D.C. Donations are'Welcome. If you would like to help and to beplaced on the fuailing liet to receive tbe"Friends of Shipwrecks" news wemo, send aconation to the SITA, c/o Foresight Science andTechnology Inc~, 2000 P Street N.W.,~ashingtop, D. C. 20036~ (Make cheCks payableto the SHA). Phone; 202-833-2322.

To contact ~embers of CongreBs t addressletter.'); Iionorable (full name), U. S. House ofRepresentatives, Washington, D. C. 20515. Callany office th~oush the Capitol Switchboard:202-22-4-3121. Urge Representatives to pass S.858, the Abandoned Shipwreck Act, without anyamendments. Explajn in your own words what thebill does and 'Why you support it. Ask them tolet you know their views~ Send copies to thestill.

¥~rchant Marine and Fisheries Committee:

Delaware: Tho~as Carper (D)Maine; Joseph Brennen (D)Maryland~ Helen Bentley (R)

Roy Dyson (D)Ma2sachusetts; Gerry Studdz (D)Neli ~~r$~X: William Hughes (D)

H~ James Saxton (R)~ York: Mario Bi~,g1 (D)

Joseph DioGuardi (R)George Hoc:hbruec.lmer (D)Norman Lent (n)thomas Manton (D)

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R~~~sylvania: Robert ~rski (D)Thomas foglietta (D)Curt iieldoli (R)

Rbode Island: Claudine Sohneider (R)Y;i.rgittia: Herbert Bateman on

Owen Pickett (D)

Interior and Insular Affairs COmlliittee:

Connecticut: Sam Gejdenson (D)Maryland: Beverly Byron (D)Maasachusetta: Ed~ard Yhrkey (D)Pe~~$Ylvania; Peter Kostwayer (D)

Austin Murphy (D)West Vi~ginia: Nick Joe Rahall 11 (D)

Reported by: Robert Bradley

Current Research

Thi:s past November, Neill DePao 1 i {PubliCArChaeology Laboratory, Ino.) completed thethird ,se~son of excavation of .a pt'obably ca.16liO-1676 dwelling house in PelIlaquid HarbertHaine. Investigations, funded for the past twoyears by the Maine Historic PreservationCommission (MHPC). bave exposed a stone-walledand -floor-ed cellar- and an at'ray of domesticitems and weap<mr)'/munitions. The 1988 fieldseason will focus on determining the fullextent and makeup of the structurs. Tvoreports documenting the 1985-1981investigations have been prepared by DePaoliand are on file with the MHPC.

Archaeological investigations, spo650red byEARTHW1TCH and the SHOALS MARINE LABORATORY ofCornell Un1 versity and the Uni versity of NewHampshire, were directed by Fa1th Harringtonlast August at the Isles of Shoals for thesecond season of a long-range researchinvestigation focusing on the history of thisisland group. The Isles of Shoals featureprominently in the early hi$tory of New Englandbecause of their .importance io theinternational cod fisbery. Here a major:comlliercial entrepot developed probebl y as earlyas 1620 and continued throughout most of the18th and 19th oenturies.

To date~ archaeologioal reCO~nai$8anCe surveysand limited testing of certain sites haveconcentrated on the earliest features and

5t~ucture6 at the Sboals, and particularlythosa whioh might be associated with the firstfishery. A field report is available fromFaith Barrington, Boston University,Arohaeology Dept. , 675 Commonwealth Avenue,BoatoD, Mass. 02215.

EAJl1HWATCa and the Center for ArobaeologioalStudies at Boston Quiversity will be sponsoringthe Isles of Shoal s Maritime Archaeologic.alProject from August 1 tbrough August 21 1988,under the direotion or Faith Harrington,Visiting Assistant Professor, BostonUnivers1ty. Investi.g.ations will concentrate onlocating and identifying struotures sucb asstages, flakes, sheds, living quarters andother facilities assooiated ~itb tbe earlyfishery at Appledcre. Appledore is the largestof the Shoals isla.nds with sever-all importantsites, including the remains of the nmansionbousen ot William Pepperrell, an influentialand p~osperous merchant who was activelyinvolved in the fishery during the secona halfof the 17th century. The building inventoryreaearch indicates that well over 40 structures(not including what would have been nUfuerousbuildin~s associated with tbe 11th centuryfishery) onCe stood on AppleoQre Island.

Archaeological reconnaissance survey techniqueswill be employed on Appledore 1n an attempt tolocate and identify any historic or prehistoriosites. Grotmd-search survey techniques willinclude visual inspection of the island, sciloore sampling, and limited shovel test pitexcavations. Participants can enroll in thisproJect through Boston UniversH;)'!$ Center forArchaeological Studies (675 Commonvea~thAvenue, Boston MA 02215, phone (611) 353-3q15)or EARTlfWATCH (680 Ht. Auburn St. ~ Watertown NA02272. phone (617) 926-8200) for either a 2­week or a 4-week session. 1£ sufricientinterest and numbers develop. aD underwaterresearch component will b. added to theproject. Dr. Robert Farrell of CornellUni vex-aity will direct qualified participantsin underwater archaeological re,tHlarch,specifically in shoreline searche$ to locatethe submerged remains of the fishery stagingfacilities and to retrieve soil samples whichmay contain faunal materials (fish bones) thatwill help pinpoint the exact species of fishtaken and perhaps provide iDformati~n onseasonal aspects of the fishery.Qual ificatiotls to perform underwater workr~quire that the individual be a SCUBA­certified diver and fulfill the additionalmedical, experience, and equipment reqUirementsof the Shoals Marine Laboratory. Anyoneinterested in underwater research Shouldcontact EARTHWATCH immediately.

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Reported by; David SWitzer

Current Research

During the summer of 1987 The Institute for NewHampShire Studies (INHS) at Plymouth StateColl ege and the Marl time Arc.haeo 1ogi¢a;l. andHistor'ical Research Institute (MARfH) joined.forces to continue the excavation of an earlywreck site at Hart ' s Cove, in New Castle. N.H.at the IDOuth of the Piscataqua F~ver.

To date re$ea~ch has yielded no informationconce~ning the identit¥ of the wreck which liesat a depth of 35 t • The ett'uctural ~ema.insindicate that the ve,s$el wa$ probably no longerChan 30'. Other aspects of constructionsuggest the possibility it might be a shalloptype vessel, common to the 11th century andused tor fishing and coastal trading insettlements rang~ng trom Ne~ England to theChesapeake,

t-Jatet'ial eul turf: associated 'With the siteincludes $graffito and gravel temper'ed ware:frow Bideford and Barnstaple, onion bottlefragments, and pipe stems and howla. TheBinford pipe stem date is 1693-

The IUBS is currently making plans to return tothe Cove in 1988 and survey the entire area.During the course of the 1987 work, a number ofsport diver volunteers we~e intpoduced totecbniQues of excav~tion and docu~entation inan effort to create a better liaison betweensport divers and nautical archaeologists.

The ConferenCe on Industrial Archaeology in NewEngland was held at Plymouth State College ofthe University System of New Hampshi~e onFebruary 6, 1987. 'the conference was sponsoredby the New England Chapters of the SOCiety fo~Industrial Arcbaeology and the Institute forNew Hampshire Studies at Plymouth StateCollege. For a copy of the program whichincl uded papers en mi 11 sites; bridgeinventoriea j surveys, and dooumentation;preserving the heritage of the Portsmouth NavalShipyard; and Boston barooor waste treatment ..the past and the present~ contact: Dr. Wl111a~L. Taylor. Institute fOr New Hampshire StUdies.Departm.ent of Socia 1 Science, PI ;fnmouth StateCollege, PI ymouth j N.H. 03261.1. (603) 536-5000€xt. 23~7.

Report*d by~ Suzanne Spencer-Wood

Curr~nt ~rcl1~

Robert Paynter at tbe University ofMassachusetts in Amherst wiLl be conducting theHistoric Deerfield field school frOID m1d~June

to mid-August, focussiu& on 18th centuryfeatures and microlanascapes. Work is alsocontinuing on the asserob lage frem the W. E~ fl.Dubois site.

Martha Lancet in the Research Department J OldSturbridge Village, 1 OSV Road, Sturbridge HA01566, is conducting a survey of mill sites in10 tows aroUl,ld. SturtH'idge. She WQUld like anyinformation on mill sites in Massachusetts. Todate mill sites bave been roappet;! for 10 townsaround Sturbridge, with complete deedre¢oo.etruotion of mill sites in Sturbridge,and some preliminary field survey at about one­third of these~ Martha is workl:ns onbiographies for mills, including kinship ofrojll owners, and their $ocial and eoonomicpositions. This work is partly funded by theNEH grant that also funded the Emerson BixbyHouse project, conducted by David Simmons t

Myron Stachiw, and John Worrell. The resultsof tbis project. a aowbined analysis ofdocumentsr"yt aNhitectura1 and a. rCh~H:O loS1ca).research, will be inc.orporated into the BixbyHouse exhibit, opening at the Village thisApril.

This summer Steven Mrozowski, University ofMassachusetts at Boston, will be conductingf\lrther excavati<:.'ltH3 of an earl y Anglo-Saxonvi11age in North Yorkshire, Eng1and, to anal y zebotanical remain~ indicating how Sub3i~tencepatterns changed after the Romans left thesite. He is also planning to publish hisdissertation on the Ethnoarchaeology of UrbanGaraerting.

In inauetrial archaeologYT MCGinl~l:t Hart andAssociates, Ar~hitects and Planners, areconduoting a 3urvey of bridges, rail lines andbUildings of the Massacbusetta Bay TransitAuthority (Subway).

Old Sturbridge Villagets fie ld scbool inhistorical archaeology this Sum1ner (June 27 ­August 12) will be at the shop a.nd home lot ofan ea~ly 19th oentury woodworker in WorcesterCounty, Maesachuaetts. Several seasons ofdOGUmentary and archaeological reaearch areexpected in order to make a new interpretivemu3e~ exhibit on carpentry/wocdworking at OldSturbridge Village.

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At the Confe~nce on Industrial Arobaeology inNew England, February 6, at Plymouth StateCollege, Plymouth~ New aampehire, three papersreported work by Massachusetts arcbaeologists,Beth Bower repo~ted on "Industrial Resources ofBoston's Central Artery ppoject,tt Jetfr~y C.Howry, Stanley HOSB, BostOD Affiliates,reported cn nWaete Treatment on Deer leland,BostOD Harbor: Its Past and Present," and SteveRoper reported on ffwork in Progress on theMasssohusetts Dept. of Public Works HistoricBridge Inventory.tt

Suzanne Spencet"-WooO, Wellesley College Centerfor Research on Women, has written a chapterentitled "The Material Culture of DomesticReform and Resistance to Male Dominance ft forRobert Paynter and Randall McGuire'Sforthcomir~ book, Dominati~g andRe8istan~~.

Stever. Mrozowski. Uoiversity of Mas.sachus-ettein Eoston. haa written for Paynter andKcGUire's book. one chapter on urbanlan<lscapes, and has co-autbored another withPeter Schmidt on relationships of productionbetween l!ieI'cantile capitalists and arti.eans atsites in Newport; Rhode Island.

The report ent:Ltleo. 1I1nterdisciplinary!nvestigatioPG of the Soott Mills j Lowell J

MassaChusetts. Volume II: The Kirk StreetAgenVs Bouse", edited by Mary Beaudry andSteven Hrozowski. has b~en prepared by theCenter for ArchseoloQ;ical Studies, BoatenUnivet'$lty, for the Division of CUlturalResources of the National Park Service NorthAtlantic Regional Office. Under preparation isa third volume fooussing ~urther on theexcavation of the boarding houses~

Positions !vailabl~

Second announcement (aee Number 9, Nov. 1987neWSletter)Title: Conservator/ Laboratory SupervisorSalary; $21 ,DOO/yearBenefits: 3 weeks paid 'iEleation. 1 Meek paid

sick leave, and full medioal insuranceStarting: 1mmed1atelyDuration: End of 1992 witb potential for

extenslotlLocatiotl: Mari time Explorations, Inc.

Laboratory, Cape Cod, HAAddress: P. O~ Box 2~7f South Chatham~ NA

02659Phone: (617) 432-8960

roan Archaeologist Positionb~ Office of Public Archaeology at Bostonni versity 1$ seeking an experienced Projectrcbaeologiat for its Phase 11 archaeoloSicalnvest1gations of the Central Artery Project inowntOwnBostOfi, MA, beginning in the spring of988.or more information, contact:,icardo J ~ Elia f Directoroffice of Public ArchaeologyQston University75 Commonwealth Avenue~stoo, Massachusetts 02215611) 353~314Hi

:eported by: Gail Gustavson

:urrent Researcb

.rchaeologic-al survey direoted by Virginia A,'itch of the Public Archaeology Lab wasIOnducted at tbe historic Clemence-Irons Rouse,rohnston f E.I. to assist the Society for thelreservatlon of New England Antiquities plan'or installation of" underground utilities. it{bode Island "stone-en-der" house constructed c.;680, and li3t~d in the National Register, theilemcnce-lrons House is one of the oldestItr'Uctures in the state. It ..as restored as alouse museum by the noted architecturaltiatorian Norman Isham in the early 19~Os~ TheLimited archaeological test~Dg programlerified the location of an existing waterline,ldentified disturbances related to the·.storation work, and revealed evidenoe ofJrebistorio occupation of the property. No~ultural material clearly diagnostic of 17th~entur~ occupation wa$ identified.

:n August 1987, Rhode Island Statelrchaeologist Faul Robinson was contacted bylome Charlestown. R.I. residents regarding thelosSible disturbance of a small lot on Old Postload in South Kingetown, fi.I~ The lotlontained soma crude stone markers that were; nought to mark htHllan gr'a ves. P»;'$i ca 1,nthropologist Marc Kelley assembled a team of; experienced anthr'opology majors liith Thomas:al'mody sex'ving as f:ield superviser. Betweeniovamber 11 - 15, 1987, six graves were:xcavated with the remains of six individual slnO coffin !"emnants relliOved. All ren,alns and~rtifacts Weri,'l transported to the Anthr'opology,aboratory at the Voi vfirsity of' Rhode Islandfhere they are currently undergoing analyslt3.'pon completion of the anal y.sis I the reeainsfill be turned over to the State for reburial.'be buria 1 5 appear to be rnerrbers of the Henry:haIllpl in famil y. who oCCUpied the prOpsI't"l tron,851 - 1690. Five of the burials we~e infants.nd ohildren, the sixth an adult male.

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Historic Reaourc€ Consultants (~~tthew Roth andBruce Clouette) of Hartford, Connecticut arecotlpleting an inventory of Rhode !Sl:ndlsblstoriQ bridges. The project, funded by Rhodeleland Department of Transportation lifth agrant frOID FEWA, has found numerous interesting19th century trusses, stone arches, end early20th ¢entury oone rete-ar-<:h bridies.

Reported by: Cece Kirkorian

Current Researoh

Robert Cradie (University of Connecticut} iacurrently organizing a long term study ofindustrial development in the fi va Mile Riverbasin in northeastern Connecticut with emphasison the development of water power~ The goal ofthis study is an understanding of the manner inwhich geology, olimate, land USE and technologyinteracted in the development of weterpowe~edindustries. One particular focus of this stUdywill be the attempts by industrial interests tomanipulate the hydrology of the river basin.

As the resul t of lobbying efforts by theCoalition of Connecticut Archaeologists (COCA)and concerned citizens, a newly funded Officeof State ArChaeologist was approved by theConnecticut General Assembly last spring. TbeOffice will be affiliated ¥ith'ana administeredby the Connecticut State Museum of NaturalHistory at the University of Connecticut,Storrs. Nicholas F. Bellantoni (Ph.D. veonn)has recently been appointed to the POSition.The dut;!,es of the office inCLUde maintainingeompr'ehen,sive .site files, coordinatingarChaeological salvage proj~ctll providingte¢hnioal assistanoe to state agencies private" , 'ceve""opers. lando-wner.s and amateurarchaoologists, developing publio out~eaohprograms. and supervising the care and study ofthe Huseuru's anthropological coJ..lection$~ Tocontact the State Archaeoloilst write to:

Nicholas F. BellantoniOffice of State ArChaeologistConnecticut State Museum of Natural HistoryU-23, Univer~ity cf ConnecticutStorrs, cr 06268

Described as a Itliving museum to presB!"ve thehiBtory of the textile industry for present andfuture generations," the 'Windbam Textile and

History Museum is now operating out of theformer American Thread Company offices inWillimantic, Connecticut. Th_e Dunham HallLibrary, which at one time ~provided needededucational opportunities for the workers,?l nowhouses resources on industrial urbanization inConnecticut, the history of Windham County andfiber arts. For more information on theirsex'vices and bours, write: The Windham Textileand History Museum, 157 Union! Main Street,Willimantic, CT 06226.

Publications

The American Ind:l.an Archaeological Institute,Washington, Connecticut) has recently publishedan interpretive catalogue on Native Americanwoodsplint basketry. !illl.!?-to the Languageof Woodsplint Baskets, funded by a grant fromNEB, includes nine essays and almdst twohundred illustrations of native splint basketsand their makers, basket-making tOOls, andsettlements and work scenes from the 19th and20th centuries. The essayists use splintbaskets to understand Iudiea identity andsurVival, resistance to Change, the meanings ofpainted decorations, and the power of a nativeconception of the world. Copies of thecatalogue cost $20 plus $3 postage. Write or'phone (203-868-0518) the Museum Sbop, AlAI, P.O. Box 260, Washington, CT 06793.

NEW lORK CIn

Reported by: Daniel Pagano

Current Research

Alan Gilbert (Fordbam University) is buildingan archive of trace chemical determinations forpottery, tiles, brick, and all natural clays inthe region of New Netherlands/New York. Thearchive is designed to answer questions ofprovenience as well as help isolate andunderstand technological changes, especially inthe various historic ceramic industries. Theimmediate goal is the formation of a data bankof results frem clay and brick samples fromknown locations against which unknowns(pottery, unbranded bricks, etc.) could becompared. Collecting is concentrated in theNew York metropolitan area, Hudson Rivervalley, northeastern New Jersey, and LongIsland, but coastal Connecticut andTrenton/Philadelphia are also of interest.Persons interested in contributing samples arewelcome to contact Dr. Gilbert at Dept. ofSociology and Anthropology, FordhamUniversity, Bronx, NY 10458.

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The New York City Landmarks PreservationCommission, ArChaeology Program, directed byDr. Sherene Baugher, has recently completed aseries of studies of Sailors' Snug HarborCUltural Center, Staten Island. Sailors' SnugHarbor was an institution to care for retired,injured and sick merchant and naval sailol"s.It was active from 1833 to 1976, when theinstitution moved its operations to NorthCarolina. The New York site was subsequentlyacquired by New York City. The eighty acresite has over two dozen bUildings, many ofGreek Revival distinction and eight which aredesignated Landmarks, inCluding the maingate house and cast iron fence. The follOWingreports are on file at the NYC MunicipalResearch and Reference Library, 31 ChambersSt., New York, NY 10007:An Archaeologioal Predicti ve Model of SnugHarbor Cultural Center, Staten island, NY.1985 by Shex'ene Baugher, Judith Baragli,Louise DeCesare and Robert W. Venables.An Archaeological Report of the Field Testil!:8..at SnuKB:~r!?_9:£. Cultural Center. Staten Island.NY. 1985 by She rene Baugher, Judith Baragliand Louise DeCesare.lU:QJ!:~~_QJ_9:gtg_§.J Excavation of !:_pe Matron'sCottage Site, SajJ,._.Qr~_~_ Snug Harbor CUl_!-u~2).Center. Staten Island, NY~ 1986 by She reneBaugher and Judith Raragli.An Archaeo~Q&~~al Predictive Mod~~ of TheShoreline Property of §~~K Harbor Cul~~£~JCenter, Staten Island, NY._ 1988 by Sher-eneBaugher and Edward J. Lenik.

Dr. Joan Geismar recently completed excavationsat Greenwich and West 10th Streets, New York,in the backyards of working class residencesdating to the period c. 1850-1890. Anespecially rich material CUlture assemblagewas recovered fr'om a pr'ivy excavated during theproject.

Valerie de Carlo is the resident archaeologistat Wave Hill, an environmental center adjacentto Riverdale Park in upper Manhattan. Sevenarchaeological sites located on the center's 28aCres are currently under investigation. Ofspecial interest to historical archaeologistsis the dock foundation excavated, "the oldestdock still standing into the Hudson, about1829,fl de Carlo recently told the New YorkTimes. The excavations are treated a8 publiceducational projects, and city scbool childrenand adults have participated on severalexcavations to date. The Park's restorationplan, to be implemented beginning in 1990,calls for the sites'preservation andintegration ,into the park's management.

ub l1oat;ions

he Histor.:~!?al Archaeology of Long lal<iU1Qx. Part. =- Th~ Sites, edited by Gaynell Stone andonna Ottusch-Kianka, 1985. is available fromhe Suffolk County Archaeological Association$34), p~ O. Draw~r AB , Stony Brook j New York1790~ This vol~ inCIUde$ articles coveringrchaeolog1cal sites in Kings and Queeas asell as Nassau and Suffolk Count1es~

lews f!,om Reg1om.;.~.~£9UP;:S

he Metropolitan Chapter of the New lo~k Staterchaeological Association extends annvitation for new ttlerobers to join. Theurpose of the Association is to promote therchaeological and historical study andesearch oovering the artifaots, rites,ustoms, bel1*fs and other phases of the livQ3orl cultures of the occupants of New York.eetings and field trips are he14 on a regularasls. A bi-monthly Newsletter is alsoublished. MembtH'ship Dues (Life $100,nstitutional $15, Family $9, Individual $8,nd Student $6.50) should be sent to Charles A.el10, President, Metropolitan Chapter, ~4cott Lane, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.

HEV YORK STATE

eported by: Paul Euey and Lois Feister

ubl1cations

ontinuing his work on African-Americans in theudson Valley is A.J~ Williams-Myer$, arofessor of Aft'iean and Afr;Lc.an-Ame rieanistory at the State University College at Newal tz. His Jatest pUblication is h- portrait 0t~ roward ~Social Mistory of Black Women inhe Hudson J~1:!!ll:. Y.?),J:;~~ Thisis-"-a--pr~lj.minaryio1 ;Lographic resource essay, one of a seriesr articles by Williams-Myers. The book is $5ld is available from the author~ Department oflack Studies, SUNY-New Pal tz, New Pal tx, NY~561, (914) 257-2095.

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Je New York State Archives and Recordslministration anaounces the availability ofiarde for qualified pesearcbers to pursue~search in its holdings. The ResearohIsi4enoy Program j initiated in Ap~il 1981, isItend ed to suppn rt ad vano eO. 1"e search in New,rk State History.\searcbers 'Working on doctoral dissertationsId those at the pO$t-doctoral level are'eferred, but any proposal for advanced

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researoh fii 11 be oonSidered. Any topiC or ar'\!lathat can draw on the Archives' holdinge iseligible for co!u:li.deration. Fr-eferenoe will begiven to res.arah tbat haa applioatioD toenduring public policy issues, particularly inNew Yo~k State, and to projents which have highprobability for publioation~ In addition,preferenoe will be given to researoh inArchives' holdings that have been underutilizedor reoently made available for research for thefirst time. Information on theee materials isavailable from the State Archives and BecordsA.dminietrat1on. Appl iaation f"orm.$ areavailable from the New York State Arohives andRecQrd~ Administration. The next applioationdeadline ia March 1, 1988. Additionalinformation about the program is availablefrom Ms. Terri Sewell, Education Program Aide,New York State Archives and ReoordsAdministration, 10A~6 Cultural EducatiooCenter, Albany, New York, 12230, (518) 473­8037.

Reported by; John McCarthy

Current Research

The Philadelpbia Historical Commission inassociation with the Philadelphia MaritimeMuseum conducted excavations at the Hertz loton the Philadelphia waterfront. TIH," ,ProJectwas direoted by Carmen Weber, CityArchaeologist. Fieldwork was undertakenhetween September and December 19B7. Fivewharves and a 8-hip',s way were disc-OViH"H:l,dating from the late 18th through early 19thcenturies. The shipls way, used eor theconstruction and repair of vessel lS, i6 ofspecial interest. For further information,contact Carmen Weber at tbe PbiladelphiaHistorical C01lJJl11ss10n, 1313 Cit Y Hall Annex,Philadelphia 19106. 145. Web-er would especiall ylike to receive oomparative information onship's ways of the same time period~

The exhibit np1¢oes of the Past: Archaeology inPittsburgh" will continue through June 1988 atthe Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. The exhibitfocuses on urban archaeological research in thecity, and tiea artifacts to the prooesses ofurban industrial development. A brochure isa vail ab 1e. For further inforlllat ion, contactVerna Cowin at the Carnegie Museum Annex, 5800Eaum Boulevard j Pittsburgh, FA 15206.

'nEe. r 1 y Life on t he Phi 1 ade 1phia Wat~rf ron t ­According to Archseologi.ijtsl'l will be held onMa.rch 25, 1988. 'I'oregister, contact;. theFriends of Nicholas More, 332 Spruce Street,Philadelphia. PA. 19106 or call David Orr at(215) 597-109~9.

Reported by: Edward Morin

The National Park Service and Office of ~ewJersey Heritage (ONJH) are oosponsors of aninnovative Pilot progr-am f The !lew JereeyNational Regi5ter/National Historio LandmarksArchaeological Program. The Program isproviding two dozen professional arcl1aeologistsio th~ state training and ongoing tecbnioalassietancein all aspects of identification f

evaluation, and registration of archaeol~icalresource s~ In return, t he arc haeo1ogist 8 ar~

oontributing ~their time and expertise tonominate archaeological eHes 1.0 tbe state tothe National Register of Historic Places. TbeProgram was kidn!lO off in January with a twoday training ses8;ioo 10 Trenton presented byQRJH and Park Serv ice staff. For moreinformation, contact the Office of }jew JerseyHeritage, eN 404, Trenton, New Jersey 08625,(609) 292-2023.

aeported by: Alice Guerrant

Current Researcl'!

During the summer of 1987, Al ice Guerrant andan archaeological survey crew of the DelawareBureau of Archaeology and Historio Preservation(15 The Green f P4 0 4 Box 1401, Dover, DE19903) finished testing the ThQmpsoc's Loss andGain site (78-G-60) , a National Register-listedhistoric site just outside of Rehoboth Beac.h,Delaware4 Volunte6r3 from the K~nt CountyArchaeological Society and the Uni versity ofDela~are assisted in the excavationa. Thesite's time period ranges from about 1720 toabout 1770-1780. from historicaldocumentation, 1 t appears to have been atenancy through most of this period, thoughthere lnay have been some owner Qccupat1CO. Theex ea vstions re '!feal eo an 18' by 24 f Che,sape akestyle post-in-the-ground structure. Remnantsof dense trash midden survived on the downslope side of the bUilding (the parlor end)with one exterior root eel lap cutt1ng throught.b15 midden.

Reported by: Henry MAller

Position Available

Maryland Geologioal SurveYl Division ofArcheology, seeks an experienced hiBtoricalarCheologist to participate in its higbwayarCheology prograw~ Work will emphasizebackground historical research, organ5.'zationand direotion of testing and data recovery athistoric a.rcheological sites J data analyees,and report preparation. Salary ~ange is $23056to $30291 plus beneflts. Anticipated startdete is early summer 1938. To apply, phOne theMaryland D€partment of Personnel (301) 225-4927and request that your name llnd address beplaced in the ftlnte~et FileR for Utrcheologist111 1 :Historin Opt:ion , classif.ication no. 1772.ft

Also, send a resume with a letter specifyingyour intereet in the historical at'cheologistPOSition to Tyle~ Bastian f State Archeologist,Maryland Geolo~ical Survey, 2300 St. PaulStreet, Baltimore, MD 21218$ (301) 554-5531.

l.'ecent A'p,Qointments

Julia King has recently become the RegionalArchaeologist ~or southern Maryland and isbased at Jefi"erson Patterson Park and Museum.She replaoed Dennis Pogue in this position.

Reported by: Elizabeth Crowell

Recent Appointments

Lysbeth Acuff began as Archaeological Curatorfor the Virginia State Land~arkB Commission onNovember 1, 1987. She is re~:ponsible ftJ't' themanagement of the state arcbaeologicalcollections which are now located in Riohroor~,Virginia.

Reported by: SUBan Frye

CUrrent Research

Dr. Charles aulae f DeparttiJellt of Anthror>ology;ShQPherd Coll-ege, Stepberdstnwn, W~st VLrJ!;iDia25~43, (304) 816-2511 t has been involved in the.follOWing ongoi.ng pro jects. The first i6 theana~ygi$ ot the pott~ry fro~ the W~iS5 potteryElite in Shepherdstown, excavatel,j in 1986. TheWeiss potteryf the oldest in West Virginia l wasin operation by 180L and remained ,inproduction until tbe Civil'iar. The analysisis c<>ocontrating on developing a chronologicalt)yology of r€dware produced at the gite~ !o

:985 and 1986, students from the collegeIBsisted with the te.etin.g of about 20li,:storical site;; in the town of Shepherdstown.~he analysis o£ this work is also ongOing.

iUS8n W. Frye. Project Archaeologist, Box 65,rarpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers~erry, west Virginia 25!l25~ (30l.!) 535-6371 ~.s invol ved in two ongoing projects also. Tbe'1rst is a survey of Maryland Beights, a 765­(ere tract located in Maryland and part ofIiarpers Ferry National Historical Park. The"1e1<twork was divided into three pha£les. Tbe'i rs t inc 1 uded mapping a numb e r of CiviI Wa r'ortificatioos and campground areas occupied byinion forces. Following that 1 an extensive:etwork'of cbarcoal hearths and road traces,sBociated with an early nineteenth centuryTonworks W8r-a recorded. Last 1y, the surveyQcumanted small domestic farm sites around thease of' the mountain. A report detailing theurvey results and historical baokground'eSearch currentl'!l 1s under preparation.. theecond project includes excavations on'irginil.ls lsI and, a nineteenth centuryodustrial center in Harpers Ferry. Fieldworkoncentrated on defining an early raceway and aargs industrial struoture ~aauring 55 by 34eet that may be part of a mid-nineteenthentury foundry complex. A draft reporturrently is under review~

AllANTlC CANADA

Reported by: ROb ferguson

Micmac: Gerald Penney~ Historic ResourcesDivision~ Department of Culture~Reere a t 10 nan d You t h. d 1sc 0 vered twohistoric-periOd Micmac sites on the shoreof King George IV Lake during a shortsurvey of the area. A prehistoric (rH)n­Micmac) component was also present at oneof the sites.

Beothuk: Ralph Pastore, M+:mori al Uni­versity. tested and excavated two Beothukhouses and environs: at Inspector Island$Notre Dame Bay. Trade beads from perhapsthe early 18th century suggest that thesite is more recent than the Beothuk siteat Sayd1s Cove previQusly excavated byPastore. House types and i ron art 1factsat both sites are simllar, however,su:;;gestfng close affinity. The new sitemay be a smaller camp occupied when,because of increasing Europeanexploitation of the coast, larger villagessvch as Boyd's Cove were no longer safe.

Gerald Penney's research in Green Bay andwestern Notre Dame Bay prodvced 38 oewsites" including some da.ting to the earlysettler and Beothuk period.Callum Thompson, Historic ResourcesDivision, Department of Culture,Recreation and Youth" and Don Lockeconducted a survey of Red Indian La.ke andthe upper Exploits River, recordingsevera) historic Beothuk and Micmac sites.large quantities of modified andunmodified iron trap parts were recoveredfrom these sites. Much of the lockeBeothuk collection has been deposited inthe Newfoundland Museum and will bereported on.

l.r:t.rlli: Mcd ra MeGa f frey t wo rk i ng south ofSchefferv11 e, investigated several s1t1$Son Menihek Lake, Labrador, inc) udingh1storfc Innu.

Inuit; In Labra.dor, Susan Kapla.n andSteven Cox surveyed between Okak and Nain.Some new Inuit sites and recent Inuitcomponents in ea rl i er s ftes weN) ra:;orded~

Scott Biggin, work in9 as an ass istant togeologist 8ruco Ryan~ recorded 30 newsites on the Labrador-Quebec border westof Na in. Among these were many Innu a.ndI nu i tea rib ou hun tin 9 cam p s , C a c h €I s t

fnuksuit and other features indicatingheavy use of the area during the historicperiod.Larry Willet recorded eight Inuit sites inGroswater Bay, Labrador, during awaterfowl band1flg project.

Eu rop eo !1: John K11 marx raco rded ea 1"1 'iEuropean settlement sites on St. John'sIs1and~ west coast of Newfoundland.The Newfoundland Marine ArchaeologySoc i ety conducted tw 0 SlJ rveys of Bay Su 115harbour to assess the actual and pot$litialdamage to 17th-18th century wrecks,inclvdlng HMS Sapphire... by lccalaquaculture and wharf projects.Gerald Penney recorded several 19thcentury sawmills on Paradise River andassess ed poten t i ali fliP act to it 19th-20thcentu ry settl ement assoc i ated .. itt; a 51 atequa rry 1n Nut Cove.

.sJ..Q.ILll tl.:Lll !:L~Lt j Qna] l:ili.t~ E..UK:Reconstructton of the 1832 Queen's BatteryBarracks was comp'leted this summer, TheD&rracks, port of the British defences atSt. Jahn 's) has boon restored to its 1860$appearance to correspond to the restoredbattery of 34-pounders in front of thebuilding. Tho barracks had been destroyedby fire 1n 1961 and was extensively

excavated for Environment Can<lda-Parks byEd Jelks in 1965-56. Karl1s Karklinsconducted further res0arcn on adjacentfeatures in 1969. There are no pldns atpresent for interior furnishing.EIDl.6.At-= Jim Tuck, Memorial University,continued excavation at tho 16th centuryBasque whal ing port at Red Bay, Labrador.Field and lab support were provided by theCanadian Conservation Institute.Work continue<l on a IHtle-used shorestation on Saddle Island, probably fromthe 1560s-1580s. In addition to atrywcrk5t small living sHe, whctrf aod awork building. more than SO Recent Indianhearths, contemporary with the whalingsitest were exposod, Besioes chippedstooe and Eoropeao objects, fragments oftwo native ceramic vessels \!IBre found, 00<;

possibly restol'able.On the mainland, work began on the mostintensivelY uSBd area of the harbour wheretryworks wore found literally stacked atopone another. The earl 'fest (15305) -andmost recent (early 16005') seem to behere, illdicated by the amount and varietyof ceramics, glass and other artifacts.During investigation of a rock mound ill aproposed roa<l bed, two structures were10cated which apparently date to the fi rsthal f of the 18th century, The structuresmay be the remains of Pierre Constantin1shabitation~ built in 1715, burned by theInuit in 1718. and reoccupied until atleast the 1730s~ Further work is phnnedfor this site.At the nearby town of l'Anse au Loup~ aburial was discovered in the bank of astream. Tho coffin contained the skeletonof a young adult male. A set of clothing.inclUding 5h065# trousers, stockil\gs, ajacket with silver-plated buttons and agreatcoat. had been placed on top of thebody~ The garment may be Royal Navy ofthe early 19th century. A clasp knifewith the initials 'WH' may help toidentify the ifldividtJal.Exhjbit~: The Mary March Museum in GrandFalls will reop&n soon. Exhfbits Willfocus on the Beothuk in the ContactPerfod. and wi 11 conta in many of the mostsignificant Beothuk artIfacts from theNewfoundland Museum collections. Twoexhibits of historical archaeology are ondisplay at the Murray Premises Museum inSt. John's. One shows ceram'ic vesselsrecovered from various underwater sites,the other contains a reproduction of (l

Basque tryworks excavated at Red Bay. Asmall COllection of Beothuk pieces wassent to the Glenbow Museum for inclusionin t'l8 Calgary Winter Olympics exhibitllThe Sp i rit Slngs.lI

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~mpo~iuID: Callum Thompson chaired asession entitled tlCorn$re.J: Cultures inConfl ict in Newfoundl and and labrador,ll atthe 20th Annual Chacmool Conference inCalgary~ November 1987. Speakers onContact Period topics included:

Ralph Pastore, Memorial University ­tlThe Beothuks and Thei r Neighborsn

Kevin McAleese, Memorial Uiliversity ­IIA Lat$ 18th Century Example ofEuropean/Aboriginal Co-operation inlabrador; GeQrge Cartwr'[ght's StageCove Settlement"

Philomena Hausler-Knecht, Harvard Uni­versity - "Re-examining the Develop­rnent of Communal Longhouses in Labra­dor and Greonland during the EarlyContact Period."

~slatiQo; The Historic Resources Act(l985) includes a section for theregistration of artifacts in privatecollections. The Historic RescurctJsOivision, Department of Culture,Recreation and Youth l is actively involvedin registering artifacts ~ecovered fromunderwater sites around the province andhasl as a consequence" recordedapproximately two dozen new wreck a.ndanchorage sites.

E..QJi1±jQO A:i..a.il.it.l.!i.1: The HistoricResources Division 1$ in the process off111iog a new position of ResourceArchaeologist. This person will work withthe Historic Sites branch on anyhistorical arChaeology projects 111 theprovince.

Reports on the archaeological projectsdescribed above will be included inArchaeQ]Ql;JY in fut'tl..f~HLO~.awiLabradorAnnual Report~ 1987 1 av~llable from theNewfoundland Museum in late 1988.

NEll BR!JNSlIICK Am NOVA SCOTIA

Reported by; Rob F~rguson

~ Rouge: Part of an Ac-adian sea-dyke,CbDc-l, was washed out of a sand bar 70 moffshore of Cap Rouge, southeastern NewBrunswick. The dyke was constructed ca.1800. The portion washed ashore was a"dalle simplell Or s14~ce from an aboiteatJ,9 IT. long, 1.2 m wide, and 0.8 m high.Kevin leonard, an anthropology graduate.U. New Brunswick, and members of a localAcadian historical soC'\ety recover€d thesluice and have removed it to safe gr~und.

The object is frozen and Leonard isanxious to ConSEI"Ve it at reasonableexpense. Any readers with suggestions areasked to 'II rite to: Kevin Leonard, R.R,#1~ Scoudouc, New Brunswick, Canada, EOAINO.

B_ejlUbassin Survex: In the fall of 1986,the Council of Mar'itime Premiers funded a6-week survey of the Chignecto Isthmus andenvirons for evidence of pre-expulsion(1755) Acadian sites. Marc Lavoieconducted the survey, assisted by LairdNiven. The area extended from Baie Verteto Westcock in New Brunswick and from FortLawrence Ridge to r"'inudie in Nova Scotia.Two Acadian/French sites in N.B. and oneAcadian village site in N.S. wereidentified.In N.B.. the probable site of a Frenchmilitary outpost (1750-1755) was found atBl ueberry Hill near Aul de. A domest'icsite (ca. 1700-1755) was discovered atFort Beausejour National Historic Park.The same site had been reoccupied byEngl ish settlers from ca. 1770 to 1840.At Fort Lawrence, N.S •• refuse depositsassociated with the Acadian village ofBeaubassin (ca. 1680-1750) and thesubsequent British military occupation0750-ca. 1761) were identified. TheAcadian site dates to the latter period ofthe village, 1700-1750.Identification of pre-expulsion Acadiansites was hampered by the presence ofdomestic Engl ish sites in the same area.By ca. 1770, Yorkshiremen. familiar withmarshland reclamation techni~ues, wereexp10iting the ancestral Acadian marshes.The presence of two different culturesexploiting the same environment offersinteresting opportunities for compar-ativestudies.

Castle Frederick: In August, 1987. BrianPreston of the Nova Scotia f.luseumundertook a brief reconnaissance of theCastle Frederick Estate at Upper Falmouth.Hants County. The estate, consisting of8,000 aCt'8S, was owned by Joseph FrederickWallet DesBarres and was used by h1m as abase during his coastal surveys for theAtl antic Neptune. 1764-1773.A surface survey identified 30 featuresfrom the early 18th century to ca. 1950.Prominent among these is the well­preserved foundation of DesBarres'residence, built in the mid-1760s andabandoned or destroyed ear1y in the 19thcentury. One clus-r-er of features,including two house foundations. may ber-emains of the pre-expulsion Acadianvillage of Pierre Landry. Other features

11are probably connected with thedevelopment of the estate as a system oftenant farms in the late 18th and early19th centuries. it is hoped that testexcavations will proceed in 1988.

.s.t..... JQhots AngJ ican Chyrch: Excavation ofthis late 18th century church began in thefall of 1987 as a co-operative venturebetween St. Mary's University and the N.S.Archaeology Society, with funding fromS.M.U. and the .A.ngl ican Diocese ofHal i fax. Stephen Davis of S.!lt1.U. di rectedthe excavations. The church, located nearPreston, N.S .. was erected in 1789-1790.It served for a time as a mission churchfor the Jamaican Maroons, a rebelliousgroup of blacks expelled from Jamaica in1796. The Maroons 1eft in 1800 tocolonize Sierra Leone and the church wasabandoned. except for sporadic services.The archaeological project was initiatedas part of the bicentenary of the Dioceseof Hal ifax. Excavation revealed that thechurch had been built on an earth bankformed by digging an interior drain on allfour sides. Further excavation 1s plannedin 1988 for the exterior west end wherethe entrance is expected.

Fartress ill LouisbQurg Natiooal Historic~: The second season of a park surveybegan in June 1987 under the direction ofCharles A. Burke. In 1986 the project hadconcentrated on the suburban areas ofLouisbourg and identified numerousfeatures associated with the 18th centuryFrench occupatfon. This year interest wasprimarily 1n locating and recording thesurface remains of 1745 and 1758 siegeworks, camps and entrenchments throughoutthe 60km2 park.By November, approximately 150 militarysites had been recorded. These range fromearth and stone entrenched coastaldefences built by the French to Britishreg i mental camp construct i Oil. About one­th i rd of the area used by the NewEnglanders in 1745 and the British in 1758has been su rveyed.In addition, 161 post-18th century siteswere recorded. These include Loyalistperiod structural remains, an 1870srail road complex, coastal defences fromboth World Wars, and surface remains of19th ano 20th century settlement.

Sbubeoaca.diSl Q.aD..al: The Shubenacad faCanal was a 19th century engineering workswith locks and canal channels connectingHalifax Harbour through a number of lakesand the Shubenacadie River to the Bay ofFundy, essentially bisecting N.S. The

archaeology of this system involved thr€lEJprojects over two field seasons in 1984and 1985. The work was contracted to St.Mary's University by the CanadianDepartment of Publ Ie Works, the 1'1.5.Department of Development and the City ofDartmouth as part of a plan to redevelopthe system into a naturel, cultural andrecreational resOiJ rca. The work W?,$

directed by Stephen Davis of S.M.U.Initial research involved reeonnaisance ofa l-km2 area in the City'of Dartmouth.Seventeen features relating to the canalwere recordedJ incluced two of theoriginal locks and a 1500 m canal Dlastedth rough bed rock.The second phase involved testing inDartmotith Cove on the harbor. An urbandump for the second half of the 19thcentury was identified as well as a fieldstone wall possibly used to maintain thewater level 1n the leeks at low tide.Du ring the th i rd Pnasa. fi va featu res we retested along the artificial canal channel.InclUding a blacksmithls shopJ a blackpC7Ider< magazine, a stone cutting area, adomestic.resfdence, and a flimsy structurepost-dating the canal and possibly used asa hunter1s bl indo The residence was adoub te-sk inned, d ry-stone-wQ11 ed structureset into an earth banK and may have beenoccupied ca. 1830 by Irish imm1grantsworking on the canal.

Central .I.c.1l.ll Project: In January, 1984,constroction on an office tower on thewaterfront in Hal ifax, N.S., uncoveredextensive deposits of the 18th centurysettlement founded in 1749. Given one d~yfor salvage. students from St. Mary'sUnh'ersity and other volunteers recoverednumerous artifacts but the originalcommercial aod residential contexts hadbeen destroyed by the construction. Thefollowing summer, a major salvage of theartifacts was undertaken at a landfillsite outside the city. The analysiS andconservatiOn requ i red a fu rtner threeyears, with funding from fodera.lemployment programmes, the Manufactu remlife Insurance Company, the N.S. Musevm.and the City of Hal ifax. The assemblageincluded 18,673 ceramic shards (mean date:17621, 131 bottle finishes {mean date:17751, 3023 c1 ay tobacco pipe fragments(mean date: 1756). and hundreds of otherobjects, inclUding 600 pieces of leather.As a result of the project, the-City ofHalifax has instituted an office ofHeritage Co-ordinatof' rBsponsfb1e for theidentification of historical resourcesabove and below ground, and a Heritage

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Advisory Committee advises City Council onarchaeological sites. The City has al$oexpressed u willingness to protect suchsites under the 1980 provincial "SpecialPhces Prot~tion Act,"Report: Davis, Stephen A.• CatherineCottreau and La i rd Niven. Arti facts.f...!:.QlnEighteenth Century Hal ifax: ill CeotCi'lJIrust ~deQlQgjcal P[Qject.,., SaintMaryls University. ArchaeOlogy LaboratorYJHal ifax., 1981.

PRIICE EDl/AlO) ISL/lm

Reported by; Rob Ferguson

E.w:1l1J1lMrstLPQd; L.JQye ~iltjQnaJ Hjstoric~: A survey to locate and assess theremains of port laJoye U720-17SSJ, thefi rst permanent french settlement on the'Island, was begun in 1987 under thedirection of RObert Ferguson forEnv1ronment Canada-Parks. Fort Amherst.the British earthworks (l7S8-ca. 1768),had previously been excavated for Parks byJohn Rick in 1963.The survey found evidence of French qndAcadian occupation in thf"Q0 farm s1tes#the French fort and the harbour master'sproperty. Only the latter two containeddeposits which had not been disturbed hylater farming. A cellar depression in theharbour master1s property was locatedusing Q EM38 conductivity meter fromBeonies. Lto., Mississauga, Ontal'ia. Thisproperty of particular interest becauseit is the ancestrdl home of many of theAcadians lilting on P.E.I. today. Itsowner. Michel Hache--Gal1ant. arrived fromAcadia to join the first settlers in 1720and remalned until hiS death in 1737.Excavation .... 111 continue in 1988.concentrating on the undisturbed areas ofthe fort and tn€ Hache-Gallant property.Further tests will be cOrtducted in otMera.r(}as of the park where conouctivityanomalies suggest that features may befouno,.

RESEJIlU! INlERESTS

Laurier TuqjeQO; Contact Sit~St ltihCentury: Extensive research carrht:d outin tMe 16th century notarial fBcords ofBof(jeaux. FrMce, has provided Co wealth ofnew informaticn on early Basque whalingventur/?s in the St. lil'wrence and thebeginnings of the fur tra.::Je in NorthAmerica. 1'I1th finaJicial support fromBordeaux af'd La Rochelle merchants~outfitters from Saint-Jean-de-Luz sent agood number of vessels whaling and trading

in the St. lawrence 1n the 15805, almost aquarter of a centvry befcre the betterknown trading ventures of Chauvi~, Du Guadu Monts and Champlain. The results oftillS on-going resoarch should throw newlight on the contact period and be ofinterest to beth historians andarchaeologists in Canada and tho UnitedStates. Researchers aware of historicmaterial s which may be from this periodare qsked to contact Dr. laurier Turgeon8Histoire, Universite laval, Quebec,Quebec; Canddd8 G1K 7P4. Phone: 418-527­2240 or 418-656-3953.Dr. Tl,; rgeon has publ fshed one articleregarding the topic; uPour redecouvrirnotre 160 slGele: les peches a Terre­Neuv8 d'apres les archives notar1ale$ de8ourdeaux,"~ d'bjstoi ra iiJ;. llAmer;QueLf.allcais8, Vol. 34 8 pp. 523-49.

BIBlI ~RAf'H'(

Mollat, Michel1987 Hjstoi re ~ pOCbES maritimes jill

France. Privat, Toulouse. Distributod inCanada and th~ United States by Somabec8Box 295, Ste-Hyac i nthe, Quebec, J2S 5T5)Canada. Phone: 514-774-8118. Includeschapter by laurier Turgeon: fila temps despechEls lointaines: pormanences ettransformations ("€Irs 150Q-"ers 1850)."

Lavoie, Marc1987 fuFJJ.§[jJilJa. ~ S!.:oti lit 1680­~ ~ Materia] L.i.f§: .MA Economy.M.A. thesis. Department of P,nthropolcgY8f.1cMaster Un i ve rs lty, Ham 11 torh Onta rio.This thesis presents a functional analysisof the ceramic and glass rema{ns from twopre-expulsion Acad1an ho~se$ (ca, 1680­1755), excavated at 8el1eisle. AnnapolisCounty in Nova Scotia~ The history ofeach artifact variety is traced, includingmanufacturing technlques and distribut10nroutes from the factories to the AC<1d tanhouses where the (1i'tifacts were used andd isca rded.The Balletsl€: artifacts are quantified andcompared with similar information fromother conternporaneOUst domestic sit-es ineastern North America and France~Economic status differences are discussed.As a wholo, the place of Acadianhouseholds in lntornationa18 nationa' aoolocal markets 1s examined.It becomes avident that the axpah~in9~18th century Acadian population at8ellefsle benefited from thE: lIvaiiab n ityof a multitude of goodS. Th1s allowedthem to develop a material life ~ather

different from those of other Acadians,other settlers in the St~ lawrence Valley(Quebec) and NeK England. The ceramicsand glass indicate that the Belle'lsleAcadians led a comfortable. life.

Reported by: Bruce Stewart

Current ReseaN}h

Fort Erie: Sub-a1 vision development in thi$small town on the Niagara Peninsula led to thediscovery of a War of 1812 periOd militarycemetery. Fieldwork completed in December of1987 revealed 28 inhumations. Baaed on buttons

·(ouno wi tb the burial::J f the dead were'id entifleo as Ame r ioanald11 ed dtlr ing the.su::mmer and fall of 1814 while tryin,g to preventthe Briti8h recapture of Fort Erie. Among theburials were examples of six amputations andtwo disart1culations. In addition there lrerenumerous examples of fresh fractures,indicative of battle injuries. The project isbeing undertaken by an international team ofphysical anthropologists, material cultureresearchers and historians led by Dr. RonWillianl.8on. It is boped that analysis will becompleted by mid-summer 1988 at which time allAmericans are to be repatriated and buried inthe States with full military honors. Furtberinformation is available from Dr. RonW:UlialtlSotl, Al"Chaeological Services Inc. 662Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R3.

Fort Fro ntenac: In Augun t 198'l, construe tionactivity within Kingston's Fort Frontenaomilitary compound exposed tbe remains ofapprOXimately twelve adults buried in shallowgraves on tbe lake shore east of the fort.Staffaf the Cataraqui Archaeological ResearchFoundation "ere inVited by the Military toexamine the site but activities weT'€! restrictedto cleaning the interments expo.ed in tbeQonstruction t t'ench. Tne burial $ wereorganized in three north-south roWs With theheads oriented to the north. Several or theless dibturbed interments p~video evidence ofViooden caskets. 'The enl y persona 1 i tams fovuowltl:l the burials were a group of five breechbuckles and a cluster of shell beads. Despiteextensi VB research, the historic.al documentsfail to provide any direct information on acemetery in this or any other area adjacent tothe fort~ Initial interpretation suggests thatthe burial:3 may relate to the Iroquois aeigeof tbe fort staged between 1686 and 1689.During 1688 alone 8 Qver 90 members oC thegarrison died of scurvy and related diseases.Negotiations are underway with the Department

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of National Defence to havethe Foundationcontinue its work ~t the site to mitigate theimpact of con~truct~on and delineatetheextentof the cemetery in order to prevent furtberdesecration. A brief summary of tbe assessmentdone in the fall of 1987 is available from theCataraqui Archaeological Researoh Foundation f

370 King Street West, Kingston, Ontario K7L2X4.

Fort York: Between Maron and October 1987, theTcronto Historioal Boar~ sponsored an intensivefield program at Fort York, itt post War of 1812militaryestablishwent located on the LakeOntario shoreline in downto~n Toronto. Theprogram, directed by Dr. Donald Brown, includedtesting for the Lieutenant Governor!S House(1800-1812) and a post war barracks situated inthe Southwest Bastion a$ well as extensiveexcavatiOn within and adjacent to the Offioers'Mess (1814-present). Investigation ot the Messwas geared to providing information to aid inthe restoration of the building. Thearchaaologioal investigations at the Fort willbe expanded to include other struotures as theyare soheduled ror restoration. Furtherinformation can be ohtained by writ1tl8 to DonBrQwn at the Toronto Historical Board. Stanle~Barracks, ~)(hibition Place! Toronto, OntarioMbK 3C3. Att~; Fort York,

EIlI'IRilIIIMENTAL RfCONSTROCTION

Reported by: William Fisher

Historical archaeologists a~e beginning toapp1y ethnobotanica1 anal ys i s to a numberof problemst including environmentalreconstruction, identification of dietarypatterns. and the study of land usepatterns and site formation processes, toname but a few appl ications. pol Jen.macrobotanica, phytOl ith, and so11anal ys is a re some of the common methodsused in ethnobotanical research. Thepurposo of this column is to acquainthistorical archaeologists in the Northeastwith some of the researchers working 'inethnobotany and their research. HopefUllythis information will help bistoricalarchaeologists to take advantagi1 of thewide variety of data recovered byethnoootanis ts.The Third Phytol ith Research Workshop,!leurrent PiS<rspoctives in Pal eo-ecologica;Plant Opal Phytol ith Analysis. ll waS heldJanuary 22-24. 1988 in ColumbiaJ MH::souri.Paper topics of interest to NortheastHistorical Archaeologists included: lIThe

recovery of opal phytoliths from foodresicues in uti11z€<d ceramics,'l by RobertThompson, Anthropology Department,University of Iowa, Iowa City;: "Phytol ithdat'il'lg by thermoluminescence," RalphRowlet and Deborah Pearsan, AnthropologyCepcf'tmtif1t, Un1'1Brsity of Missouri,Columbia; ''Phytolith analysis in historicperiod sltes,fl by Irwin Rovner,Anthropology Department. North Carol inaState Unfveristy, Raleigh; nThe us€! ofcpal phytolith analysis in a comprehensiveenvi ronnental study: an example fromhistorical archaeolo9y.ll by William Fisher'and Gerald KelSO, Archaeology Department,8oston University, Boston, and NationalPark Service, Charl eston.If you wish to learn more about phytolithsand phytolith research~ the Phyt01itharienNewlBttcr, edited by Irwin Rovner, NorthCarol ina State University, P.O. Box 8107.Raleigh, NC, 27695-8107 is only B fewdollars a year~Phytol ith researchers in the Northeastinclude: Dr. Larry Kap~jbn. Department ofBiology, University of Massachusetts,Boston; and Dr. Dolores PiperfiO.,Department of AnthropOlogy, TeR!pleUniversityt Philadelphia, PA 19122.

~~JjcatjQQs inc]u~e:Beaudryt fAar)' and Stephen Mrozowski, €ids.

1987 Interdlscip1 inary Investigationsof the Boott Mills Lowen, Massachusetts.Volume II: The Ki rk Street ,a,gentts House,ClJ 1tu ra1 Resou rces Man a9 em(;0 t Stud y No.19. Boston: U.S. Depe rtment of theInterior, National Park Service, NorthAtlantic Regional Offlce.Pearsall. Dolores

1987 Phytolith Analysis: An Archaeo­logical and Geological Perspective.Acacemi¢ Press, t\'Y.

Current Research: Gerald KelsOt NationalPark Service; Charleston. 1s analyzing thepollen <Jata from the David 8,rown ~ndJose'ph tJ.ason farm sites from l,ltlnute Manf,jational HistoriC Park. Questions beingaddressed inClude structure, function,speed, and origin of cellar fills.

If you have any questions or.commentsabout the information in ttns columnplease write or cal 1. If you are <Joingany research in ethnobotany in theNortheast please send information onpublications, current research orconference papers to; wnliam Fisher,Department of ArchaeOlogy, BostonUnivBr.sity~ St.one Scienco 8uilding,Boston, MA 02215. Phone: 617-353~3415.

MILITARY SITES, EIGIflIHfTH CEIffiJRY

Reported by: Carl Barna

;;Q"j~t~ i2.t: J:li.:>:J;.QIj£ill ~ji;: M••tjn.1988,~: Two topical sessions werenoteworthy for those working in the. areaof 18th century military/navalarchaeology. The first item was a papergiven by John Seidel of Rutgers Univers ityon China-Glaze wares frOm the 1778-1779Cont i rti:.mti'.l1 Army artillery encampment atPluckemin. New Jersey.. Currentscholarship holds that Wedgwood did notintroduce pearl ware until 1779, and thatthis ffii'.lterhlf because of the Britishblockade. did not reach Americans untilafter the ReVOlutionary War ended or after17834 Coramics uncovered at Pluckemifl~hOwever. seem to indicate that pearlwarc,.or a type of wniteware transitionalbetwBen creamware and pearl ware, waspresent in America at this eai'lier dat€!.What is even more interesting is the factthat this material has been found in thecontext of enT isted man's huts. Ceramicsare sc,;,rce at colonial military sites ingeneral, particularly in sites associatedwith enl isted men. Thts discovery liasinteresting 1m))1 ications for the study oftho effect1veneS5 of the British blockade,for the operation of Wdr time trade andconsumerism. and for the reconstruction ofthe mindset of those soldier's who,following the rigors of the sealon'scampaigns, sought to create a more ,genteelsetting et the w"lnter encc.mpme\lts thatref1>$cte<i the civilian life they onceknew. Further work at Pluckemin thissummer may strengthen this case.The othor thematic session was a symposiumchai red by John Broadwater on the YorktownShipwreck Archaeological Project. The1987 season's work. on wreck 44Yo88, onB ofthe British merchant ships sunk during thesiege, appears to indicate that the vesselserved as a repair or fabrication ship.In addition to the pOSSible fortif1catlontimbers that were found; the vesselcontains several examples of 18th centurycooperage, some containing the1 r originalcargoes such as musket ballS. Cooperageis difficult to accurately date; thusmaking deflnitive studies Of the trade andits methods difficult. In this case, wehave a firm 1181 context and wel1­preserved materials that showld providefor some significant research on thistrade. In addition. the project hasutilized new and sophisticated computertechnology that enabled researchers totftake of~ the ship's lines: thus allowing

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for the determination of the shipls speedand sail ing characteristics. It is hopedthat these results will be available forthe Baltimore meeting. The archaeologistswere also able to locate the hole that theship's carpenter is bel i~ved to have madein order to scuttle the vessel, and thecomputer may be able to teli us how: fastthe ship sank.Two shorter papel"$ wet'e also given, one onthe conservation of an 18th centuryBritish handgrenade" and the other onmaterials recovered frOm the RevolutionaryWar privateers in the Mullica River, NewJersoy.

RUR/IL AICHAE(JUlGY IN TIlE NIO-ATLAIITIC

Reported by: Ronald A. Thomas

.G.l.l.r..r.~n.:t. ~.s.i1!..aJ:""1l: Datarec 0 ve r yoperations haye been initiated on theUpper Assiscunk Area Multiple Resource, aNational Register e1igible resource inBurl tngton County,. NO\f" Jersey. The work",being conducted by Research Associate TedM. Payne of MAAR Associates, Inc~, willcons1st of a multi-discipline comparativestudy of three farmsteads occupied fromthe late 18th through the middle 20thcentury by Quaker families. Thefarmsteads have been found to reflect theadaptation from an early frontier farmingeconomy to one based on truck farming,serving the Greater Phl1adelphia market.Historical, architectural and archaeologi­cal investigations will be tied togetherto create a comp reherls'iye p1cture of thenature of the adaptive process.Jeromo D. Traver, Research Associate ofMAAR Associates, Inc ... has completedlimited investigations of two contrastingPrince George County, Maryland plantationcomplexes. Each was occupied by wealthylandowners. one. the vlardrop-Buck Mansion"located immediately adjacent to theblossoming community of Upper Marlboro andthe other )0 dr area that has retained itsrural character until quite recently.Each consists of a main plantation hOUSEh

numerous associated outbuildings, agricul­tural features .. and, in the case of therural Northhampton ph.ntatiofl: a set ofslave quarters (one it brick duplexstil.lcture). Each site is being subjectedto a program of preservation and restera­tion.

u.s. ARKf CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Reported by: Roselle Henn

Current Research

Several Corps of Engineers Districts, definedby river drainages, have been involved incultural resource studies in the CNERA regio~

The New York District has completed anunderwater archaeological study in New YorkHarbor as part of the Arthur Kill Channelwidening project. Five abandoned hulksrepresenting the remains of four tugs and asidewheel steamboat, were recorded. Anarchaeological survey of the National RegisterHopper Mill Site, an 18th-19th centurygrist/sawmill complex located on the RamapoRiver in Mahwah, New Jersey was conducted aspart of the Mahwah-Suffern Flood ControlProject. The project located the remains of ahorizontal waterwheel, which appears to be amid-19th century transitional technologicalstep between vertical wheels and turbines. Ami tigation program for unavoidable impacts tothe site's wing dam is being planned.

The Baltimore District is engaged in severalundertakings which inve 1 ve historicalproperties in Pennsyl vania and in Washington,D.C. As part of the Lock Haven, Penosyl vaniaLocal Flood Protection (LFP) project, culturalresource studies of the 18311-1880 Bald EagleCross-Cut Canal Lock on the West Branch of theSusquehanna River and three historic districtsare being prepared. Cultural resource studiesof ten rura 1 19 th century farmstead sitesandone rural village site have been initiated inoonjunction with the Cowanesque LakeModifioation projeots in north oentralPennsylvania. The Wyoming Valley,Pennsylvania LFP project on the North Branch ofthe Susquehanna River will involve studies of aDumber of 18th century frontier forts as wellas historic residential, commercial, bridges,and industrial resources. Archaeologicaltesting of Harrisburg's post Ci vi 1 Warindustrial and manufacturing sites will beundertaken as part of Paxton Creek ohannelmodifications. The Washington, D.C. LFPproject involves construotion of low lyinglevees on the Constitution Mall near theWashington Monument. Cul tursl studies ofConstitution Mall, believed to contain urbanfi 11 where the Potomac Hi vel' Tidal Basin hadonce been, will commence in 1988.

The Philadelphia Distriot has been conductingcultural resources investigations at two majorreservoir modification projects in northeasternPenneyl vania, a region for whicb very 1 i ttlearchaeological information is known. At theFrancis E. Walter Dam and ReservoirModification Project along the Lehigh RiverBasin in Carbon, Monr'oe, and Luzerne Counties ,the Corps has discovered the StoddartsvilleHistori,c District, a 19th century industrialvillage built around the development ofnavigation on the Lehigh River, and outlyingfarmsteads and mill sites. At the Prompton Damand Lake Modification Project along tbeLackawaxen River Basin in Wayne County,research has uncovered a National Registereligible historic district at the Village ofAlde-nv ill e, a mid-nineteenth century tanningand I umbering sites, and associated outl yinghistorical and industrial archaeological sites.Work is continuing at both project areas.

Reported by: Heidi Shaulis

S.H.A. Women's Cauoaa

At the Sooiety for Historical ArchaeologyMeetings in Reno, Nevada in January, a deoisionwas made to form a Women's Caucas group withinthe Society. One of the group's fir'stactivities will be to put out a newsletteraddressing issues of interest to women inhistorical archaeology. To be included on thenewsletter mailing list, send your name,address, affiliation, telephone number andresearch interests to Carmen Weber, 5404 TennisAvenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120. For furtherinformation on the newsletter' i tse 1 f) contactthe editor, Kimberly Grimes, Charleston Museum,360 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403.

COUNCIL FOR ,NORTlJEAST HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGYChairman: Terry KleinNewsletter Editor: Lu Ann De Cunzo

F. D. 1 Box 620Stockton, New Jersey 08559

Assistant Newsletter Editor: Evelyn TidlowDeadline for submission, July newsletter:

tt.l8.Y 15, 1988

<!IOUl1cil JlTor ~ortq.emd ~istoricall\rdra:eolog~

NEWSLETTERJULl 1988

COUNCIL IIE1iS

1988 Heetings

Plans are proceeding for the 1988 Councilmeetings to be held October 15 - 11 1nQuebec City, Quebec. In mid-August, membersshould expeot to receive preli~lnary

conference program, registration and travelinformation. It promlse.s to be a greatmeeting; don't miss itl

.1..2.@.2. Meetings

The October 1989 meetings will be held inHorristown, New Jersey. Spocific date.s andmeeting location are yet to be determined,and will be reported on at the Quebecmeeting and in the next newsletter.Conference organizers are James Kochan ofthe Horristown National Historical Park,National Park Service and John Seidel ofRutgers University and the PluckeminArchaeological Project.

Ne....sletter

We hope you are all pleased ....ith the newformat. Remember. if you have any ideas (ornewsl), please let us kno..... FroD! this end,....e'd like to thank all our state/provincialand thematic editors tOr their assistanceand submissions fot' the past fewnewsletters; it certainly makes our jobeasier. A few of them are a bit frustrated.however, by being unable to get you to givethem information on what you're up to thatwe'd like to share witb our other members.Please belp us out, and best of all, don'twait for your state/provincial editor tocontact you for news. send it to bim first.Weld also appreciate if you'd put us on yourorganization or institution's regular

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mailing list, $0 that we can be assured ofreceiving information you send out aboutyour activities. In tbe meantime t have agreat Bummer, enjoy the Newsletter, andwe 11l see you in Quebec~ ------------

Editor Mary Beaudry reports that '1o 1nme j 5(1936) has been mailed. As in the past,please note that those folks who weremembers in 1986 only will be receiving thisjourna1. A great issue, it contains abibliography of northeast historicala-r'Cheeology, comrn led by David Starbuck, andpromises to become a basic resea~chreference. New members may order copiesfrom the editor. Make checks payable toCNEHA in the amount of $12.00, and mail toMary Beaudry, Department of Arohaeology,Boston University, Boston, Mas8aahusetta02215. ! mai 1 orde r fOl'm is beingdeveloped, but members may order directly.

Two tournals have been returned for lack ofcurr4".nt address. If you know an address, forSU5,f,ll'l Denault or Peggy Smytb. please contactMary Beaudry at (617) 353- 3415.

Our goal is to "catoh up· on the journalthis year', which means pub 1 ishing two morevolumes, 16 (';981) and 11 (968). Itappears, if' all Y011 folks who have sobmittedarti~lea back for revision get thea finishedand back to the editor, that 'We have enough­for vo-lume 16~ Volume 17t however, need5more artie les I and 130, once again, therequest goalS out that you not only preparethat article you've pro~i$ed us yourself,but that you get a friend to do so too.Mary asked e specie11 y that ..a no t e t ha tat­the lDOmEltlt she has no Canadian paper$~ Sbewill of oourse be on hand in Quebeo toaccept them in person£

Reportee by: Dill Murphy

During the month of June an excavation atthe Bite of the 1765 home of Peter Ferriswill be conducted by David Starbuck underthe auspices of the Basin narbor MaritimeMuseum and supported by a g~ant from theVermont Council on the Humanities. The site

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overlooks Arnold's Bay, so named from tbeships abandone<i and burned hy Bened letArnold after the Battle of Va:lcour Island I

and was shelled by the British in pursuit orArnold i $ fleet~ It and all its outbuildingswere burned to the ground during Carleton'sRaid in 1778 and beth Ferris and his sonwere made prlSone~$ and held in captivity inQuebec for three years~ the site is slowlybut surely eroding into the Bay and has beenthe object of pothunters for many years. Itis planned that the excavation incoord ination wi th Vermont Soil Survey andthe U~ S. Corp of Engineers will stabilizethe site and provide artifacts foreducat1<mal display. In conjunction withtbe shore excavation, Art Cohn of theMar! tim1\'! Museum w111 be sur-veying the Bayfor the remains of the CQ~gresa, Arnold'sf'lagship,for an underwater exeavation in1989.

Conference

At the annual spring m6sting of the VermontArchaeological Society held in Middleburythe focus vas on the statua and future ofarchaeology 1n the state. The round tablediscussion oover'ed all aspects ofarchaeology and ~a$ optimistic about thefuture. especially regarding the manyunknown and untapped historio sites.

Reported by: DaVid Switzer

Current Research

The Institute for New tiamp.shir-e Studies andthe Maritime Archaeological and HistoricalResearch Institute are cQ-sPQn$oringcomp letion of the work at the shipwreck atHartts Cove in New Castle. During the fieldseason, archaeologists will finalize thedoc~mentation of a structur~ believed to bea shallop-type Vessel dating to the late17th to early 18th century.

The lnsHtute of New Hampshire Studies andthe state Division for Historio Resourcesare continuing the excavation of theWentworth site, the home of the lastcolonial governor of New Hampshire. This istbe third season of work at GovernorWeot~ortb'5 bome~

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IUSSAClIDSETTS

Reported by: Suzanne Spencer-Wood

Current Research

Steve Pendery J R::ston's City Archaeologist,reports that exqavations are being conductedby Jeff Kelley in Savin lUll Park,Dorchester, to locate a 163.IJ fort. Neevidenoe of the tort bas been uncovered todate.

arcbaeological sites was voted down incommittee despite the testimony in favor- orit by 40 highly qualified indiViduals. Anattempt is being made to get a vote on thefloor of the Senate that 'Will overturn thenegative committee vote. Another bill alongthese line2 is expected to be introducednext year.

CONlIECTICIlT

Legislation

During re-landscaping the MassachusettsState Bouse lawn, Michael Roberts ofTime lines was brought in to excavate afeature l SUbsequently identified as thefit'st back terrace of Thomas Hancock'sformal garden, c. 173!1~ While the wall isto be covered up in the short term. it iseventually planned to be displaYed as partof the new landscape, when completed.

In Boston the Metropolitan DistrictCOliullission is deve-loping management plansand guidelines fot' hi:>toric and prehistoricsites on its reservations, watersheds andparks. At Fort Independenoe a lab has beenestablisbed to catalogue archaeological dataaccumulated in archaeological monitoring ofinstallations of utilities and facilities.A donated amateur archaeological collectionfrom Haywar-dv;ille, a mill village on SpotPond Brook, 16608 - 18708, 1s also beingcatalogued.

For the Hational Park Service AtlanticDivision, Alan Sinentky is continuing anhistoric survey and excavations at tbeMinuteman NatioDal Park in Concord,Massachusetts. Tbis summer's work willfocus on archaeological 1)' locating andidentifying documented industrial sites, andexcavations will be Ooni1twted iP the JosiahNelson bomelot. Tbe industrial sitesinclude a late 17th to early 19th centurytannery and currier shop, an 18th centuryblacksmith shop, and an alleged hop bouserecorded tht'ough oral history. Survey andtests will be undertaken to locate, date andidentify these sites, including pollen testsfor hops by Gerald &:e1so. The Josiah Nelsonhome lot 13 being excavated to asoertain landuse and investigate yard features such aswells j outbuilding foundations t and activityareas indicated by artifact distributions.

Tours and Workshops

Out of the Fi~., ! PriJ!~-!:, 2!':t Glasa fo.r.Collectors, Curators, ~ A.r9J~~.eologists wa,shosted by the Connecticut River Museum onJune 11 t 1988~ Featured speakers for theday were Olive Jones, Canadian NationalParks SerVice, and Ken Wilson, Henry FordMuseum. The symposium was designed as 1) anintroduction to the material of glass. ho'riits condition changes ever time, and metho<i:sof treatment and repairi 2)an"overview ofglass making 1:0 early America, '\lith anemphasis on the glass houses of Connecticut;3) an opportunity for collectors andprofessionals who work with glass to learnmethods of dating and identification; and 4)a forum for questions about the \1$8 andtreatment of glass re¢overed fromarchaeological excavations. For moreinformation, please cOntact the ConnecticutRiVer Museum~ Essex~ CT (203) 767-8269.

Reported by: Cece Kirkorian

The 1988 Connecticut Graveyard Tours havebeen scheduled: July 16th~.. South Britain,CT; August 20th••• Mil ford I eTj September17th•.• Hartland, CTi and October 15th~..East Haddam, CT. Experts in Connecticut'aearly history and gravestone art will act a$guides on each of tbese trips. For mcreinformation contact Conneoticut Gravestones,Suite" 264, 36 Tamarack Avenue. Danburyl CT06811 (203) 790-6457.

The University of Connecticut sponsored atwo day ceramics oonference forparticipants from allover the Northeast onApril 24th and 25th. George Miller, ofColonial lLilJiamsburg. led theidentification workshop and discussions 00nineteentb century ceramics. ForinfOrmation on future workshops, contactLoretta Rivers, Department of Anthropology,Bcx U-176, University cf Connectiout,Storrs, CT 06268.

Massachusetts legislature, a proposedto increase protection for

In thebill

IIEii lOll!: STATE

Reported by: Leis Feister and Paul SUey

Current Researcb

Dr. John P. Ferguson has reported that heand a volunteer .stafr have found a pre­Revolutionary War Iroquois village along theScboharie Creek in l'Hddleburgh. Fergusonpresented his findings at e meeting of theVan Eppa Hartley Chapter of the New YorkState Archaeologioal Association inFebruary. Since 1951, r'fH"guson, ananthrcpologi,st at the State OUiver-sit)' atCobleskill, has been field supervisor of anarchaeological program in searoh or theVillage. In conjunction witb theexcavations, anthropologist Mary Druke nasbeen gathering and analyzing documentspertaining to the Iroquois living along theSchoharie Creek in the 1700s.

ArchaeoloSl ~ the Public

Tbe Bureau of Historic Sites of the New YorkState Offioe of Parks 1 Recreation andHistorio Preservation bas hired ElizabethChilton to develop iii. program for'interpretation to tbe public of thearobaeological fieldwork that will beconducted during the 1988 field $ea300.Included in the schedule for this season areCrailo and Senate House j botb17th and 18thcentury Dutoh sites; Crown Point, an 18thcentury military site; Knox Headquarters, an18th aDd 19th oentury mill aite; andClerIflont 1 an 18th century estate. Theprimary goal.a of tbE program are to; 1}incr-ease public interest and understandingof State Historic Sites and Z) glva on-sitetours of ongoing excavations~ explaic.lns therole of arohaeology in pre3ervation~

historical resear-ch, and interpret3tlou 1

while also explaining the significance ofthe parUe-ular fieldwork taking place. Thegoals will t;e accomplished by offeringeducational handouts, slide shows, films.tour lectures and perhaps summer campprograms to reach younger people ..Communication with other archaeology groupsattempting interpretation programs would bewelcome. Please write to Elizabeth Chilton,Archaeology Unit, Bureau of Historic Sites,

Peebles Island, lfaterfoN, New York, '\2186 ..

Industrial Archaeology

Archaeologlst~ and conservators from theRoohester Museum and Science Center recentlYbegan investigations of a 30 foot waterwheel

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preserved in its original 40 foot wheelpiton the banks of the Genesee River. Thewheel was built ar-ound. 1820. Yat;;.<r wasdropped over tbe wheel, creating energy thatturned a series of gears an.d pulleys whichin turn gencr-ated enough power to run heavyindustrial machinery in several factories onthe site. The city of Rochester hopes torestore the wheel for display and make it anintegral part of the Urban Cultural Par-Kbeing developed along the Genesee River.For further information contactarchaeologist Brian Nagel at the RochesterMuseum and Science Center.

Underwater Archaeology

Somewhere off the shores of Schuyler IslandOn the western side of Lake Champlain t

Benedict Arnold scuttled a gunboat, theProvidence, in 1176. Members of the BasinHarbor Maritime Museum, the Woods HoleOceanographic Institution and the Universityof Vermont Lake Studies Program are workingwith sioe-looking sonar to loeat¢ and mapthe wl."eck. The maritime museum also hope13to photogl."aph the boat as it lies on thebottom and build a replica.

ArChaeOlogical Preservation

A new historic resouroes ordinance wasenacted in April by the Albany CommonCouncil. A key clause in the new ordinanced€lala with waYB of preserVing 17th centuryarchaeo logical remains of the Dutcbcommunities that used to stand wheredownto~ Albany is today. The new ordinancerequires developers who want to build ondowntown land to hire na professionalarchaeological consultant" to undertake aftliterature search and sensitivity study~

If necessary, it reqUires developers tosponsor excavations at the site, evaluatingfor the city the "significance of anyresources identified~n

New Archaeological Research Facility

Since 1979, the Department of Anthropology,State University of New York at Buffalo hasparticipated in historic archaeology at OldFort Niagara through program director StuartD. Scott. The Fort, a National HintorioLandmark at the mouth of the Niagara River,has been the focus of annual excavationsrevealing a complex, multi-nationalarchaeological record from the late 17ththrough the 20th centuries. The prospectfor future histOric anthropology at FortNiagara was greatly enhanced I>y the

completion, in 1987, of a new faCility - TheOld Fort Niagara Archaeology and CollectionsCare Canter. An 1897 army fo~age warehouseat the site has been adapted andrehab i 1 ita ted to house the GannettConference Rool1l, offioes for the Fort'aarchaeologist and curator, threelaboratories, a climate-controlled artifactstorage room and a darkroom~

The remains ot 28 American soldiers who diedduring the Waf' of 1812 wi 11 be buried thissummer at a military cemetery in Bath,Steuben County. The soldiers died in 1814during a battle in Canada, just across theNiagara River from what 18 now Buffalo.Their remains lay undetected until last$umrner when workers on a constructionproject discovered tbe bone$. A full-scalearchaeological excavation then took place,more remains were found, and a Torontolaboracory identified thea as the bodies ofAmerican soldiers. A repatriation oeremonyis to take place at Old Pert Erie on June30.

IIEW' YORl CIn

Eeported by: Daniel Pagano

The New Yo~k City Landmarks PreservationCommission's new address is: 225 Bl'oadway,New York, New York 10007 t (212) 553-1100.Daniel Pagano's phone num'beL' at theCommission is (212) 553-113~, Material forthe new$lette~ can now be sent to Daniel attbe new address.

Curren~ Research

Prior to the development of a parcel atShorehaven io the Broox on the East Rivershore, archaeological investigations weremandated by the New York State Department ofEnvircnmental Conservation and the New YorkCity Landmarks Preservation Commission. Thearea was the site of a 17th centuryfarmstead and later of an extensiveamusement park. Cece Kirkorian and BetsyKearn$ of Historical Perspectivies(Hi vers1d e, CT) rese a rcbed and comp i 1 ed aPhase IA Documentary Study and laterdirected field testing, Phase IE testingwas performed in several areas.

More than 250,000 objects were donated inApril to the South Street Seaport Museum bythe London a.nd Leeds DevelopmentCorporation, which is responsible for theBar-clays Bank Building at 75 Wall Street,between Pearl and Water Streets~ Another7,000 artifacts came from a two-block siteboun<1ed by 'West, Greenwiob, .North More andHubert Streets, where Shearson Lehman HuttonInc. built its Faulkner InformationServices Center. An exhibit incorporatingpieces from the collection is scheduled toopen in December 1988. For furt-berinformation, contact Dr~ Diana di ZeregaWall, curator of archaeology at the MU5eum~

Reported by: Edward M.. Morin

Curre~t Research

Archaeology is a basio cowponent of tbe NewJersey State Museum's program to make Morvenin Princeton the state's Museum at CulturalHistory and Decorative Arts. In combinationwith intenaive documentary work beingconducted by Heritage Studies of liopewe 11,N,J .. and a thOt'ough structural study beingdone by the North Atlantic HistoricPreservation division of the National ParkService, the arChaeologioal exoavations willprOVide the basis for interpretation andrestoration of portions of the house andland$oape~ Beginning with Richard Stockton,one of New Jersey's five signers of theDeclaration of Independence, Morven was thehome of five generations of the Stocktonfamily. In the 1930s and 19J+OS it wasrented by General Robert Wood Johnson of theJohnson and Johnson Company and from 1955 to1982 it set'ved as the official governortsre.1denoe. The arcbaeological program isbeing directed b-y Anne lentsch, The firstseason focused on delineating buried remainsof preViOUS landscaping episodes. ARevolutionary period map and other primarydocuments 8uggested that tbe Stock tons hadan ornamental, and probably terraced, gardenin the eighteenth oentury.. The edge of 8terrace was expo~ed in a backhoe trenohnorth of the house. Further excavationrevealed f1eld8tone steps that appear tomark the northeast corner or the terraee~Ethnobotanical research is an integral part

of this landscape archaeology program. 'Theinitial goal was to identifY. map, and datethe extant garden components and divide thewinto sequences of growth or landscape\flod:Lfications. assooiatea with the varioushlstorical households that lived at Morven.Naomi Miller of HASCA inventoried the U\(Hh:f'nplants on the propertY1 pollen samples arebeing studied by Gerald Kelso of theNational Park Service, Boston division.Dolor€s Piperno of Te~ple University andMASCA is doing phytol:ith analysis, LarryLockwood of Lockwood Associates cored a$elect~d set of trees and aged them usingtree-ring oounts. The resu). ts fl'om thesestudies have already exploded myths aboutwho planted which trees and providedinsigbts into the changing role of plants inthe expression of status through time. Inaddition to fUrtber defining the eighteei:lthcentury landscape features, the goals of thesecond season include work around thestanding struotUl:"€ which cannot be dated atpresent any earlier than 1195. A possibleeighteenth century occupation surface andfeatur~ have b~en uncovered to the south oftbe front doo1't another possiblearchitectural feature 1s belng excavatedbehind the house. Testing will continue foroutbuildings and other features~ MercerCotlUWnity College will hold a fieldschool atMorven during July. An active interpretivGprogram includes sandbox arcnaeology torscbool ohildren two days a week. anarchaeological exhibitiofi 1 and historicaland archaeological tours. Community­involvement is encouraged with volunteersparticipa.ting in laboratory. field anointerpretive aotivities. Far furthe~

informationl contact Anne Yentsch, Morven t

55 Stockton ~treet, Prinoeton. New Jersey.

MAAR Associates. Inc. of Newark, Delaware.conducted a Stage 1 Cultural ResourcesSurvey at tbe site of a proposed subdivisionto be located in the Borough of L1 ttleSil~er. in Monmouth County, New Jersey. theinvestigations resulted in the location andidentification of three significant historicperiod cultural resources within the projectarea. 'These are represented by botharChaeological sites and historic sites withstanding structures t dating from the mid­seventeenth oentury to the present.Sevente€nth -oentu-ry occupation isrepresented at the Parker farmstead whichconsists of a primary residence. portions ofwhich ..ere bUilt ca. 1668, and severalfarmstead outbuildings dating from the lateeighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centurY.Additional historic period occupationsare

a1.so represented at sites 28}l0190 and 191.which consist of artifact scatters datingfrom the late eigbteenth to the mid­nineteentb century.

CuI tunl1 Resour-ee Group, Louis Berger andAssociates, Inc.

1. It. Phase III data retrieval program hasbeen nonductco on the East Creek SawmillSite 1n Gape May County, New Jer$ey. Theproject was conducted under contract ",jththe New Jersey Department of Transportationand the Federal Highway Administ.ration a2part of the witigation efforts associatedwith the proposed widening of County Road670. Fieldwork at the site ..as superv isedby Edward H. Morin .... i th assistance fromJudson Kratzer. This project representedthe first in-depth historioal andarchaeological study of this type of sitewithin the Pine lands. Investigations of thesite were designed to explore the nature ofthe historic ocoupation, its role in thegrowth and development of the region, and toprovide data on a nineteentb to earlytwentieth century sawmill. Historical andarchaeological data Yielded two unexpectedresults. The fir:st was the struoturalccmplexicjr and bigh state of preservationexhibited by the mill structure.Excavations indicated that the milloonsisted of an earlier collapsed structuralphase that lay beneath the final phase ofconstruction. In addition, a wooden tubfeature was located adjacent to the millstructure. To dat-e. the exact function ofthe tub has not been deterroined and it mayrepresent a unique feature associated onlywith mill sites in the Pine-lands. Thesecond result concerned the total lack ofarchaeologi~al evidence for the type ofmachiner;,' tbat was used to power the mi 11.Historical researoh indicated that a localsal vager may have removed Whatever machineryhad been left before the mill was torn downin tbe 1930s. Copies of the final report onthe East Creek SaWl'llill S1te may be ebtainedby contacting the Bureau of EnvironmentalAnalysis, New Jersey Department ofTransportation, Trenton, New Jersoy.

2. A Phase III data retrieval program iscurrently being conducted on Locks 4 and 6Aof the Del.aware and Raritan Canal inT~enton, New Jersey since portions of thecanal are located within the proposed NJRoute 129 alignment. This study is under­contract with the Hew Jersey Department ofTranspot'tation and Federal HighwayAdministration. Fieldwork is being

.su perv ised by Ed ward M~ Morin wi thassistance from John Martin. Previousstudies on the canal have investigatedtypical urban and rural canal cr038­sections, but have not addt"-0ssed queationsrelated to the social environment of canalworkers (ie. lock tenders) or the technologyof lock construction and operation. ThePhase II work conducted in 1982 by LBAsuggested the proposed researoh design~ Thedata retrieval {)r-ograro presents the firstopportunity to study, in detail, lcck­related acti vity patterns along the canaLIn addition, investigation of technologicalaspects of canal Locks 1.j and 6A can becompar€d to the reconstructed lock locatedin New Br-unswick. A report on theexcavations will be available this fall.

Reported by; John McCartby

Current Research

Clio Group, Inc. of Philadelphia hasbecome involved in several archae-ologicalprojects in Pennsyl vania in 1988.

At Cornwall lron Furnace, administered bytbtJ Pennsy1 \' ania Historical and MuseumCommission, fieldwork and documentaryresearch have been focused in the viCinityof the mid 19th century casthouse. about toundergo restoration. Evidence of thecasthousefg construction over slag d~posits

associated with the mid 18th century furnaceand casthouse was uncovered, as well asinformation concerning the use of thecasthouse yard through time. The Commissionis currently investigating the possibilityof analyzing samples of the extensive slagdeposits disoovered, which range in datefrom c. 1142 through c~ 1882, and which mayshed considerable light on the evolvingtechnology of the cold blast charcoal ironindustry in Pennsylvania.

In Pittsburgb, Clio is currently preparing aPhase 1A Cultural Resource Survey and!rcbitectural Survey of a ?our block area inthe downtown historic financial district,the site of a proposed redevelQpmentprojeot.

In addition, this spring Clio embarked on athree year project of documentation,:!.Xcavation an<:t preservation at Ol.d Economy~illage. a state historic site administered

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by th(;j Pennsyl vania Histo:rl<Hil and MuseumCommission. Old Economy was the third homeof the Harmony Society! a comrnunitarian andmillenial organization of German origin.The town was established in 1825; theSo{}lety went out of existencl1 in 1905. Theproject goals inolude preparation of acommunity history, individual buildinghistories, restoration and preservationstudies J and a preliminary history of thecommunity's nineteentb century garden andevaluation of its archaeological potentialand significance. In terms ot thearohaeology, this-SBasOn's fieldwork hasdemonstrated tho preservation of evidence ofthe historic garden undisturbed by latenineteenth, early and mid-twentieth centuryrestoration. This evidence consists ofplanting boles and beds t paths, and garden5tructures~ The garden 1s of specialinterest because of its iconographic andsymbolic meaning for the community, as wellas its relationship to the bistory ofgarden design in America. AnalysiS andreport prepara.tiCtn , includingarchaeobotanioal and phytolitb analysis, areexpected to be completed in 1989.

For further information, contact Lu Ann DeCunzQ at Clio Group, Inc~, 3512 Lanca~terAvenue, Philadelphia, PA 19101l.Comparative information on iron furnace andgarden archaeology projects would beappreciated.

Recent Appointments

Evelyn Tidlow has accepted a PQSition ashistorian! archaeo logis t with Clio Gr<mp,Inc. of Ph11adelphia~

Report~ by: Henry M. Miller

~~rrent ~esearch

In Bal timore, "Work continues on therestoration of the Mt. Clare mansion, an18th oentury structure. A new educationalprogram for high school studenta bas beenimplemented by the Baltimore Center forUrban Arohaeology. It includes excavationson the Mt~ Clare sit&~ Another BeU! projectis the development of an Archaeological Parkat the Bite of one of the City's earlybreweries. This park in the center of theurban area will inolude exhibits andstabilized foundations.

Staff me:llbcl'S and student excavators workingon the "'Archaeology :in AnnapolisV!: projecthave completed prel iminary excavations atthe Sands House in tbe historic district ofMaryland's capital c.i ty. Findings include apreserved portion of a wooden timber freKwhat may have been an earthiast struoturepredating the extant. ca. 1700 t residencestanding on the lot. Arcbaeologists willcontinue li~ited excavations at the siteover tbe course of the summer as one smallpart of the University of Maryland's fieldschool in urban archaeology. A report onthe preliminary investigations is underway.and interested parties may contact: Julie H.Erns tein 1 Historic Annapo 1 is, Inc., 194Prince George Street, Annapolis, MD 21401.

The Uni versity of Maryland, Department ofAnthropology, in cooperation with RistoricAnnapolis, Inc. began its seventh season ofexcavation in historic I urban Annapolis inlate May. The major focus ot' tnis $ummertswork is the Cbar1 em Carro 11 of Carro 11 tonproperty, oontaining a number of sites fro~

the 17th to the 20tb centuries. Fieldschool students ara also gaining extensivetopographic survey experience as part of aproject documenting several extant urban andrural Anne Arundel County gardens.

Corresponding to tbe passage of nationallegislation on SUbmerged cultural resources~

the State of Maryland hae passed a law toprotect underwater .sites in Maryla.nd. 'Xhislegislation makes all SUbmerged bistor.;icproperties in state controlled waters stateproperty. It also creates a permit systemfor excavation on these sites and controlscommercj.al sal vage. An education programwi 11 also be eatabl ished to train theinterested public in the importance,identification, and registration ofSUbmerged CUltural resources. To implementthe underwater program. a new state MaritimeArchaeologist has been hired.

ArchaeolQgical Duration

The Council for Maryland Archaeology (CFMA)established a committee in 1987 to developcuratorial guidelines for archaeologicalmateria 1s. There haa been no es tab 1:i.shedpoliCY an this 3ubject. It is essential.however, so that archaeological collectionsand site documentation will be properlystored to ensure their long termpreaervation. These gUidelines weredeveloped and approved by the memhership of

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CFMA in eaz-.l y 1988 and are now part or thestandard archaeo logica 1 pol icy for thestate~ A copy of these guidelines can beobtained from Henry H. Miller, Historic St.Mary's City I HI;.. Mary's City, tiD 20686.

.Recent !pJ.29intm{JJ!~3

A new Maritime Archaeologist bas been h~raCby the State to begin a program inunderwater at>.chaeology. He is Pa.ul HunleYla United States nati va who has had -exteo.si veunderwater experience in Australia. Hunleywill work at the Maryland Historical Trustin Annapo lis.

Silas Hurry, former Historical Archaeologistfor the Maryland Geolog1oal Survey'sDivision of Archaeology, is the newArcbaeolog1cal Laboratory Director forRistorlc St. Mary's City.

Don Crevelliog bas been naroed Arcbaeologistin Pt'ince George'm County, Md. for theMaryland Hational Capital Planning Commission.

Reported by: Elizabeth Crowell

Current Research

The James Madison University ArchaeologicalResearch Center (JMUABC) has undertakensevez-.al archaeological investigations inrecent mouths.

In November 1987, JMUARC began investigatinga series of historic aod prehistoric sitesidentified during Phase I evaluation forVDOT of the right-of-way for Route 664 inChesapeake I VA. 'Wi tb the assistance ofMartha McCartneY'fl archival review, JMUARCfound historic sites varying in compleXityfrom small tenant houses where onlysubsurface features remain to a standingframe house. Clarenoe R. Geier is principalinvestigator and Jane L. Smith is projeotneld director.

FrOm December 1987 througb April 1988, arield team from JHOARC under tbe directionof Clarenoe R~ Ceier and T~ Ted Cromwellconducted a Phase II significance evaluationalong a seven-block corridor on the southside of Duke Street in Alexandris t Virginia.Preserved remains of two early 19th oenturyresidential structures and three mid 19thcentury Civil War structures wereidentified. The project is funded by theVDO'T •

In March 1988, archa~ologists from JMUARCconcluded Phase II excavations funded byVDOT at the Hipkin~ Site (44RD30) inRichmond County on Virginia'3 Northern Neck.Documentary research revealed that there wasa ferry crossing Totuskey Creek from thelate 17th century until Ii bridge ~'as builtca~ 17iO. In the late 18th century, atavern was operating at the site, and froathe 17903 through the earl y 20tb century astore was located there. Besearch on thesite will focus on the importance of thesite's location at the junction of: land andwater transportation routes and thesocioeconomic history of the site. therecent Phase II was directed by Donna J.Seifert and Craig LUkezio; Martha McCartneyconducted the documentary research. PhaseIII \o'Ork is planned for May 1988.

Submitted by Donna J. SeifertAssociate Director, JMOARCJame~ Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA 22807

Conferences and Exhibitions

~After ColUmbus: Encounters in NorthAmerica" ..a~ sponsored by the NationalMuseum of American History of theSmithsonian Institution on April 30, 1988.Xn commemoration of the SOOth anniYeTsary ot:Columbus's first voyage to the Americas, theNational Museum ot American I:I1story isreexamining the social, CUltural, andscientific heritage of the New World. In1987 the Museum inaugurated a five-yearseries of pub11C forums and smallexhibitions rocusing on encounters betweenEuropean settlers, Native Americana, andAfrican Americans during the 16th, 17th andearly 18th centuries. The series will leadto the opening, in 1992, of a permanentexhibition examining tho~ early encountersa.nd the interrelationships that developedamong cultures in North America afterColumbus's journey. This second forum inthe series, WAIter Columbus: Encounters inNorth America," focuses on American Indianperceptions of European colonization.Opening in conjunction with the forum is theColumbian QUineentenary Program's newestexhibition, Commerce and Conflict; TheEnglish in Virg~J:lia, J~_?5. The exhibi tion­features excavated artifacts 1 maps1 siteplans, photographs, and reproductions ofperiod graphics and documents. It ex~nes

how early 17th century English settlers atFlowerdew Hundred organized their society toproduce tobacoo ror sal€ in England and how

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that organization arfected the AmericanIndian population liVing along the JamesRiver.

Alexandria Archaeology bas been awarded a$52,6~5 grant from the National ScienceFoundations' program of Support forSystematic Anthropological Collections~ thefirst ever awarded to an urban archaeologyprogram. Alexandria Archaeology is adivision of the Office or HistoricAlexandria 1 a City of Alexandria govet'nmentagency. the money wi 11 be used forimprovements to a storeroom which housesarchaeological tILllterial:3 oollected from overthe last 20 years of exoavatiQn andresearch. Tbe archaeological collectioncontains more than two million artifactsfrom 112 sites Within Alexandria citylimits. With the award of the NationalScienoe Foundation grant 1 archaeologistswill reduce overcrowding and improve theenvironment in the storeroom in Qrder toarrest the deterioration that has threatenedthe research value of the collection. Itwill also make the artifaots readilyaccessible to Alexandria Arohaeology staffand outside researchers. Tbe successfulgrant application was written by BarbaraMagid 1 Assistant D1rector of AlexandriaArohaeology. The proposal was cited as a"model grant:tl by the NSF 1 which fUnded onlyfive new applications this y~ar. TheA1exandt"ia A:,\.:ha~o logy museum and 1al)<,H'atoryare lOcated on the third floor, To:,pedoFactory Art Center, 105 North Union Street)Alexandria, VA. For more information, call(703) 838-4399.

Dennis Pogue, arohaeologist at Mount Vernon 1

received a National Endowment for theHumanities grant to do research on ceremiosin England. the focus of the research willbe on English ceramica in oolonial America.

~~£~Qi Appointments

Dr. Francis P. MoManamoD has been namedDivision Chief of the ArchaeologicalAssistance Division or the National ParkService.

Ms. Nancy Kassner has been namedArchaeologist With the Washington, D. C.Historic Preservati¢fi Division. Nancy tooktne plaoe of Df'. Catherine Blosser who isnow the State Archaeologist for Virginia.

Antony Opperman is now 'Working for theVirginia Division of Historic Landmarks. Hewas forroerly bead or the Williamsburg officeof MAAR.

Prescntin,s. the Past. Media.! Marketing !!JL9_m f'J~JLlic. Second Annual Progranl. October12 - 14, 1988, Minneapolis, Minnesota.Presenting the Past is organized by theUni vers1ty of Minnesota Center for Aoe:! entStudies to address how professionals whopursue research into the human pastcommunicate their researcb results to theintereJ3ted general public. The secondannual program CQver's attract.ing and keepingpublic interest with emphasis on the use Drmedia, marketing strategie$. and workingwith members of the public as volunteers.Fe f' fu r the:r info rma t ion. contact: DeborahWolfangel, program associate, ProfessionalDevelopment and Conference SerVices,Univers1 ty of Mi nD esota. 221 No 1 te Cen t€t',

315 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis.Minnesota 55455-0139; (612) 625-5569~

Position Availabl~

Assistant Researcher (Archaeology LaboratoryDirector), Mississippi Valley ArohaeologyCenter. Supervise and direct theprocessing, preservation, and ¢uration ofarchaeological materials; supervise andtrain student laboratory assistants as wellaa student and publi~ volunteers; teach aminimum of one course p~r year; prepareartifact d13plays and exhibits; conductoccasional contract archaeology fieldprojects; and partioipate in publiceducation aotivitie$~ Minimum requirementsinclude MAIMS in Anthropology or relevantfield; pr~vlous experience in the directionof an archaeological laboratory; previousdirection of archaeological field projects;and skills in at least two of the following:paleoethnoDotany, computerized data basemanage-pent, museo logy. t'rererre4 experienoein Midwestern archaeolo&y. teachingexperience in Laboratory Methods andIntroduction to Archaeology~ Salary $18,000- 20,000 per year. Prefer candidate tostart in mid-Octoter. Applications must bepostmarked no later tban July 15. 1988.Address applications to Jawes P. Gallagber,Director, MissiSSippi Valley ArchaeologyCenter, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse,1125 State Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin5~601. {Refer to Position No. 6119}.

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ATLllfl'IC CUlADJ.

Reported by: Rob Ferguson

Red Bay I Labrador. 20 June - 30 September,Jim 'lUck, Memorial Uni'Vertlity of Newfound­land, is conducting excavations of a 16thcentury Basque ~haling~ pOSSible lSthcentury, French trading post.Continuing anal ysis of an early 19th centuryburial from L'Anse aux Loup, discovered in1987j suggests that it is a Black male.possiblY in a Brit1$h naval uniform.

Enclosure Park, Newcastle. New Brunswick.Scott Finley and Louise Hale , ArchaeologicalSerVices, Provincial Parks and HistoricSites, N.B.. are conducting a survey cfsites associated with pre-contact natives,late 18th century Acadian resettlement, 19thcentury SCGtti$h immigration.

Fortress of Louisbourg National HistoricPark, Nova Scotia. 30 May - 30 September.Charles Burke, Ganadlan Parks SerVice, isinventoring British 3eige wQrks and Frenchouter defences dating from 1145 and 1756.

Halifax Defence Complex National HistoricPark, Nova Scotia~ 23 May - 26 August.Earl Luffman, Canadian Parka Service, isinventoriag 18th-20th century British andCanadian harbour defences.

Minas Basin. Nova Scotia. tj JUly - 26August. Michael Deal, Memorial Uni~er5ityof Newfoundland, for the Nova Scotia Museum,is conducting a survey of sites associatedwith pre-contact natives, 18th centut-yAcadian, late 18th century estate ofFrederick des &aprea.

River Denys Basin, Cap~ Breton Island, NovaScotia. Brian Preston, Nova Scot~a Muaeum,is recording standing 19th century pioneerlog ca.bins.

Fort Amherst/Port La Joye National HistoricPark, Prince Edward Island. 20 June - 26August. Rob Ferguson, Canadian ParksSerVice, i~ direoting excavations of a 18thcentury Frenoh garrison and $ettlement.

Underwater ArchaeQlogy Sympos~~~

A productive symposium eponaored byProvincial Parks and Historic Sites, NewBrunswick, 1n April brought together divers

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JUITlQUITIES LEGLSL.IlTION AJID ARTIFACT TIlllIIT

Reported by; Mary Ann Mogus

from Canadian Parks Service, the OntarioMinistry I Save Our Shipwrecks (an Ontariounderwater archaeology society), andavocational divers in the province todiscuss underwater heritage concerns. As aresul t t the province hopes to organize anunderwater archaeology society. For fUrtherinformation, contact:

Scott Finley, Archaeological ServicesTourism. Recreation and Heritage Pro­vincial Parks and Historic Sites

P. O. Box 6000Fredericton, New BrunswickCanada E3B 5B1

Discussions should be broad enough tosomething to many CNEHA members.further information contact:

Cataraqui Archaeological ResearchFoundation

370 King Street WestKingston, OntarioCanada K7L 214613-542-3483

offerFor

Legislation Shipwreck Legislation

OIlTARlO

Grants

Reported by: W. Bruce Stewart

Note: Environment Canada - Parks, formerlyParks Canada, has undergone another namechange. It is now Canadian Parks Service.

Current Research"

Reported by: Roaald A. Thomas

RURAL AllClIAl!OLOGI III TIlE KID-ATI.AJlTIC

New address for Mary Ann Mogus:2141 Keystone AvenueGreensburg, PA 15601412-834-9146.

This will be effective from June 1988 toAugust 1989.

A phase II arebaeological survey wasconducted by MAb < A::rsociate:!:, Inc. (MAl) ofNewark, Delaware and Heite Consulting ofCamden, Delaware, at the location of a mid­19th century Ivins/Mershon farmstead(36B0198) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.Located on land which was once part ofPennsbury Manor, the site is representativeof the breakdown of large rural landholdings from the late 18th century throughthe middle of the 20th century. WhenPennls beirs sold off portions of the estatein 1786, 200+ acres were conveyed to tbeKirkbride family who, in turn, sold it toRobert Ivins. Between 1858 and 1876 Ivinstransferred 62 acres to the Mershon family.A farmstead is shown on an 1876 map as beingowned by the Mershon family. The farmsteadwas occupied and retained its ruralcharacter until 1951 when the property wasacquired by the Fairless Works. Thefarmstead was then abandoned and demolished.

The Abandoned Shipwreck Act, Senate Bill 858(House Resolution -421) was finally approvedin April 1988~ It now becomes Public Law100-298. This federal Law will assist StateLaws already in plaoe and is an additionalstep in protecting our historic culturalresources.

Master Plan Workshop: Septem­1988, focus to be onresource management planning.

Archaeologicalbel' 15-16,archaeological

The American Ceramic Circle has announcedthat it will award one or more researchgrants this year to individuals to supportoriginal scholarship in the field of thehistory of ceramics. Special considerationwill be given to topiC8 of Americaniflterest. Th~ grants awardeq\will vary butwill not exce¢ $1500. They are intended toprovide assistance for such costs ofresearch" as travel and photography. TheAmerican Ceramic Cirule will have theprimary right to publish the papers, withillustr4ions, in Tts bul'letin or asseparate nwnographs. Recipients of grantswill be' ~pected to present lectures basedon their, ~esearch at the Circle's symposia.The dead lime for applicatiQns is October 1,198B. ~'F'br appl-icationsand furtherinformation write Marie Elwood, ChiefCurator, History Section, Nova ScotiaMuseum, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, CanadaB3H 3A6.

Prince Edward Island has recently passed aprovincial Archaeological Sites ProtectionAct. An Archaeological Advisory Board hasbeen set up with Anna Sawicki, UniverSity ofPrince Edward Island, as Chair.

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Archaeological testing resulted in theidenti f1cation of six features, inc 1 udingthe remains of two building foundations, oneof which was identified as a residence. Theremaining features included a brick-linedwell and three midden/pit features; thelatter consisted of refuse disposal areaswhich contained 19th and 20th centuryartifacts and rood remains. Tbe artifactassemblage is consistent with a late 19th tomid-20th century rural occupation of thesite.

RURAL ARCHAEOLOGY II IIEV KliGLUD

Billee Hoornbeek, the editor for thissec t i '0 n 0 f the news 1 e t t e r, bas been'transferred to tbe West Coast. Please'"submit any newsletter items for thissection to the correct state editor.

u. s. FOREST SERfiCE

Reported by: Bert Herbert

Current Research

Wayne National Forest: Last fall HockingTechnical College, Nelsonville, Ohio, workedwitb forest archaeologist Mary Wilson tomove an 18305 log house and associatedoutbUildings to Hocking's campus. Thestructures will form part of a permanent on­campus interpretative site.

UTERIlATIOHAL IEVS

Publication

Archaeology in Nortb Devon ~.=.~ a ijOpage booklet explaining the results of sevenmajor excavations undertaken in North Devon.Plans of the important 17tb century potteryl(ilns from Barnstaple are included andexampl~s of the varied range of kilnproducts illustrated. The exotic finds fromBideford are also described. Copies of thebooklet can be obtained from: Tbe RescueArchaeologist, North Devon District CouDcilCivic Centre, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1EA:Cost: L2.50 per copy plus 20p per COpypostage.

Current Research

Allegheny National Forest: Historic Archaeo~ogi5ts excavating seventeenthConservation and Interpretation, Inc. c~~tury pottery kilns in Barnstaple, Devon,conducted a survey of the oil and gas England are interested in sharing their workstructures located in the forest. This is witb 8teir American colleagues. For furtherthe first component of a cultural resource infor~tion, please contact Linda Blanchard,management study being developed for Rescue. Arch~eo.logist, North Devon District

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NEWSLETTER

OOUllCIL JlEVS

19l1ll AIlN1IAL IlKETIIlG. Qll£BIlC CITY

The 1988 annual CNEHA Meeting was held inQuebec City on October 14-t6. From allpOints of view, it can be considered tohave been a real success. There were atotal of 141 registrants (66 Americansand 15 Canad;ian5}~ In all, 32 paperswere presented. The book room was wellstocked with arcbaeological I1terature~

Material included the regular tat'€ but8.1,$0 pUblished and unpUbliShed reportsrarely available at CNEHA meetings.Exhibitors with personnel on hand werevery pleased by the interest given totheir respect1 va pUblications. The'ii'alking tours which focussed on J3.everalof Quebec City's major archaeologicalsites (develop$1 Or under inve8tigation)attraoted over 60 participants. Lunoh at

1920 - 1988

Professor of Anthropology f New YorkUniversity

Founding Member and Board Member; Counei 1tor Nortbeast Historical !i"().haeology

The Council will salute Be.rt SalwentscOntributions to our orgaoization and tohistorical archaeology in an upcomln,g volumeof our journal, Northeast HistoricalArchaeololitY~

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the Clarendon Hotel was well attended aswas the reception hosted by the CELA! atthe Interpretation Center of ArtilleryPark. Beer was unavailable ••.•s rarityat an archaeological conference reception_ but wine flowed generously throughoutthe evening. The reception also servedas a "book launch" for two newlypUblished reports on results ofexcavations and material culture analysisat the site of the Premier Pelais dellIntendant. Despite some last minutechanges. several videos were screened torather small but attentive audiences.Finally, muffins were large and tasty,and coffee abundant and strong.

To all of you who helped organize themeeting and to all of you who attended:thank you very much for having made itBuch a success I

Pierre Beaudet

Conference registrants by state orprovince:

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represents an increase of 56 members overthe total of 286 in October 1987. Inspite of the increased number of CNEHAmembers, only the categories of life,joint, and individual memberships showedan increase over the previous year. Thebreakdown for 1987 membership was: 6fellOW, 8 life, 14 institutional, 52stUdent, 4~ joint, and 162 individualmembers.

Cbalr Klein gave the October' 1987-October1988 Treasurerls report for Treasurer LizCrowell who was unable to be at themeeting. The previous balance was$7703.38, with total debits of $6688.34,and total credits of $4370.27 i for a newbalance of $5385.31. The lower balancereflects the publication of the CNEHAbibliography as the 25th anniversaryissue of the CHEBA journal, NortheastHistorical Archaeology, Volume 15, whichis available at $12.00 a copy.

ltlB1JTES (J' TIlE 1988 BllSlllESS llElITIlIG:

Connecticut: 3Delaware: 2Indiana: 2Maine: 13Maryland: 5Massachusetts: 3New Hampshire: 1New Jersey: 13New York: 8

Pennsylvania: 9Virginia: 6Washington, D.C.:British Columbia:Newfoundland: 1Nova Scotia: 3Ontario: 16Quebec: 54

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Journal Editor Mary Beaudry stated thatVolume 15 had been mailed in June and waseliciting a positive response so thatflyers recommending the 25th anniversaryissue were sent to institutions and allothers who have beoome members sinoe1986. Volume 15 with the historicalarohaeology bibliography was sent to the1986 membership. Beaudry went on torelate that both back issues and Volume15 were available in the conference bookroom.

Chair Terry Klein ope~ed the 1988 generalbusiness meeting of the Council forNortheast Historical Archaeology (CHEBA)at 8:110 AM in the Theatre of Le PetitSeminaire de Quebec at 3 rue deL1Univers1te, within the walls of OldQuebec City, Quebec, Canada, on Saturday,October 15, 1988. Klein welcomed theaudience in both French and Engliah andbegan the meeting by asking for andreceiving an acceptance of the minutes ofthe 1987 general business meeting asprinted in the 1987 CNEHA Newsletter.Mary Beaudry made the motion foracceptance that David Switzer seconded.

Secretary Nancy Dickinson gave the reportabout membership, relaying statisticscompiled by Lois Feister who maintainsthe membership lists. Ai!, of October 12,1988 there were 342 members, of which 3were fellows, 11 were life members, 13were institutional members, 42 werestudent members, 58 were joint members,and 215 were individual members. This

Journal Editor Beaudry mentioned that shewas processing 11 manuscripts. Sixessays for Volume 16 'Were going to theprinter in October 1988 for publicationand mailing in January 1989, thusbringing the publishing of the journalcloser to being on schedule. Four otheressays are out for revisi.on and cne otheris being reviewed. Beaudry reiteratedthe need for more manuscripts to insurethe continuing development of a forumwith a world-wide audience for historicalarchaeological projects. She encouragedanyone to submit any theoretical work aswell as any field reports or otherresearcb. Editorial guidelines wereavailable in the conference book room orelse from Beaudry.

Newsletter Editor Lu Ann De Cunzoreported that there have been threenewsletters so far this year, with afourth one to be mailed at tbe end of the

the j<1Urna.l, the reSpOtlBe to thenewsletter has been very favorable. Tocontinue the growtb of the "newne~8lette~~ De Cunzo urged everyone tofi 11 in the newsletter-evaluation-formprovided in the registration packet inorder to give the newsletter editor anidea of ~ow the newsletter can betterserve tbe Ilernbership. De Cunzo thankedAssistant Editor Evelyn T1dlol\;' for allher help with the production of thenewsletter.

Chair Klein then called upon ConferenceChairs Pierre Beaudet, Jim Kochan, andBruce Stewart to r>eport on the 1988~

1989, and 1990 conference ~etings.

Conference Chair Beaudet spoke about thesnow that welcomed those whc took thewalking tour of some of Quebec'sarChaeological sites and museums andabout the sun that was to be a fiDebackdrop for the Saturday and Sundaypresentations~ As of Saturday morning130 p<:iople had registered for theconference tbat would. provide a forum for33 speakers. Beaudet pointed out thatthe walled city of Old Quebec was amarvelous setting fOl' the papers, some of\fhich covered early eighteenth oenturytopics. Beaudet went on to thank theCentre D'Etudes Sur La L.angue, Lea Artset Lea TradltioDS Populaire DesFrancophones Sn Amerique Du Nord (CELAT)at lJnlveulte Laval, as well M tbe Cityof Quebec, and Environment Canada-Parksfor tbeir cooperation in undertaking tbeorganization and support or theconference.

Go-Ghair Kochan presented a slide showabout the attraotions of Horristow t NJ J

to encourage people to attend the '1989conference to be held October 6-8, 1989,in MorrisUHtm. Kochan and Co-Chair JohnSeidel aN.> planning a program that willinclude a possible tour of the PluckeminArchaeological Project's site, a 1718­1779 encampment of tbe ContinentalArtillery, which also served as anirnpo:rtant early military "field factory"p:r-oduclng: munitions and militaryequipage. Morristown National HistoricalPark has had more than 40 yearS ofhiatorical arohaeQlogioal research on itsmany sites end much of this i5 nowin.tet'preted and accessible to the generalpublic. The region is ~ieh in historyand numerous other $ites, sUGh as thenearby Speedwell Village end Irorn?Orks.On behalf of Morristown NationalHistorical Park, tbe PluckeminArchaeological Projeot, and Seidelt

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gochan invited everyon€ to join thew nextfall in an a1'€la tbat is easily reacbed byair (Newark Airport), rail (from NYC),and car.

As ChaiI' of the 1990 conferencet Stewartdescribed Kingston, Ontario, the- $ite oftbe October 1990 meeting. Kingston islocated on the eastern end of LakeOntario. wi tb easy access from Syrac.use.The City of Kingston has a PQpulati-on of60 t OOO and i. oae of tbe earliestEuropean sites in Canada (1670s) with amilitary focus that includes Preneb t

BritiSh. and Canadian phases. The cityis made UPt largely, of historicnineteenth-century 'brick and limestonebuildings that are still standing andlOVingly restored. There is a choice of17 museums to visit in Kingston. and bythe time of tbe conferance the archaeo­logical projects to date w111 beinterpreted in an exhibition. Spcnsor­Ship and support will come from the Cityof Kingatun, Queens University, Environ­ment Canada-Parks, tbe Cataraqu1 Arobaeo­logioal Researoh Foundation. and theprovince of Ontario Ministry of Museumsand Culture.

Nominations and Election Cnmmittee ChairDavid SWitzer thankeo everyone who hadthrown he:r/hi:s hat into the ring jorpossible membership Oll the executiveboa.rd~ Fourteen CHEBA members agreed torun for office, and 13 Vere on theballot. Th:rough an overSight SilasHurry'S nallle was left off the ballot~ Ifbe so ohoO$e$, Hurry is the first nomineefor the 1989 election of offieer~~ Tberewae large voter responSe for tbe fivepositions on the board: 103 Qallots were'Counted (2 other ballots arrived afterthe dead line). Mary Beaudry and DavidStarbuok Mere re-electgd. MarcelMoussette, John Seidel, and J~ MarkWittkofski wre elected~ SWitzer reiter­ated his thanks to tbe nOminees and .forthe voter turnout and offered hiscongratUlations to the new board members.

Chair Klein then thanked the outgoingboard members who bad served from 1985through 1988. Commendations went· toPierre Beaudet, Lv Ann De Cunzo, BertSal ..·u). and Ann Smith. With theretirement of tbese beard members threestanding committees bad vacancies. FaithHarrington has agreed to be the CNEHAArcbivist. Steve Cumbaa take.s over theMemberShip Committee t and Starbuckbecom~s the Ne¥sletter Editor.

Chair Klein asked if there 'Were any ne\<i

business at which point new board memberSeidel proposed a re801ution~

WHEREAS the City of Quebec. theCanadian Parks Service and LavalUniversity Centre d'Etude Sul' LaLangue. les arts et las traditjonspopulairea en Amerique du Nord(eELAT) have graciously hosted the198B meeting of the Council forNol'tbeast Historical Arohaeology; and

WHEREAS the et'i'ort.s of the thl'eeindividuals in particular, PIERREBEAUDET. W!LLIAM MOSS, and MARCELMOUSSETTE have made tbis a success­ful meeting; and,

WHEREAS after the uncertain startthey have managed to provide ue withmagnificent weather;

NOw THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that theCouncil extends Us ainGeN< thanks tothese individuals and institutionsfot' their hard work and hospitality,and we commend them as an example tofuture conference organizers.

Wittkofski moved the resolution beaceepted; De CunZD seconded the motion;and the resolution passed.

With no otber' new business, Chair Kleinasked for a motion to adjourll themeeting. The motion carried and themeet1r~ came to a close at 9:00 AM.

Bespectrully submitted,

Nancy S. DickinsonSecretaryNovember 28, 1988

This has been an exciting year for CNEHA.The lllot>ting in Quebec was a greatsuccess. thanks to the hard work ofPierre BeaUdet, ~illiam Moss. MarcelMoussette. and those who assisted them.The papers were ..,.e 11 race1 vea, and tbearchaeologioal tours of the city wereenjoyed by all. Such a setting as Quebecwill be hard to beat!

What I remember most about the meetingwas the Sharins of ideas and experiencesamong American and Canadian historicalarchaeologists. TbiS, after all, is whatmake3- our organization unique.

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OUt' latest journal {Volume 15, 1986)celebrated CNElli!. IS 20th anni versary, andinoluded a comprehensive bibliography onhi5torical archaeology in thenortheastern United States and easternCanada. This volume has become verypopular, and will undoubtedly be animportant res.ourcr. tor historicalarchaeologists. David Starbuck is to b~commended fer organizing and assemblingthe bibiliography.

I also wish to tbank the out~go1ng boardmembers, Ann Smith, Pierre Beaudet, BertSalwen and Lu Ann De Cunzo, fol' all theireffOrts in keeping cur organizationrunning, and helping it to grew. SinceLu Ann will no longer be on the board,she has chosen not to oontinue as theNeWSletter editor. Lu Arm is: responsiblefor the new and improved Newaletterformat yeu have been reading and enjoyingover the past year. She has clearly madean important cOntribution to thecontinued success of eNEHA; and we willall miss bel' and wish bel' the best ofluck on her future pUblishing adventures.

See you in Morristown in 19B9t

Terry H. KleinCNEJ::A Chairman

NE~SLETTEa REPORT

Reported by: Lu Ann De Cunm

In 1989, Da .... id Starbuck will edit (lurnewsletter. His e~perienoe with severalothet' archaeological journals andneWsletters w111 mean an increasinglyprofessional pUblication, Pm sure, and onewhicb will even probably reacb you on time!David and I have talked. about some of hiSideas, and I am looking forward to receiVir.gthe firat newsletter of 1989. tle havedeCided to continue 'With theState/Provincial a~d Thematic £ditor system,and a revised list of editors follows.DaVid will be contacting each of you soonabOut deadlines for the next newsletter,scheduled i'or issuance in March 1989. Anysubmissions from the memberShip at largeshOUld probably be mailed. to thi;\ appropriateeditor as soon as you read this {given thatthis one is being mailed out in auch atime ly manner).

To all of you who have SUbmitted news thisyear, to all the state, provincial andtbematic editors, and especially to EvelynTidlo", who helped in ipnume~able ways with!::-~~".yea:'5 new:sletter.'h many thankS; and to

Wa.shlngtOIl! h £.:.Elizabeth Crowell3338 0 Street, N. W.Apt. 205Wa.shingtoD, D.C. 20007202-775-3QQ5

Virginia:'George Hiller

..' Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Will1am3burg Foundation

Williamsburg, VA 23187604-229-'000

West VirginiaAJaan Frye

/ P. O. 80. 355Harper 1 s Ferry, WV 25~25

304-535-6371

DelawareAlice GuerrantBureau of Archaeology and Historic

Preservation15 The GreenDover. DE 19903302-736-5685

MarxlandHenry KillerBox 168St. Mary'S City, HD 20686301-862-0973

PennsylvaniaJohn McCartbyR. D. 1 Box 240Birdsboro, PA 19508215-436-9000

New Jersey/ Edward H. Morin

/ Louis Berger and Associates, Inc.100 Halsted StreetP. O. Box 270East Orange, HJ 07019201-678-1960

~ew York City/ Daniel N. Pagano

Hew York City Landmark Pre5ervatioDCOIlllll13sion

2 Lafayette Street, 22nd FloorNew lork, NY 10007212-553-1134

,Connectiout

;::eoe Iirkorlan~ ~istorical Perspeotives

P. O. 80. 331Riverside, CT 06878203-661-073Q

,Rhode Island k...J.J ,'"1-}.. i~·'-.<Gail Brown _..f).....'.I

Rhode Island Historic PreservationColD.llis5ion

150 Benerit StreetProv I 02903 "' - J:~01-227-2678 '-/0/ 277 -£-<> I

rmontB111 Murphy7 Headaw ....ayHiddlebury, VT 05753802-388-7577

~l~sacbusett:s

Suzanne Spencer-WOod81 Higbland ivenueArlington, HA 02114617-643-4371

New HampshireDavid SwitzerSocial SciencePlymouth State CollegePlymouth, NH 0326~603-536-5000MaineEmerson BakerYork Institute Huseum371 Main StreetSaco , ME 0"072207-282-3031

OntarioW. Bruoe StewartCatarsQul Arohaeological Research

Foundation370 King Street WestKingstoD, OntarioCanada [7L 2X4613-542-3483 (Office)6'3-389-4196 (Home)QuebecPierre Beaudet8~O Sir Adolpbe RouthierQuebec. QuebecCanada G1S 3P3418-648-7722 (Office)418-527-'835 (Home)

New York Statevi LoIs FeisterPaul HueyNew York State Bureau of Historic

PreservationPeebles Islandwaterford, h"Y 12188518-237-8643

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. Nova

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--SCotial Newfoundland. Rob Fergu50n

Canadian Parks ServiceUpper Water StreetHalifax, Nova ScotiaCanada B3J 1S9902-426-9509

AntiqUj,.!-:Jes Legislation and ArtifactTheft

Mary Ann HogusPhysics Depapt~nt

East Stroudsburg UniversityEast Stroudsburg, FA 18301717-"2~-3341

Environmen~al ReconstructionWilliam Fishel'Department of ArchaeologyBoston University232 Bay State RoadBoaton, MA 02215617-353-3415

Military SitaeSeventeenth Century:Charles FithianIsland Field Museum and Reseepob CenterR. D. 2 Bo" 126Milford, DE 19963302-335-5395

Eighteenth Century:Carl Barna12525 Arnsley CourtHerndon, vA 22071202-343-9353

PubHc EduoationJohn Seidel24 Mountain CourtBedminster, NJ 01921201-23~-9299

Rural Archaeology iJ! lli. Mid-AtlanticRonald A. ThomasMAAR Associates, lUG.P. O. Box 6769 Liberty PlazaNewark, DE 19715-0676302-368-5777

!!...!.. Army Corp.~_ 2!~~Roselle Henll129 Vest 39th. StreetNc. 33Hew York, NY 10024212-264-4662

1k. ih. FO_:ff:!st §.~.1'JriceBert HerbertCultural Re~o~rce SpecialistAllegheny National Forest222 Liberty StreetWarren, PA 16365814-123-5150 "128

VEllIlONT

Reported by: WHliam Hurphy

The excavation at the Ferris site, one ofthe original bomesteads on Lake Champlain,was wrapped up at the end of June. Manyartifacts were recovered, the most importantbeing many cannister and grape shot whichconfirms the site is where Benedict Arnold'smen scrambled to after beachinS: and burningtheir Ships followlng the Battle of Valc.ourIsland. It was recorded that British Shipschasing them cruised off the IDOutb of Ferris(nQ'W Arnold's) Bs.y raining shot upon thertl~The excavs.tion, headed by David Starbuck andassisted by Art Cohn of the Basin HarborMaritime Museum, was funded by the VermontCouncil on the Humanities and was used as aneducational platform not only for thevolunteer excavators but for the mOf'e than1000 school children, Historical Societymembers and senior citizens who visited thesite during its four week cyole~ The site,which has slowly been eroding into thewaters of Lake Champlain t is in the proeesaof being stabili$:ed to prevent furtherdeterioration.

The State Divi~ion of Historio Sites hasrecently bired Audrey Porscbe as RegionalHistorio Site Administrator for HubbardtonBattlefield, the Chimney Point historicdistrict, the For'estdale Iron 'Works andMount Independence. This last site is oneof the best preserved Revolutionary Warencampments. Audrey's undergraduate workwas at the University of MiChigan inArchaeology. and she holde a graduate degreein Museum Studias from George WashingtonUniversity. She cane to Vermont from NorthDakota where she was Curator of Collectionsat the State Historical Society.

Cooferenoes

The Vermont Archaeological held its annuslmeeting on Saturday October 16, 1968.

Reported by: Suzanne Spencer_Wood

Field School

Old Sturbrl<lge Village will hold ita firstannual Summer Field School in ArchitecturalHistory from June 26 to August 11, 1989.

'The program, focusing on buildings Of thelate 18th and ea~ly 19th centuries in ruralcentral Massachusetts, will festureintensive instruction and experience ina~chitectural documentation techniques:measuring and drawillg bUildings;architectural photographY; and a thoroughintroduction to documentary ~esearch. Guestlecturers from numerous diSCiplines willmake presentations en current methods in thestudy of architectul'e and Hew Eaglandhlstory. The Fie.ld Scbool in ArchitecturalHistory will be held in conjunction with theeleventh annual Old Sturbridge VillageSummer Field School .in HistoricalArchaeology. The second season ofarchaeological excavatfon at tbe house andshop site of the early 19th centurycabinetmaker/housewrigbt James Clark of WestBrookfield t Massachusetta, will becomplemented by the documentation ofbuildings in west Brookfield and thesurrounding towns, seVeral of whicb wereerected by Clark. Students in both fieldschools will be given many opportunities tointeract with their counterparts and will beencouraged to explore and integrate themethods and findings of the othe~ group.Negotiations are underway with ClarkUniversity of Wor-cester t MassaChusetts togrant both undergraduate and graduate coursecreaits to field scbool participants.Applications to the Old stUrbridge VillageField SchOol in Architectural History mustbe returned by May 1, 1989. Enrollment islimited to twenty students~ For furtherinformaticn and an application contact;Myron O. Stachiw or Nora Pat SmallResearoh DepartmentOld Sturbridge Village1 Old Sturbridge Village RoadStUrbridge, Massacbusetts 01566(508) 347-3362

Reported by; Paul Huey and Lois Feister

Current Re~€arch

Excavations by the Archeology Unit of theBur'eau of Historic Sites of the New YorkState Office of Parks, Recreation andHistoric Preservation COntinued with threemajor' projects directed by Charles Fisher atCrown Point State Histodc. Sit.~ in 1988.First,-re-;cue oper'ations pr~ceding theconstruction of a new maintenance bUildingfacility revealed remains of probably threemilitary huts from the French end lndian Warperiod, dating from the encampment ofBritish regular and Provincial troops in1"'~" ~~ .. ~.,..::'" __ ~_ ,

7barracks. In the British fortress built in1759 and burned in 1171, excavations werecompleted in the Slumped earthen ramparts tolooate the original atone revetment fac:tngthe moat and the stone casement wall wh:l.chfaced the inside parade ground. It has beenproposed to erect a thin steel ·space frame"from those points to reoreate the outlineand size of the original rampart wall of thefort~ess in a single cross section. In FortSt. FN)deric. the Fr'ench fort built in 173.4and pa~'tial1y destroyed in 1159, testing hasrevealed deeply stratified sequences of $oildeposits in the vicinity of a structureshow 'Within the fOT"t OU a 1752 map.

'Test trenches were excavated hy the Bureauof I:listorio Sites at (1'8+,10 Stat~_HistoricSite to accommodate new electrical condUits,reY;aling data on the occupation of thissite in the 17th_19th oenturies. Theseexoavations, directed by Lois Peister,prOduced samples from sheet trash~ Thefoundation wall of an 18th century rear wingwas alao located. It is believe Crailostands in the area which was originally thesite of a house built early in the 16605 byJeremias van Rensselaer. Cralla RistoricSite, whioh is Opetl weekly frOm Wednesdaytbrough Sunday to the end of December.contains exhibits of the artifacts excavatedat Fort Orange and at other 17th centuryDutch sites. Tbe hours are 10-5 ~ed.through Sat. and 1-5 on Sunday.

Test surveys were continoed hy the Bureao ofHistorio Sites in the area. around _~~n"!t_~

House Sta_t!! His._~.9ric Site. 8uilt about1616, Senate House stands at ODe OQrner ofthe town which was laid out in 1658 andcalled WiltwyCk (now Kip.gst91V. Research byJoseph SopkO has recently identified earlysequences of title and boundaries of the11th oentury town lots surrounding SenateHouse. Testing was designed to sample someof these town lots. ReSUlts inoludednutJ<frous 17-18th century cet'amics. SenateHouse was bUilt at the home of Wessel TenBroek, at l~ast a century before tbe firstNew Xor~ State Senate IDet there in 1777. Anexpanded interpretation program accompaniedeacb of these projects. ArchaeologistElizabetb Chilton~ now at the University ofMassachusetts, wrote broohuras, pressrelea.ses and exhibit pane-ls, ta.lked tovisitors and presented s Hoe- talks as partof this effort.

Graduate archaeological students from Stete­University of New York at Bingharotonrecently cotiJpleted {n:ca'iTations alor.g Mainstreet in the Village of List~t, and bavelccated a mid-19th century SUUlllJel' k:itcbenf'r>" ........ ""+~" ... ", .... "" .<'~ __ ~H "' ••

Cl~rk, SU~Y gradcste student, is serving asprOject supervisor fer the weI.' York StateDept. of Transportation cuI tural re"ourceproject.

Archaeological divers embarked on the firstUnderwater reo overy project at Q1.2- FortNiagara thi.s. past s,ulIltt:er. Stuart D. Scott.the State tint Vi;H'Sity of New York at 8uffaloprofessor "ho is directing the Old FortNiagara Archaeological ProJect, has beenconducting land excavations at the Fortsince 1979. The site was used as a ~harfand docl!: area from 1726 until around 1825.Scott (:xpectsto be: able to chart exactlywhat structures lay in the wharf area andhopes to generate other information on thedally 1 :ife of the soldiers and seamen "Whoused the fort. After sectioning off thearea and laying t .....e peroanent base linesunderwater, d1 VG: teams worked toward thecenter of the l"1Ve1', two feet to either sideof a line marked at four foot intervals.After completing a sweep, the line wasshifted and the sweep contj,Dued, thusoverlapping the search area~

A War of 1812 burial ground was uncover-ed inthe middle of a planned $35 million housingdevelopment at historic Madison ~rr~cks inSacketts Rarbor. William Roberts l chiefarChaeologist tor Greenhouse Consultants l

Inc. of :New York City. dire.cted the projectin which the remains of six individual'Ssuspected to date from the War of 1812 wererecovered. As many as 200 bodies may beburied on the aite 'Where Fort Pike. one of5everal forts on Madison Berracks, oncestood. While laboratory work is continu.ingon the remains, a report is being. draftedthat may recommend changes in thedevelopment. Tbe property with the burialswill either be set aside and no ope wll1hui Id on it, or there wi 11 have to be amitigation project undertaken.

! four year pro&rarn of excavation of the Warof 1812 brig the Jefferson was completed inOctober. 'The project has been sponsored OJ'the Basin Harbor Maritime Museum, theNational Geographic Society and the stateBureau of jUstoric Sites, ami is under thedirection of Arthur :B. Cohn, director of theBasin Harbor (Vt.) Maritime Mu,seum. Thehulk of The Jefferson liee in three feet ofmud in $hallow water at the marina atSacketts F.arbor. Only half of the structurehas survived. Launcbed in 1814, 'TheJefferson was part of the ~bipbuilding raceon Lake Ontario betWeen tbe Ontted Statesand Great Britain.

,New Netherland Festivals to celebrate theorigins of the states of Connecticut,Delaware, New Jersey, .New York andPennsylvania in the origjnal ares known aswNieu Nederlandtn will be held in the regionin 1989~ A replica of Henr~' Hudsonts st..ip,de ~?_:LY:_~_ ~aen, now being built in Albi.HlY!wi 11 visi t 15-20 oi ties and towns along theHUdson, Connecticut and Delaware Rivers tobecome the centerpiece fer each festi val.For more information contact New Netherlandfestival 1989, Suite 1tJ14 t 3C1 NoethHarrison Streett Princeton, NJ Og5~O; (609)683-7690.

An exhibit of 17th and 18th century Dutchand Flemish sti 11 life paintings from thecelle-ction of the Budapest Museum of fineArts in ccm::.ectlon with the Rochester Musewand Science Center's new permanent exhibi tentitled nAt the Western Door~ SenecaIndians. Europeans, and Americana j,n theGenessee Valley" is scheduled at the Museumfor April 28-JuDe 18. 1989. A large numberof Dutch trade goods from Senecaarchaeological sites can be related to thestill life paintings to illustrate theeffects of contact between two 1/e1'ydifferent cultures. For further infOrmationcontact Charles F. Bayes III, RooheaterMuseum and Scjence Center, 657 East Avenue,Rochester I NY 14607; (116) 271-4320.

Publi.cations

J, ne"i free catalogue listing roore than 200publications on anthropology, history,botany. entomology! zoology, geologYt anapaleontology is now available frOm the NewYork State Museum. To obtain it oOPY write;Publications Sales! New York State: MuseilJll,3140 CEe, Albany, NY 12230.

ft.2.!'.Q.Q...:i~! R!:t!:.£Jl §'i!!~Ltfl:!.L AaInterdisciplinary Approach. Edited by EricNooter and Patricia 0. Bonoml (New York:New Yor-k UniverSity PrtLSS t 198tU! 105 pp.~16 ilillstratl~ns.

lll!I/ IOllit CITY

Reported by: Daniel Pagano

The South Street Seaport presented a seriesof evening programs this fallon the manyfaces of commerce in 19th century New York.These free programs ~era made possible inpart through a grant from Citibank N.A.

fi!ntroducing BullS, Bears and Beauties"Ken JackJ;lon or C9lumbia University tracedthe unique Causes and unexpectedconsequences that figured in .New York City'srise to gr'eatness in the 19th century."Sickness in the City"David Rosner of Baruch College and the CityUni varsity of New York Graduate Centerdiscussed the diseases and epidemics thatravaged New York during the cityls rise toeconomic preeminence.ffTemples of Exohange rt

Deborah Gardner of the Encyclopedia of NewYork City Project traced the role Of theStock Exobange in making New York theoapital of commerce."The Pleasures of the Bowery"Peter Buckly from the Faculty of theHumanities at Goope~ Union told of the timewhen tile Bovery ~as the birthplace ofO€lodrama, minstrelsy, and menageries."sex, Sin and Commerce-Tim Gil.fcyle of Barnard College ohronicledNew York IS century of prostitution and thecommercialization of sex."Re-Shaping Lover Manhattan"Betsy Blackmar of Columbia Universityexamined tbe effects on real estate as asmall port city expanded into a thrivinecommercial center.

The South Street Seapo~t Mus*um offers aseries of tours for schoel childreo, GradesKindergarten through senior year in high:':!chooL One, 'liThe Arohaeology of LowerHanhattanw, is available for students inGrades 3-6, and 7-12. In the exhibition"Beneath the City Streets: The Archaeologyof Wall Street-, students examine actualartifacts unearthed in recent excavatlonsand dis{Juss what they tell about everycaylife in early New York. An aSSOCiatedworkshop teanhes about archaeologists' toolsand methods through use of a modelexcavation site. Call the EducationReservationist at (212) 669-9416 for furtberinformation.

Rep-crted by: Edward MOt'in

Work during the 198a field season at Morvenin f.sin~~~o~ focussed on establishingconstruction sequenoes fo~ architectural andlandscape features directly associated withthe main house~ A spread of 18th centurytrash in front of the west ving confirmed

the preSence of this wing by the thirdquarter of the 18th cetltury~ The sheetmidden deposit lay directly 00 top of alayer of red shale gravel which appears toborder the original foundations of this wingand the center block of the house. Thegravel layer sealed the foundation trenchfor tbe south wall of the main block whichf:rOlli architectural studies done on theinterior has not been dated any earlier than1795. Archaeological work in front of theeast wing exposed !it mid 19th century walkwaymade of gravel and o:;ica overlYing an earlierwalkway laid on the original mid 18thcentury ground surface. Oral traditionsUggests a borse chestnut tree lined walk inthis location which way have served a$ theoriginal approach to the house. Additionalwork in the garden to tbe north of the houserevealed the lateral extent or the terraceidentified in 1981 and the presence of apOSSib le pond. Anne Yentsch continues todirect the project; Mac Goodwin ser-ved asfield director this season and Judd Kratzerwas the field superVisor. At the height ofthe summer 24 professionals and studentswere h~rking on the site.

Louis Berger and: Associates, Inc. {LBA)working tor the N. J. Department ofTransportation and the Federal HighwayAdministration conducted an investigation orl wo loc~ (Locks !! and !!!l and !!. lock~.§l:nderls house Trenton. The project wasunder the direction of Edward M. Morin withiiu$sistance from Judson Kratzer and JohnMartin. Previous studies on the canal haveinvestigated typical urban and rural canalCl'o1'$s-seetions I but have not addressedquestions related to the social 8nvironmentof canal workers or the technOlogy of lockconstruction and operation~

Historic Sites Research (Susan Karaas andEdward Larrabee) 13 oonducting surveyexcavations along proposed utility linesaround the exterior of the Q1Jl J:l.Jl.l:ilcks inTrenton. The Old Barracks was Duil t in1758-1759 to house Britlsh troops during theFrench and Indian War', and is the onlysurviVing barrack of five built by theFrovinc~ of New Jersey. Three seasons ottesting outside the barracks h2ve shown thatsmall Sections of 18th 0entury groundsurface are preserved between 19th oonturybuildings and adjacent to intrusive streets.In this fourth series of exoavationsJ thrceadditional )ocations were investigated wherea natural soil pr'of1le was preserved with18th century artifacts, buried under threeto six feet of demolitioll ~ubbl. andlandscaping fill.

Susan Kardas and Edward Larrabee of HistoricSites Research report their ongoing a~alY$iS

of 18th and 19th century gardens andgrounds, and of tbe archaeologicalexpression of 19th century rural living iscontinuing. Excavations in 1968 at thegrounds ot hachfield (ca. l~Ml, \'it restoredhi3toric house near Mount Ecllys follo~ onlandscape archaeology performed at PennsburyManor, Graeme Fark, and Fallsington, inPennsylvania. A combination of exploratorytechniques, including slit trencbing andgeotechnical methods; has revealed extetlsi veareas of sheet trash disposal, syate!Jls ofwalks, and garden bed areas, as well as outstl:'1Jctures.

EdwaN1 Larabee and Susan Kar'das of HistoricSites Research report that work iscontinuing on their ethnoarchaeologicalp~oject at the Scotts Mountain RuralHistoric District p,ear Phillipsburg. Dat~recovery has been conducted at six farrtSteadz,ites, and testing at six others. all nowinundated. Additional testing is now beingdone at seven other farmsteads vhich arewithin a preserve but will not be flQoded~

All were part of a rural mountain communityof small to mid-sized fartus, with firetsettlement from the 1780.8 to the 1860s.This study has produced one of the nest setsof well~docuroented farm settlement data forproperties which ceased to exist juet pl:'iOrto the introduction of extensive 20thcentury mechanization.

Publioations

Horristowo National Historical Park 1spleased to annOUnce an agreement with G. lLHall and Co. to produce a microfiohe editionof the papers or Hessian units which servedin Narth Amerioa during tb. Amerj.canRevolution. Housed in the park )ibrary, thePapers are the most significant collectionof such Hessian materials outside ofGermany. Following the close of theRevolutionary War, Hessian order books,reports, letters and journals ""ere depositedin German at'chive$~ These records coveredcampaigns throughout the iiar J viewed fromthe Hessian perspective. In the early 20thcentury, William Van Vleck Lidgerwood, aresident of Morri$town~ arranged the copyingof .some 20,000 pages of tbese records andbrougbt toe transcribed re'Cord8 baok toMorristown. Later, the transcriptions weredonated to Morristown National HistoricalPark~ Nearly 90 percent of the Hes3ianpapers have been trans lated into English.The. forthcoming miorofiche edi tion wi IIinclude the translations 83 well as theoriginal ~rman.

'0Organizatio!Jcal~

A new organiz~t1cn, Tbe Hudson WaterfrontMuseuw, has ju~t been established in NewJersey as a specific means of publio aocessto the Hudson River watel"front, an anohor oftbe Hudson Waterfront Walkway! a site ofcreative public ~aterfront utilization andrecreation, a focus of education andappre<:iation of Hudson waterfront her-itage,and a faCility for preservation andrestoration. Through a series of .floating,pier-side and land-based spaces, the museumwill pro,ride iii reference to "ork, life andtransportation along the Hudson during itscommercial heyday. Your tax-deductiblecontribution will help launch this effert.Membership oategories are: $15 IndiVidual!$7.50 Student, $25 Falliil)' r $50 Contributor,$125 Sponsor, ilnd $500 Benefaotor. Tobecome a member Or for further informationwri te: tfudson Waterfront Museum, P. O. Box1602, West New York, NJ 07093~

T~mp2ra~x Positions Available

Curetorial DiviSion, Morristown NationalHistcrical Park seeks qualified individualsto oa.talogue ext;;tnsive 18th and eat'ly 19thcentury archaeological collection:) from Parkaitest inclUding ceramics, gla~sware, tools,military implements, buttons and buildinghardware. Background in 18th centurymaterial CUlture, especially archaeologicalmaterials, essential. Fami 1 iari ty withcomputerization of archaeologicalcollections desirable but not essential.TYPing skills necessary. Hourly salaryrange $7.25 - 10.00 based on experience.Housing may be available. AntiCipatedstarting date is early spring 19S9~ For­further information, Dontact Jawas L.KOChan, Curator, MorristowD NationalHistorical Park, Washington Place,Morristown, NJ 07960, (201) 539-2016. Tobegin the application process! send letterof interest and resume to J. Kocban at- theahov€' address ~

Celebration

An evening of colonial entertainroent tocommemorate the birth of George Washingtonand the Bicentennial of his Inauguration asthe first President of the United States isbeing planned by the WaShington Associationof New Jersey and Morristown NationalHistorical Park. On the evening of February11,1989, aD 1Sth century dinner buffet andball will be held at the Birchwood Maner inWhippany. The menu will include foodstYPical of an 18th century dinner such asour fit'st fresi,dent might have hosted.

Dan¢emaster Cyril Hendrickson will beinstructing 18th oentury dances, and lessonswill be offered earlier in the day.Demonstration dances will be performedthroughout the evening. Music will beprovided by Spring Fever, an ensemble lil"hiohspecializes in 18th oentury dance music.Reservat50na Ju'e now being accepted at a feeof $110 per person. :Invitations lliay beacquired by contacting Morristown 'NationalHistorioal Park at (201)539-2016.

Reported ~y: John McCarthy

Current Research

Edward Heit. of Heite Consulting hascompleted a Phase 1 survey of 181 acres ofcharcoal forest at Hopewell Furnace NationalHistoric Site. ! total of 38 charcoal­related features were found, of which 7 wereco 1llers f but" and 31 we re charaDa i-mak iogpits. The report of the findings has been

filed at Hope~ell Furnaoe.

In connection with landfill expansion alongthe Delaware River ~ Buck!? County. HeiteCopsulting conducted Phase I surveys forWaste Management, Inc. The area waspartioularly sensitive because the p~oject

site 11es 011 three sides of .Pennsbury.William PeDnta American home; DO 17thcentury sites were found~ but other periodswere represented.

In October John Milner AS$ooiates. IDC-.completed data recovery excavation of asmall tenant farm house dating from theearly 19th century in Do:rneyville, LehighCounty. Jeanne A. Ward l'3upervlsed theexcavation under the direction of John P.McCarthy for the Pennsyl vania nept~ ofTransportation. Foundations of the houseand an outbUilding were uncovered.Artifacts '#ern reoovered from sheet middendeposits and a trash pit feature~

John Mllner Associates, Inc. is providingongoing archaeological monitoring andrecovery of significant archaeologicaldeposits during the constructiou of the VineStr~et Expressw~~. along the edge of thedowntoJ'lQ. Q.(}r.~. 2.!:. Philadelphia~ MichaelPa'rrington is directing the project with theassistance of Philip Carstairs and GeorgeCress for the Penn. Dept. of Transportation.Intact privy and well shaft features havebeen identified and evaluat¢d at severallocations along a 7 block oorridor. Several

11features assooiated with an 18th centuryw<n'i<ing class oommuni.ty have been excavated.

Late this ~ummer~ at the site of tbeconst~uot1on or a parking garage adjacent toIndependence National Historical Pa~. (INEP).in downtown Philadelphia, intaot remains ofwe 11 and privy 8haft features wereunexpectedly uncovered. It had been thoughttbat previous disturbance most lIkelydisturoed or destroyed any archaeOlogicalremains on the site~ The Vigilance ofRobert L. Giannini~ Ill, Assistant MuseumCurator at INHP and expert on 18th centuryceramics, re:sul ted in the formalidentification and subsequent at~baeologiealexoavatioll of several features at the siteunder tbe direction of Michael Farrington ofJohn Milner Assooiates, Inc.

Ken :Basalik of Cultural Heritage ResearchServioes, lnQ. reports that he haa recentlyoompleted testing of an 18th centuryspringbouse at the Highlands. ~ state-ownedhistoric aite in Montgomery Count!. FA. TheFrlend.a of the Highlands funded thee:lcavation~ In addition. he also recentlycompleted an overview evaluation of an 18thcentury farm complex. f.Q}":. the Pl;rntouthMeeting Historical Society! al:u~. aMontgomery County.

DELAWARE

Reported oy: Alice Guerrant

Louise Hei te of Hei te Consul ting has beenengaged by the Trustees of the New CastleCommon to conduct a Phase I survey of the1.1JJ.t QJUt!!J!:.rz ~.~.~. AIDs-tel tovn5ite~ NewAmatal (1651-16611) wa~ the seat of Dutchgovernment on the South {Delaware) Hivef'.By the time of the English takeover in 1664,it is supposed to have contained 300 houses.Tbe survey is being funded with &sslstanceof a Federal preservaticn grant through tbeDelaware Ihviaion of Eistorical and CulturalAffairs. The projectts end product 'Will bea preservation plan for the r-emain.s of NewAmstel, uhioh lie beneath the oldest part oflJew Castle.

Heite Consulting bas complet-ed Phase Istudies in conneetiQD with the DelawareDepartment of Transportation construction atLebanon I the former port for Dover ~ on theSt. Jones River. An 18th century causeway,mill dams, and granary sites wereidentiried~ Most significant, bovever, wasthe Collins, Geddes and Company cannery(1869-1882), which burned twice.

The 1989 Middle Atlantic ArchaeologicalConference lJill be held at Rehoboth Beaoh,Delaware on }<larch 31. Apr:H 1-2, 1989. Thefive sessions will be;_Middle Woodland to Late WoodlandTransition: Regional Cvervievs (Jay Custer,Organizer and Chair)-Thematio Issues in the Middle to LateWoodland T~ansitioo (Jay Custer, Chair)-Prehistoric Research in the Middle AtlanticRegion (Laurie Cameron Steponaitis t Chair)-f3:.:tJ:1!>oric ~:apas Rese~rch iO_ ~M J;J,:j<!J.'lAtl!¥,~ R§gion i..!I-ylie KiM.!.. 9h~irl_Applications of the Biological Sciences inMiddl.e Atlantic ArchaeolQgy (Joan Chase,Chair)Submit title and abstract for the historicalarchaeology session to Julie King, Patte~sonPark and MuseuCi, S.R~ 2, Box 50!, St.Leonard, MD 20658. Deadline for papersubmissions is February 3 f 1989,. Forfurther information on the conference,contact: Henry Miller

MAAC Program ChairmanHistoric St. Mary's CitySt. Mary'.s City, Maryland 20686(301) 862-0976

Reported by: Henry Miller

John Milner AssOciates, Inc. conducted PhaseJ: and II invest;!.sations at the VeteransAdlllinistration Medical Center at rer:a~in Cecil:. County during the SUlIlUler end fallof 1981. The project was directed byChat'les Cheek and J. Sand.erson Stevens.Historical r.es.earch 'lias conducted by PatrickOtBannan. Seventeen sites were identified,10 of which were evaluated during the PhaseII~ and six sites (four with histo~1ccomponents) were recoUWlended as eligi'i>le forthe National Register of Historic Plac.es.Historic atructures f featu~es and artifactsdocument oolonial occupation from the earlyto mid 18th century. Data frQm the historicsites also reflect the tra.nsiti<H1 fromsubsistence-oriented produotion to laterman::et-oriented production during the end ofthe 19th century. Historic reeearch focusedon structure locations, the exploitation ofbay versus interior resources and yardactivity areas.

John Milner Associates. Inc. have completedthe third and final season of data recovery

i~vestigations at the Addison Plantation$:lte {18PR17~i at Oxon H:l;..1....l...L Prince George's~ounty, for James !. Lewis Enterprises, Ltd.Norma A. Baumgartner-Wagner i~ serving asCoordinating Arnbaeologist representing:J.T.Lewis. Overseeing the investigationsfor JMA are Daniel G. Roberts (Principal-in­Charge}t John p. McCarthy, and Charles D~Cheek (Co-Principal Investigators),Site elements investigated in the course ofthe project included: a complex of late 17thto early 18th oentury eaf'thfast structuresand adjacent activity- areas; an early 18thcentuf'y brick manor house and surroundingaotivity areas; a cOmplex of formallandscaped terraces as well as ether yardand garden features; and, a series ofoutlying 19th century tenant andlor slaveresidences which included privy and storagepit features ~

Besearch goals include the reconstruction ofpatterns of everyday life 00 thisplantation, such as the evolution ofplanter t slave and tenant cultures in thecontext of wide-ranging social and econom.icchange over the course of the 18th and 19thcenturies.

Archaeological investig.ations were condu.cte6:this SU1l'lmer at the ~l!.sguehann8;..~;!..te. ~ late_1§.1;.Jl-12tll ~_~J!Jur:.Y~ farEl complex }Qcated 21!the Patuxent Hiver NaVal Air Station in St.Mary's counti:··The~se in";'estig~ati;;nswereconducted by Jefferson Patterson Park andMuseum staff under the direction of JuliaKing and Patricia McGuire. The work foousedon the recovery of information cOIicerningyard layout and llse through the sitefsoccupation.Numerous yard features and structuralreme1ns were enoountered at this 18th/19thcentury rural farmstead, inclUding twodwellings, three outbuilcling3, and lit complexnetwork of fence lines~ Test excavationswere also conducted at a nearby sitebelieved to be an early to mid 19th centuryslave Quarter.

A sbovel test pit survey has been completedat Ye Coole ~r~ located!!t nor-ther~,St.tl:1').t'Y'S County. The site consiSt.s of severalfreshwater spHng$ located at. the base of aravine wbich were I,Hll1ev!?d to have nealingpowers in late 17th century Mar-yland. Thepresent project is part of a preconstructionsurvey for landscape development at theSprings. The archaeological investigationsare being conducted by Jefferson Patte!:'sonPark and Museum staff Williaw Holmes andJulia King.

A multidiscipiitHH'!I f'6searoh team COlllPOSe<!of archaeologists and historians havecompleted a three year cultural resource

"survey and inventory of MarYl.aod Heights.This 163 acre tract is part of Harpers FerryNational Historical Park and is located atthe southern and of Elk Ridge, Maryland,Dcross the Potomac River frOm Harpers Ferry,West Virginia. The prin;a.ry purpose of theproject has: been the documentation ofhistoric archaeological features that faceinoreasing vandalism from Civil War relichunters and antique bottle collectors..seven major Civil War field fortificationsand 13 campground areas have beentopographically mapped. A 23 mile system ofCivil War military roads and sled and wagonroads associated with early 19th centurycharcoal industry have been surveyed andmapped, including the sites of 57 early 19th~eotury charcoal hearths. In addition, sixsubsistence farm sites situated around thebase of the mountain were mapped andrecorded. The history and archaeology haveprovided an extensi va data base for thelocational analysis of a sustaininghinterland associated witb the early 19thcentury charcoal industry, and of militarydeplo~nt and developruent during the CivilWar, as well as information needed toproperly manage, protect and interpret tbesehistorical reSOUrceS.The research team included National ParkService Historian Dennis E'rye, ProjectArchaeologist Susan Winter Frye, andArchaeologists Cari Ravenhorst and JohnRav€nhorsL Th.e archaeologist21 on tberesearch team were employed tbrough aCooperati ve Agreement between the NationalPark Service and tbe Department ofAnthropology, University of Maryland atCollege ParK. An article by Susan W. Fryetitled nCharcoal Manufacturing in the BlueRidge: A View frOm Maryland Heights," hasbeet! pUbliShed io !')pland ~ESJ.geology in th€~ast: !. 'Ihird Symposium, publisbed by theU.s. Forest Service, Southern Region. USDA l

1981_ Presently, the 500+ page draft reportof the Mal"yland EeightiS Cultural ResouroeSurvey and Inventory is undergOing review.

Reported by: Elizabeth Crewell

Current Research

Nancy Kessner, Archaeologist for theWashington, D.C. Historic Pr••• rvatioDDivision reports Phas€ I archaeologicaltt':,sting has taken place recently ill theCapitol Bill section of Washington.Exoavation focussed on searcbing for earlyfeatureS sucb as wells. privies, andoutbuildings. and seeking information on the

earlies.t construction of the lot. Thisproject was one of the first e~cavations totake place in the Capitol Hill area, and itsanalysis should provide informationregarding the early development of the area.

Phase II archaeologioal excavations wereconduoted this summer on Square 516, locatedin the downtown section of the Distriot.The original bistorical and archaeologicalassessment of this property ~as conducted bytbe Cultural Resource Group, Louis Bergerand Associates, Inc. The entire project hasbeen funded by the Peabody Corporation, alocal Wasnlnston, D. C. develop.er.Ocoupation of Square 516, lo¢ated at 5th andr Streets, N.W•• has been traced to the lI'lid­18405, Which is consistent with thedevelopment of thie part of the downtownarea. The o"ners and owner-occupants of thehcuses consisted of skilled workin"s; theirsocioeconomic status may be a reflection otthe urbanization process whioh oan be seenin other neighborhoods. That is, elitefamilies oooupying large estates outside theurban core, and small city lots in the coreoccupied by amall but prosperousentrepreneurs, tradesmen and artisans.The Phase II archaeologioal research isbeing conducted by Am~rican Uni varSity'sPotcmiSC River ArChaeological Survey. 'Iheresearch foclls will be on attempting tolocate cuI tural <!eoposHs associated wHhindiVidual households4

A preliminary archaeologioal overview wasconducted by Engineering Science; Ino. onpart of Sgua.r!?M £2Q in the downtown sect~on

of WashingtouL ~.~!-!,4 The study was oonductedfor Kaempher Company, Investment Buildersfor a UDAG grant.

'Ihis section of the downtown district wassettled as early au 1822, and wag inhabitedby llliddle class residents such as bankel'8-,cler};::;!, artisans? and: artists. SerViceestablishments such as a grocery store,blacksmitb and butcher shops grew up in thisarea to serve those residents. Mapsindicate several bUildings that border thealley in t.his blook, which may have beenused as hOUSing for servants. After theCivil War, mucn of this area underwentconsiderable rebUilding. A program oflimited testing will be carried out in thefuture to confirm the archaeologicalpotentlal of several of the properties.

John Milner Associates, Inc. recentlYcompleted Phase 1 hiStorical research andPhase II archaeological testing in the areaof proposed developmaot in the FederalTriangJ~ in Washingtco, ±h..f.. The project1s dire-cted by Cha:rl.es D. Cheek. Cecile G.

Glendening conducted the hi.storicalresearch, and William R. Henry is directingthe field investigations. The site 1slocated two blooks east of the White Bousegrounds ano is CU1'r'EHltly use.;} as a parkinglot~ Composed of three city blooks, thisiJ.l"ea ",'as occupied as early as 1801, and bythe Civil War had gained notoriety as thecenter of a newly formed red-light district.The site contained a mixtu~e of domestic,comme~cial and manufacturing aotivitiesuntil the blocks were razed in the early19305.

Reported by: Elizabeth Crowell

Note: Many of the following entries aredistilled from submissions to the SOcietyfor Histor-ioal Archaeology Neweletter 1 andwere provided by Mark 'Ilittkofski.

Current Research

The Department of ArChaeological Research.Colonial Willi~purg Foundation, continuedarchaeological excavations throughout July j

August and September at the Brush_Everardproperty~ A core of Department ofArohaeology staff 'Was assisted by the seoondsession of the Colonial Williamsburg/Collegeof 'William and Mary Archaeological FieldSchool 1 Learning ~eeks in Arohaeologyparticipants, and numerous volunteers.Exploratory trenches we~ placed through aravine at the northern edge of the property.The northern. southern and western limits ofthe rav~ne vere determined, and trashdeposite from two distinct households wereexcavated. The garbage of John Brush, agunsmith on the property from 1717-1727, vasrepre.1:>ented hy domestic as we 11 as1ndu:strial debris~ The second household.that of wealtby mayor Thomas Evat'.rd.contained a large assemblage of ceramics.glass and a well preserved coll'9ction offaunal material~

In addition, traces of a probab Ie post­supported structure have been lQoated in anarea shown on $A map from 1781 as containinga bUilding. Excavation ha~ also revealed a15' .x 25 t pier supported struoture.Documentary references suggest this was tbehome of a Tucker family slave,

In July of 1987 tne Tidewater CulturalResouroe Center at the College of ltll11iamand Mary was asked by Hampton University toexamine and evaluate an early to middle~century colonial site (44HT55} on the

university campus at that time underexcavatiOn by the Ki.cotan Chapter of theAroha~ologieal Society of Virginia, Theunlversity had plans to develop the areacontaining the site 8.1} well as thesurrounding seven acres. Phase! and IIinvestigations t>0ve-aled the remains ofstructural posts indicating a 32 by 16 footstructure in association with the c~llar,

several trash pits, and fence lines. PhaseIII investigations were begun in the fall of19B7 by the Colonial ~illiamsburgFoundation's Dcpaz<tment of ArcbaeologicalResearch at the behest of Hampton Universityas a joint educational program.Uncovered during the process of excavationwas an enclosed domestic comple~ consistingof the reIDaio3 of five earthfast structures.In addition to the structural remains j a 9foot well. several slot fences, a post-and­rail fence, and numerous refu:se pit8 wereexoavated. HistoriCal researoh into thearea o£ the site indicates that the complexwas proDa'!> 1y constructed by a tenant <in landleased frQm the colony prior to 1642.

DuriDS JUDe 1988, the Department ofAnthropology of the College of William andMary besan two major cultural resourcemanagement projects ~ponsored by theVirginia Department of Transportation.Norman F. Barka and Marley R. Browo t IIIserve as Principal Investigators. Theseprojects are under the direction of RobertR. Hunter, Jr. Donald W. Linebaugh has beenhired as Opet'ations Manager for theprojects.Under t.he euper'lision of ProjectArchaeologist Tom Higgins, the Department ofAnthropology is conducting IIevaluations 2.t 62 previously iQentifl€dsite,s. within fiV\':!. ru"'oposed alternativebridg~ crossings of the York River. Thesealternatives include new access roadslocated within York and Gloucester Countiesand represent idealized geographic andeconomio transects. These transectsparallel many of the larger creeks frominterior headwaters to their mouths on theYork Iiivel' ~Archaeological research of historic periodsHe:; .is focusing on a series of site typesranging from riverfront plantations tointerior farmsteads. Historical researchconducted by Martha W, McCartney hasprOVided an excellent context for severalpartiCUlarly important sites including amiddle to late 17th century domestic sitelocated on Cheatam Annex and several small18th century domestic sites located on theRosewell Plantation tract in GloucesterCounty. Two roi 11 quarters are also beingexamined inclUding the Skimino Mill,

operated in the 16703, an4 the later 18thcentury, Burwell's Mill. A Linal <lraftreport was due in mid-October.Under the direct-ion of ProjectArchaeological Gary G. Rob~Dson~ tbeDepartment of Anthropology bas undertakenarchaeological testing and monitoring of tbeconstruction activi ties associated with theexpansion of the Berkeley Bridge in the City91~ Norfolk. Expansion of the bridge willimpact al'ess at downtown Norfolk thatoriginally contained the city's 18th centurywaterfront. In additi<.Hl, the constructionwl11 impact Main Street proper, andcom.mel'ciel and reSidential areas a.el!HXliated~ith Main Street. Baokground researchconducted by Ann Martin Smart. ProjeotHistorian, indicates that Main Street wast,he first thoroughfare established wben tbecity wae founded in the 16805. Researcbalso indicates that several large scalelandfilling episodez took place along thewaterfront of Norfolk during the 19thcentury.

Excavations this SummBr, under the directionof Doug.las W~ Sanford. ResidentArchaeologist.l centered on the lfenonantedcast lett site at Germanna, the ca. 1125-1750mansion horee of Lt. Governor AlexanderSpotswOOd and the center of h~s 3000 acrefrontier plantation. Efforts focused on thefurther definition of the arohitectural planof this example of early Georgian design intbe Pietimont region of colonial Virginia.This work also constituted part of asampling program whe~ein both the nature ofthe ,site's archaeological record will bedefined~ and artifact assemblages fromvarious portions of the complex will begathered ~

Assistance in the archaeologioal researohcame from a field methods class from theDepartment af Historic Pr~ervation at Mary1riashi~ton College and from an introouctoryarChaeology class at Germanna COJ:l1lnunityCOllege.Exoavations continued into the fall and thesite remained open to the public until mid­November. Processing and analysis of tbeartifact collection is taking place thisfall and winter at the Department ofHistoric Preservation, Mary WaShingtonCollege. For further information, write toP.O. Box 610, Looust Grove, Virginia 22508~

or call (703)399-1043.

Current land development within Manassasincludes the Wellington Project by Kettlerand Scott, Inc. on a tract of land on Whichwas located tbe Manassas Industrial Schoolfor Co lored Youths ~ estab lished by JannleDean in 1893 to provide an educational

facility for- black ohildren. 11 surveyconducted by Kay McCarroD.I ArchaeologyConsultant, revealed the stOlle foundation ofthe first building on the ManassasIndustt'ial Scbool site known as the CharterCottage. A complete excavation of theCharter Cottage foundation i$ beingoonducted by Kay ).IoCarron with the help of'local volunteers inoluding Vilembers of theJennie Dean Museum Committee~ Artifaotswill go on public display in the ManassasCity Museum and a publication of theexcavation will be .funded by the developer.A copy of the prel1minary results and thefinal publication will he fUJ'niabed to theVirginia Division of Historic Landmark3 inRic.hmond.

In July 1987, Prwc:e William County receiveda federal matching funds 5ubgrant tram the'lJirgj,nia D1 v1s10n of B1storic Landmarks toprepare a Civil War Si~~~, National Registernomiflatlon report. Well over 100historioal, archaeological or architecturalsites vere identified. In additioD,historioal data OD the Prince WilliamCounty's Civil War bistory 'Were oompiled.The County is now in the process offinalizing the mUltiple properties andindividual nomination reports~ The p~oJeotwas done under the direction or JanTownsend f the Pr-ince Willian CountyArohaeologist.

Archaeologists 'With the Virginia Di vision ofHistoric Landmarks recently completed asurvey ot Shelly in Gloucestt;r County, whichis directly adjacent to the York River andCarter Creek. Unoer the direction of E.Randolph Turner and Antony F. Opperman l

approximately 150 acres were intensivelyexamined.l resulting in the identification ofover 30 discrete archaeological sitesranging in date from the Early/MiddleWoodland period tbrough the early 20thcentury. Of high signifieauce is tbedi$covery of three closely related mid ~7th

century sites representative of the initialEnglish expansion nQrth of ine York R1 vel"into what ia now known as Gloucestep CQunty.Or the 18th century sites identified, atleast 4 likely represent overseer and slavequarters When tbe property was an extensionor the well known Ro.sewell Plantation.

The tl,ouu!t. VernOn Ladies Associationestablished its own permanent ArchaeologyDepartment ill 1987. The department isheaded by Dennis J~ Pogue, ChiefArchaeologist, and Judith D. Jobrack,A.ssistant Arona<.<ologist. The mandate of theprogram is the lODg_term, intensivearchaeological study of the estate, focusing

,.on the layout and evolutiop of the hOmelotand grounds, and on all aspects of 18thcentury plantation life~ In the year .sinceit was established, the Mount VernonArchaeology Department has completedexcavations at the ~ite of the bHI.CkS-f!iitbshop in the North Grove, now believed tohave been 1n existence from ca. 1768 to the17908. This summer the sit. of • secondpossible blacksmith ShOp also wasinvestigated. This work was carried outWith the assistance of six students from a.four week archaeological field school ta~htby the Mount Vernon staff in conjunctionwith George MMQU UniVersity. Further 'Workthis year will include investigations at thesite of George Washington's orchard atl<1vineyard in the fall.A sU!llli1ary report of the resul te of' thenumerous archaeologioal projects \It'llj~H.,takenat Mount Vernon sinee 1931 bas been preparedand is avai lab Ie upon request~ The reportis entitle~, WjrobaeololY at George\lashington',s Mount Vernon, 1931-1987tl andmay be obtained by writing to: Mount VernonArchaeology Department, Mount Vernon Ladies'Associati.on, Mount Vernon, VA 22121 ~

•National Park Service excavations 'liter-ac.onducted in 1987 at the Brawer Farm g2~$.e:within the Manassas National BattlefieldPark inJPJrince Willla~ County~ The bouseanchored the right of General "Stonewall"JacksQn's Confederate line during the Battleof Brawner Farm fought on the evening ~fAugust 28, 1862~ The archaeological andhistorj.cal research is directed by ProjectAr~ha-eologistKatie Parker and overseen byNational Capital Region Archaeologist nr~Stephen R~ Potter.

The Norfolk District of the u.s~ Army Corpeof Engineers is undertaking cUlturalresources baCkground. research inanticipetion of the oonstruction of aflooowall to protect both s1<ies of the J.aJt!eB

Ri'i'e:r at lliohmond~ Archaeologioal relllainsof the-18th oentury occupation of earlyRichmond are expected here, possiblyincluding William Bird I'e origina.l tobaccowarehouse. '!be background research is beingcarried out by Tim ThOMpson, employed by theNorfolk Distriot) and it will be used todevelop predictive models for differentcategories of archaeological resources thatmight be disturbed by constructiolJ~ As istypical of old harbors! much of the projectarea is oovered with deep fill! soconstruction activities will be monltored byThompson and significant arohaeologicalresources will be dealt with as they areencountered, following the requinmeots. of aMOA between the Norfolk Distriot, theVirginia SHPO, and the Advisory Council onHistorio Preservation.

During 1988, MAAn ASSOciates, Inc. (MAX) andpersonnel from Ecology and Environment, Inc.(E&E), c.ondu.cted 11mi ted arohaeologica 1testing of an 16th centu.ry fa!'tl1stead locatedat an air launch intermediate maintenancefacility at the Naval We~Qn~ Center inYorktown, Virginia. Principal directorsincluded Ron Thomas! Jerome Tra.vElr, andHarding Polk II of HAl, and Mark Rosenzweigof E&E.The objective of tbis wOl'k was to oombineaspects of Phase II testing and evaluationwith more intensi va teohniques usuallyassociated with Pha£le 111 DataRecovery/Mitigation. The overall goal ofthis work was to reoover data sufficient forthe preparation of a realistic Data ReooveryPlan, including a r~aear¢h deSign andsampling strategy.Previous exoavations at similar middlingfarmsteads suggest that buildings of suchfarmsteads are fairly small. often smallerthan 20' x 20 1 , are tlsually in clOSeproximity to one another, may be of a rathertemporary nature (post-in-ground or sill-on­ground), and tbat tbe hOu3e may be looatedat or near the ridge cre~t~

Conferences

A one_day conferenoe entitled "HistoricalArchaeology in Northern Virginia: ResearchAgendas ll was held on September 22! 1968 atGeorge Mason University in Fairfax!Virginia. The oonrerence was a startingpoint for a long term cooperative effortbetween the university and WACOPA{Washington Area Counoil or PublioArchaeologists}. 'this is promisingespecially because" are all aware of howlittle real integration there is betweenuui varsity and public sector archaeolog1~The meeting vas intended to identify1}resear-ch problems of interest in the: areaand 2)resourcea that can be ahared on areciprocal basis between the university andWACOPA agenoiea* The conference wasorganized and chaired by Barbara Little.Assistant Prof'essor at George Mason and waSattended by representati ves from federal,state, county and city archaeologicalprogr~ in the area. For more information,oontact Barbara Little, Department ofSociology and Anthropology, George MasonUniversity, Fairfax, VA 22030.

The Fall meeting of the Jamestown Conferenceon Archaeology was held on ThUrsday.November 3. 1988 in the Jamestown lelandNational Park Servioe Visitor Center.Program organizers for the li'ieetint; are CaryCarson of Colonial Williamsburg and David

Riggs of Colonial National Historical Park.The meeting addressed recent researchefforts it: the Jamestown artifactcolleotions and field notee, and includedpresentations on roadways, firearms, ironmaking, ceramics and the re-examination ofJame$to~n architecture by Katie Bragdon, EdChappell and Carson. For furtherinformation, please contact: Carter- L.Hudgins, Mary Washington College, Center forHietoric Preservation, 208 Monroe Ball,Fredericksburg, VA. 22401-5358 or (703)899­4037.

Tile Department ot Anthropology of theCollege of William and Mary in Virginiaanticipate the hiring of additiona.la.rchaeologi-eal contract staff including bothfield and laboratory personneL Thesepositions include Project Archaeologists,Field Archaeologists, and LaboratoryAssistants. Interested per-sens should senda letter of interest end current resume toDonald W. Linebaugh, Operations Manager,Department of Anthropology, College of'William and M~t'y, Camm Hall, Will1ali13burg VA23185.

!lEST VIRGlllU

Reported by: Susan FrY'e

Current Researcb

Historic arohaeological research continuedat the Blennerb.a3~_ett Mansion sits,concentrating on attempting to verify thelocation of the southern boundary ofBlennerhassett1s formal garden. Post moldsfor wooden fence posts werf.! located at theeastern end of the garden and were found tocontinue .....estward. Along with the postwolda for the fence lins, additional postmolds showed the possible looation of anarbor alDng the fence line in one area. Inanother area of the yard, pits were foundthat had been dug for tree and shrubplanting.

Tl::te USDA Forest Service has begun mapping'and National Register nomination scud:tes fortwo early (1861-2) ~ivil ~ fort+fi¢ations1!,cated .Q!l. ~qlli?~hela._ Ihlt:tQt:t,Oc For~~~~ landsin West Virginia. The sites are wellpreserved and were constructe<l. by Union(Cheat Fort Summit) and Confederate (CampAllegheny) forces to control tbe $taunton­Park.I'.burg Turnpike, a major arteryconnecting the Union to the Confederacy

J7through what was western Virginia. Limitedtest excavations and extensi va documentaryresearch have been carried out at l.H.lthsites.

A collection of late 18th century materialtrom D:tinnou',fJ. Fort excavated in the 1970sis. ourre-ntly being analyz.e-d by \4. BunterLeseer and if. Stephen MoBride~ Drinnon'sFort "Was a pioneer blockhouse- residentialstructure dating from approximately 1714.Sitee of this type were numerous in WestVirginia but are poorly documented in thebistoric record and little formal excavationhas been dOlle~

Shepherd College completed excavation inJuly 1988 of three- house sites located intbe early gOth oentury townsite 2L Spruce.'The townsite began ,aB a sawmill/ loggingcommunity and continued thrOUgh the 19405 asa rai lroad town. ! search for in.formant.sresulted in contacts with severalindividuals who worked in Spruce. Materialremains from Spruce will constitute animportant comparative oollection tor early20th century logging sites which areabundant in the \fest Virginia Highlands.

Archaeological mitigation work has beencompleted at the K~J"J?ert Site~ located alongthe Ohio Hiver near Point Pleasant, WestVirginia. The site oontains an early 19thcentury historic compon~nt attributed to~illlam Payne Hale. The occupation appearsto have been of ;short duration, leaving onlya modest amount of cultural material and nostructural remains. Work at the site ~as

done under contraot with the Corps ofEngineers by Cultural Reaource Analystsduring the summer of 1987. !he spring issueof the West Virginia Arohaeologist containsa summary of the Eale component at theNiebert site.

ATLAllTIC CAlWlA

Reported by: Rob Ferguson

Cap Rouge: Abo! teau de Baracbois UpdateFollowing the initial phase of thesal vase of the dal~ simple of theAboiteau de Barachois. as reported in No.10 of the CNEHA Newsletter, the forty­foet by four_foet by two_foot woodensluice channel was jacked up. plaoed ontreated wood beams, surrounded by a frameof two-bY-fours and covered by plastiCtarpaulins.

Five months later, in April, 1988, I tooksamples from the wood of the sidewall.s,

floorboards, and pegs which held the twotogether and sent them to the CanadianConservation Institute in Ottawa. Dr.David Grattan, waterlogged wood treatmentspeoialist, found them to be, respec_tively, hemlock, spruce and tamarack.The dalU !Simple had fraeze driednatuall y ano criiH;·ic1tl& due to drying wasno more e:Ktensi \Ie than in green wood.Therefore, no further conservation wasrequired.

In late June, members of the ~9J_~~e llis_torigue de ~er Rouge (the local Aca­dian historical society which has assumedtrusteeship of the artifact) and I dis_aesemhled the dalle. The floor hoards,$idewalls and pegs were transported tothe basement of the Eg11ae HistoriqueSaint-Henri-De-Baracbois. Plans havebeen made fot" the ····j:·e·as.selllb 1 y andexhibition of tile large artifact in thebalcony section of the eburch-turned­musuem in the spring of 1989. Sub1ll1ttedby Kevin Leonard, Director, AdventureArchaeology, R. R. #1, ScoUdouo, HewBrunswiok.

Halifax, Nova Scotia,L ~Q!p'g_ !Jrl?an Arch_aeology

The Nova Scotia Archaeology Society andSaint Mary's Uni vers1 ty have recei vedpartial fUnding from the Social Sciencesand Humanities Researcb Council of CanadarQr a one-day symposium to address theproblems and opportunities of urbanarchaeology in order to prOVide afoundation for the development of anurban arohaeology polIcy. The sYlJ'PO'lSiumwill be beld at the World Trade aDdConvention Centre in Hal:U'ax. 22 April,1989~ Invited speakers includearChaeologists troll: Q1,Iabec City,Kingston, Toronto, He\! York, Alexandria,and iiali£ax, u well u repre2Jentati vesfor developers and various levels ofgovernment in Nova Scotia. James Deetzwill provide the keynote address. Formore information eontact~ Dr~ Paul£ricksQu, Department of AnthropologYtSaint Maryts University, 8alifa>;:, NovaScotia. Ca.naoa B3ii 3C3.

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Reported by~ John L. Seidel

Thi.s Dew segment of the Newsletter wassuggested by the growing realization ofthe vital role the public plays in

18 supporting our researCh, as well aa by anapparent upsurge in publio interest inarchaeology. In one way or another, thepUblic funds and supports most of ourresearch. Tbis backing 1s e$sential totbe continued growth of OUr discipline.

A variety of approaches are being takento public involvement in arOhaeolQgy.Sharing experienoes may help us to avoidmistakes and ~apital12e on the successesof others. Membera participatlng inprojects which acl;.j vely involve thepUblic or are aimed at publiC educationand awareness are urged to forwarddetails to: JOhn L~ Seidel, Departmentof Anthropology, Rutgers University, New1)runswick, NJ 08903, 201-932-8891 ~

In order to expand pUblic awareness ofarchaeology, we WQuld also like tocompile a listing for the CNEf1A area of:a) archaeological progra.ms which encour­age publiC pat'tici'pfition in researob;: b}programs geared primarily towards publiceducation (as opposed to active parti­cipation), and; c) speakers Williog toappear for lay audiences in their region(please include topiCs, fees, and atelephone nUmber).

Submis2ions will be used to prepare aresource guide for distribution to schoolsystems, historical SOcieties, libraries,and other grOUpa. Although tbere is 6great deal of interest in our sUbjeotmatter, people are often una.ware ofopportunities for involvement; publiCgroups may also find it d:tffioul t tolooate speakers on archaeological topics.If' you "lab to be inclUded on sucb alisting, please fot''I'Ilard ini'ormetion toJohn Seidel at tbe above address.

Conferences t SY¥1Pooia

The Center tor Ancient Studies of theUniversity of MiImesoh belditi secondannual program on ·Presenting the Past,.on October 12-~ijt ~988, at the Uoive~a1tyof Minnesota, MinneapOliS. The focus ofthe meeting vas att~acting and keepingpub lie intere.st in archaeo logy, wi th anemphasis upOn the use of m£dia, onmarke-t.ing strategies, and. on wol'kl~ withmembers of the public as volunteers.

Lu Ann De Cunzo has organized a symposiumentitled "Historical Archaeology and thePublic: Retrospective and Prospective"for the 1989 annual meeting of theSociety fOr Eistorical Archaeology atBaltimore. Twelve papers will focus ononhl 'it" "' .. n"' .... +' .. r,l' hi",J-"""",,1 "'''''')..,''' ... ,,1'''....

in Canada and the United States. ForthOse interested in public involvewent inarchaeological research, the s.ymposiumpromises a valuable look at thehistorical development of publichistorical 8t'Chaeology J calJe historlee ofpublic involvement, and a view of futuretrends.

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l\opot'teQ by: Carl Barna

'rhe summer of 1988 saw much workconducted on military/naval sites in theNortheast, with Iota'ine in the .forefront.Dr~ Alaric Faulkner, University of Maineat Orono, conducted excavations at thesite Df Fort Bill, Veazie, Maine.Located Dn the Penobsoot River. a fewmiles above Bangor, the fort; (t. \178­1780, is believed to bave been asuccessor to Fort Pownall which wasdestroyed in 1775. Under investigationwas a log structure of roughly hall andparlor outline, half of which overlay ashallow cellar. Ttle fort appears to heveserved as a trading post fOr nalntainingthe American alliance with the Penob8cotIndian$~ aecovered artifaots includeglass trade beads, Chinese pON':1el-ain, anda variety of buttons tbat includeAmedciUl artillex'y types. Among the mostinteresting finds were pieces of graveloovered with lead~ These are 'hypothe­sized 'to represent buck shot, and mayserve to indicate lead shortagtlB in themanufacture of buck and ball ammunition.

Three colonial period forts wareinvestigated as part of the upperKennebec Hi vel" Archaeological Surveyunder the field supervil>ion ot Mr. LeonCranmer. The work was partial I ysupported by Department of the InteriorHistoric Preservation funds. Testexcavations at toe site of Fort Richmond(Richmond, Maine) uncovered atonefootings from the 1719 fOl't. {A laterfort dating to 1140 will be examined inthe future.} Work at the site of FortShirley (Dre5den~ Maine) located the maingate on the east side of the 1152 fort.Finally, test excavations at fort naUtax(Winslow, Maine) located the tlputhea.l3tcorner of the stockade witb indicationsof a watch or sentry bo)( f.rop the 175jj­1755 period ~

Mr. Diok F.su, National Park Service NorthAtlantic Region, has been activelyworking with naval r-eserve units toinvestigate shipwrecks. Off Cape Cod

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National Seashore, '\oI!ork is underway todocument the location of several fishingvea:sels lost during an 1897 storm. AtEllis Island t New York, efforts areleading to refloating the ferryboat Ellis~~li. De.signed in 1903 and placed 1~"service the rollowing year, tna vessel 13eat1mated to have carried $ome twelvemillion imnigrants from the Elli5 Islandentry port to Manhattan or New J'eraey.In 1954, the ferry was retired, finallysinking: in 1968 due to neglect ..

Dr. John Seidel) Rutgers University,completed another field Beason at th~1778-1779 Continental lrmy artillerywinter enoampment in 'luckemin, NewJersey. Literally one atep in front ofthe bulldozers, Seidel's team, with: theoooperation of the land d€veloper~

excavated three rooms from the aita cfone of the enlisted man's barracks, inaddition to work on a midden and cabinsassooiated with the enc.ampment. Work onthe barracks corroborates contemporaryartistic renderings of the 450 tcot longbuilding. Continued finds of pearl warelends support to Seidel'$ thesis,presented at the Society for HistoricalArchaeology meeting in Reno t for anearlier introduction cf pearlware inAmerica than the currently accepted postrevolutionary era. (see CHEBA NewsletterMarch, 1986, p .. IS.)

l1tl.(t §£!lq.91The Virginia Researoh Center forArchaeology has just completed fieldinvestigations of the we iI-preservedremains of a Britiah transport vessellost during the seig.e of Yorktown in1181. The seige, which .sa\f the stlrrenderof the powerfUl southern British Armyunder General Charles Cornvallis, provedto be the last wajor campaign of theAmerican Revolution.

The vessel is thought to have been builtin England as a collier, or coal_carrier.At the time of its los& at Yorktown) itwas serving aa a transport vessel,carrying supplies and POSSible troops.The srdp is yielding a variety of Dewinformation on 18th cEtntury Shipconstruotion t material culture andshipboal"'d life,

Toe project employed a unique exoavationtecbnique t one never berore attempted.The shipwreck 'Was excavated from within a

steel enclosure, or cofferdam, wherefilters clarified the water, thusproducing a "awimming pool'" environmentin the murky York R1 ver. The ship is tbesubject of a feature article in tbe June,1988 issue of National GeographicMagazine, and was also included in aneight-part BBC-TV documentary, "D13oover­ies Underwater,'" which premiered nation­wide on U. S. public television in Marcb.In addition, a public exhibition,entitled "'Yorktown's Sunken Fleet,"opened June 1 at the Yorktown VictoryCenter.

A field scbool was conducted during July,1988, to train students in the methods ofunderwater archaeology. The annual fieldscboo) is a cooperati ve program betweenthe Virginia Department of Conservationand Historic Resources and East CarolinaUniversity's Program in Maritime H13toryand Underwater Research. Studentsassisted in the recording of constructiondetails of the well-preserved hulL

The project, ....hich began in 1978 with asearch for Cornwallis' fleet, i3 underthe direction of the Virginia Division ofHistoric Landmarks, of the Department ofConservation and Historic Resources.Funding bas CODe from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of tbe Interior, withmatching funding froD the Commonwealth ofVirginia and numerous foundations,corporations, and individuals.

The Department of Conservation andHistoric Reeources is currently seekingfunds for completion of the final phaseof the project: conservation of theremaining artifacts, installation of apermanent exhibit OD the researcb, and apublication ....hicb wl11 describe tbeexcavation and results in detail.

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