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1961 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 31(1):39-42 New Data on the Possible Origin of Corn Dick Edgar Ibarra Grasso |
| Experiments with corn in Bolivia have shown that a very primitiveappearing corn is not uncommonly produced from ordinary maize. This is a spike-corn, which the author believes is an atavar. The contention is that this was the original form of maize which, through both natural and artificial selection, developed into true corn. |
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1961 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 31(3-4):119-124 |
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The Varner Site, a Late Prehistoric village in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, was excavated by Dr. William J. Mayer-Oakes for
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, in 1955. Analysis of more than 20,000 bones and
bone fragments from the site reveals a fauna essentially the same as that in the
area in colonial times, and provides some information on the hunting activities
of the Varner people. Food gathering was not restricted to the region of the
village, and hunting was carried on a year-round basis rather than seasonally. |
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1961 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 31(3-4):125-130 The Aborigines of Cawichnowane* Robert H. Johnston |
| Traditions recorded by Heckewelder, Zeisberger and others in the
late 18th Century, and histories of that period, show that the
Great Island in the West Branch of the Susquehanna, near Lock Haven,
Pa., was the center of Indian activity in colonial times. The
evidence of artifacts found on the Great Island and in the vicinity
confirms the historical record, and suggests that the occupation of
the region extends back to Paleo-Indian times. |
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1961 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 31(3-4):131-147 The Lake Superior Site at Michipicoten Frank Ridley |
| Excavation of a stratified deposit at the mouth of the
Michipicoten River, on the north east shore of Lake Superior,
reveals a variety of Iroquoian pottery extending in age from the
historic contact period back to the Uren level. This Iroquoian ware
is associated at all levels with cord-marked sherds. The association
indicates continuing influence from the Upper Mississippi and Ohio
regions and from the area around Lake Erie, where other work has
shown that cord-marking continued into the historic period on
Neutral sites. |
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1961 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 31(3-4):151-154 A Survey of the Archaic Epoch in the Erie Region William J. Robinson |
| Members of the Eriez Chapter, Society for Pennsylvania
Archaeology, are conducting a site survey of Erie County,
Pennsylvania, and adjacent parts of Crawford County. The survey has
shown a predominance of non-ceramic sites. provisionally classed as
Archaic. Point types indicate a general Laurentian tradition; the
Steubenville types of southwestern Pennsylvania appear to be
lacking. Some sites classed as Archaic are undoubtedly camps of
later periods, lacking pottery. Sites are found predominantly in the
hilly region south of the Lake Plain bordering Lake Erie, on
terraces overlooking valley lowlands, especially at the confluence
of streams. |
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