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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):1-13 Ceramics From A 19th Century Southwestern Pennsylvania Tavern Ronald L. Michael |
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This study of the ceramics from the area of a smokehouse or summer
kitchen at a nineteenth century wagon tavern was an attempt to
determine what dinnerware and utility ware ceramics were typical at
such sites. The site was located along the National Road between
Uniontown and Brownville, Pennsylvania. The ceramics represented an
occupational period from 1821 until approximately 1910. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):15-19 The Freshwater Bivalve: A Versatile Pottery Decorating Tool David Arthurs |
| Archaeological evidence and experimentation suggest that shells,
modified according to culturally defined criteria, were utilized to
produce many of the complex decorative motifs found on Middle and
early Late Wood land ceramics in the Northeast. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):21-23 The Thorn Petroglyph Edward Lenik |
| The Thorn Petroglyph, found in Newton, New Jersey is described
and its motifs are detailed. Comparisons are made between it and
other petroglyphs found in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):25-42 A Preliminary Analysis of Recent Excavations at the South Park Site, Cuyahoga County, Ohio David S. Brose |
| Recent excavations at the Whittlesey Focus South Park Site
reveal three stratigraphically distinct occupations. The earliest
occupation (A.D. 1000-1250) is characterized by limited agricultural
activity and Younge-like ceramics. The Middle occupation (A.D.
1250-1450) represents a summer agricultural village with strong Ft.
Ancient ceramic affinities. The last occupation (A .D. 1450-1640)
represents a large year-round agricultural village with "classic
Whittlesey" ceramics. Based upon an extension of these sequential
phases some attempt is made to characterize Whittlesey occupation
through out northeastern Ohio. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(1):43-61 Powissett Rockshelter: Alternative Behavior Patterns In a Simple Situation Dena F. Dincauze and R. Michael Gramly |
| Excavation of a small rockshelter in Massachusetts has provided
evidence for three distinct patterns of behavior in a time span of
about four centuries. The earliest demonstrable use of the shelter
occurred during the early seventeenth century . Two distinct
twentieth-century use patterns were discerned. Features as well as
artifact associations and stratigraphy are described and
interpreted. It is that modifications of excavation strategies
result in more such behavior patterns being found in the Northeast . |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(2):1-12 |
| A method of analyzing cordmarked pottery is proposed in which
the surface attributes are described in the same terminology
presently used for textile and cordage analysis. A detailed
description of Middle Woodland Watson Ware is given as an example of
the method and some technical aspects of making cordmarked are
discussed. It is proposed that type of analysis may lead to more
accurate ceramic comparisons between sites. Moreover, it may assist
in the building of a more sensitive ceramic chronology for the Ohio
Valley and help develop a better understanding of the perishable
aspects of Woodland cultures. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(2):13-23 |
| Ceramic analyses including refiring experiments, x-ray
defraction, and light microscope examination, of a small sample of
Monongahela body sherds from the Vesta Site ( 36Wh26) were
conducted. An attempt to broaden the understanding of the
technological processes involved m the production of this
prehistoric Procedures, results, and for future research are
discussed. |
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The Babb's Island Petroglyphs Site, 33Co3 |
| Recreated from data recorded in 1908 and 19 09 by Harold B.
Barth of East Liverpool, Ohio. The Babb's Island Petroglyphs Slte,
wh1ch is in the bed of the Ohio River in Columbiana County, Ohio, a
mile or so upstream from East Liverpool, is described, illustrated,
and discussed in terms of other petroglyph sites of the Upper Ohio
Valley studied by the author. Fifty-one designs are distinguished
and assigned to seventeen general categories. These are charted to
give a graphic description of distribution of like designs among
fourteen sites including Babb's Island. Some general remarks
concerning this distribution of classes of designs are made
but no profound suggestions emerge. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(2):39-50 |
| In Western Pennsylvania ceramics compose one of the most
abundant artifactual groups remaining from prehistoric society.
Technologically , this group is also one of the least understood.
The following is a report of a systematic attempt to arrive at a
better understanding of the ceramic technology of Woodland ware
through experimentation in reproduction. Methodology and initial
findings are discussed in detail. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(2):51-57 |
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Five vessels excavated at the McFate Site (36CW1 ), a large Late
Prehistoric village along French Creek, near Cochranton, Crawford
County, Pennsylvania, are in the collection of the Crawford County
Historical Society at Meadville, Pennsylvania. These are the first
vessels to be described from the McFate Site which was extensively
excavated in 1938 under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Of
particular interest are two vessels of Mayer-Oakes' (19 55) McFate
Incised ceramic type which was named for this site. The other
vessels are not assigned to formal ceramic types, though one (E 250)
fits Mayer-Oakes' Monongahela Punctate type. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(2):58-61 |
| A diversity of methods have been used to record rim sherd
profiles and evidence of continuing interest in attribute
analysis has led to the development of a casting method for
recording the profiles. Th1s application is described and its
advantages and disadvantages are presented. Its application makes
possible the simultaneous casting of rim sherds from an entire site. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(3-4):1-56 |
| A Wyoming Valley Culture rivaling in scope the Shenks Ferry,
Susquehannock, or Clemsons Island cultures, but more restricted
geographically , is defined on the basis of excavations at the
Parker site, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(3-4):57-59 |
| The discovery of the Rock House petroglyph in Parsipp any, New
Jersey, contiguous to a housing development, is reported. The Rock
House petroglyph contains three designs which are described and
compared with others reported on sites in Pennsylvania. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(3-4):61-74 |
| Surface material from the Susquehanna's West Branch seems to
compare well with projectiles from deep ly stratified sites in the
Southeast. The Pennsylvania points may demonstrate a cultural
continuum in the West Branch Valley from Paleo to late Paleo to
Early Archaic times. A distribution study on the small sample of
artifacts and a reconstruction of Late Glacial climate suggests a
correlation between the territorial range of Early Archaic groups
and the extent of the Carolinian biotic province . The recognized
point types include classic and later fluted points, Dalton-related
points, Charleston, McCool, Kirk, MacCorkle , St. Albans, LeCroy,
Kanawha, other bifurcates, and Stanly. |
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1973 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 43(3-4):75-87 |
| This paper is a study of the technology involved m outdoor
firing of prehistoric Late Woodland ceramics. Various ways of
forming vessels and paddling their surfaces is discussed.
Construction of firing pits, preheating of the vessels, and actual
firing procedures are likewise examined through experimentation. |
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