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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):1-8 A Ball Headed Club From the Eastern Woodlands in the Collections of the Horniman Museum, London M. J. Becker |
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Ball-headed clubs form but one artifact category made of wood which
does not survive in archaeological contexts. Surviving artifacts
from the early historic period of the Eastern Woodlands help to
bridge the gap between the historic and prehistoric periods. The
Homiman Museum Club is unusual in that it has inlays of wampum and
bone. These elements are important features of this fine
ethnographic piece and also provide indications of ways in which
archaeological pieces might be inferred through discovery of less
perishable shell and bone elements. |
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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):9-41 Seneca Cabin Site: Historic Component of the Venatta Site (30CA46) Stanley W. Lantz |
| During the excavation of a prehistoric component of the Vanatta
site, historic Seneca Indian material was recovered in an old,
silted over plow zone. In this report a Seneca cabin is
theoretically reconstructed on location by a study of the artifact
pattern. Moreover, an analysis of the artifacts, coupled with the
historic record, established the occupation of the site as being
after 1790 and ending before 1869. A frequency variation study
dealing with the utilization of artifacts was also conducted and
compared to Stanley South's Carolina Artifact Pattern. |
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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):42-44 Scott Brothers Earthenware Pitcher Christine Davis |
| A chocolate brown earthenware pitcher from the Ramsey Tavern
(36WM 196) is described and attributed to the Scott Brothers Pottery
in Scotland. |
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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):45-50 Notes on the Possible Cultural Affiliation of Monongahela Richard L. George |
| Previous authors have suggested that the prehistoric Monongahela
were either Algonquian or Iroquian speakers. In this paper a case is
made for them having been Siouan speakers. |
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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):51-60 Marietta Works, Ohio, and the Eastern Periphery of Fort Ancient Jeffrey R. Graybill |
| The available evidence suggests that 4 platform mounds at
Marietta, Ohio, are Hopewell, not Fort Ancient. This cultural
affiliation has grave implications for a recent study which employs
the Marietta platforms to argue that the late Fort Ancient
Madisonville phase results from a Mississippian intrusion into the
area, and evidences a complex/hierarchic settlement system. Based
upon data from the West Virginia area, an alternative model of Fort
Ancient development is proposed. |
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1980 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 50(1-2):61-71 |
| Test excavations at the Indian Fort Road earth works have
revealed evidence of timber lacing within the earthen mound which
supported the palisade. |
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1980 Pennsyvlania Archaeologist 50(4):1-12 |
| The Unami Creek Rockshelter (36MG 19) excavation is descriped
and the artifacts recovered are described and illustrated. |
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1980 Pennsyvlania Archaeologist 50(4):13-18 |
| The impact of surface mining on archaeological resources in
Pennsylvania is discussed within the framework of state and federal
regulations. The importance of continued archaeological survey in
areas of potential impact is emphasized based on a 1979 survey in
Southwestern Pennsylvania by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
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1980 Pennsyvlania Archaeologist 50(4):19-30 |
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Renewed interest in Lenape bands of southeastern Pennsylvania and
adjacent areas has led to an attempt to reconstruct their history
from the period of contact until 1740 when most of these bands left
this area and coalesced into the Delaware Nation. Reconsideration of
the ethnohistoric evidence and comparative data from the Upper
Delaware Valley and elsewhere has provided a rough model which can
now be tested against the archaeological evidence. Recent
excavations suggest that while many Lenape traits continued among
these groups, vast changes had occurred in Lenape lifestyle within a
short period after 1600. |
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1980 Pennsyvlania Archaeologist 50(4):31-63 |
| The Bull Run excavation was a salvage project necessitated by
imminent highway construction in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania. The site was a stockaded Shenks Ferry village
which had been built upon an ancient campground occupied by Early
and Late Archaic, Terminal Archaic, and Late Woodland groups. Lithic
and ceramic finds are described. Conclusions are drawn that attempt
to interpret the nature and significance of Shenks Ferry as well as
Orient and other cultural evidence in the West Branch Valley of the
Susquehanna River. |
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