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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(1-2):8-10 A Shenks Ferry Vessel from the Upper Bald Eagle Drainage James W. Hatch |
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The Ellenberger Vessel found near State College, Pennsylvania is
described and its cultural and chronological implications are
discussed. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(1-2):11-62 The Wylie Site (36WH274) Ronald W. Eisert |
| The Wylie site #I (36WH274) near Washington, Pennsylvania, was
partially excavated by volunteers from 1 973 through 1976. The site
was one of 4 village sites on the Wylie farm and was selected for
excavation because it was partially uncultivated and was the least
likely to be vandalized during the investigation. The excavation
revealed a circular shaped, stockaded v illage and artifacts
considered diagnostic of the Drew Phase of the Monongahela Culture
as well as evidence of earlier occupations. Settlement pattern,
features, and artifacts are described in this report but emphasis is
placed on the Monongahela artifactual traits and comparisons are
made with the Drew site and other Drew Phase sites in southwestern
Pennsylvania. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(1-2):63-80 The Appearance of Cultigens in the Upper Ohio Valley: A View from Meadowcroft Rockshelter J. M . Adovasio & W. C . Johnson |
| Meadowcroft Rockshelter is a deeply stratified multicomponent
site in Washington County, southwestern Pennsylvania. The I I
well-defined stratigraphic units identified at the site span at
least 16,000 and perhaps 19,000 years of intermittent occupation
bygroups representing all of the major cultural stages/periods now
recognized in northeastern North America. Though predominantly known
for the Paleoindian components associated with lower and middle
Stratum Ila, of comparable significance are the early cultigens
recovered from Stratum IV. The lower occupational floors in this
level dated between 870 ± 75 B . C . and 705 ± 1 20 B .C . yielded
Cucurbita sp. in undisturbedcontexts while the upper floors in this
unit producedears of 16 row Zea mays dated between 375 ± 75 and 340
± 90 B. C. The attributes of these, the earliest well-dated
cultigens in the Upper Ohio Valley, are summarized, and the
implications of these materials for the appearance and dispersal of
cultigens in the study area are discussed. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(3):1-59 Bonnie Brook: A Multicomponent Aborginal Locus In West-Central Pennsylvania James T. Herbstritt ,With Appendices by L eonard W. Blake, Cathy Carter, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat |
| The Bonnie Brook site 36BT43 is situated in the unglaciated
Pittsburgh Plateau section of central Butler C ounty, Pennsylvania,
approximately .8 km (\12 mile) east of Butler city. The site is a
Late Woodland Monongahela village situated on a culturally
unstratified floodplain of the Connoquenessing Creek. It is the
northermost locus currently recorded where Monongahela community
pattern has been studied. The village proximity to the
Connoquenessing waters is 91.4 m (300 feet). Bonnie Brook, a small
westward flowing stream, discharges into the Connoquenessing Creek
.4 km (\14 mile) upstream from the village. An extinct stream
channel borders the site on its southern side and the adjacent land
is marshy owing to the low topography of the broad floodplain. In
spite of Butler's metropolitan encroachment, faunal associations
typical to western Pennsylvania are commonly found nearby. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(3):60-61 The Campbell Site: A Monongahela Village Ronald L. Michael |
| Principally , two radiocarbon dates and a partial site map of
the Campbell site (36FA26), a Late Woodland Monongahela village, are
presented. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(4):1-18 |
| Descriptions and maps of 18th century Indian town locations in
Pennsylvania are both numerous and widely scattered. Presented here
is a compilation of these sites on one map with references to the various source material. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(4):19-37 |
| The results of a testing program at the Late Wood land Period,
Drew Phase Monongahela Fisher site (36GR2 1) are reported. The site
is the first floodplain levee Drew Phase site reported. Also, a new
variant of incised, shell tempered pottery is described. |
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1981 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 51(4):38-42 |
| The author depicts the serious non-professional in the field of archaeology and then examines the nature of the amateur' s artifact collections as well as his interest and participation in public archaeology. The data are based upon selected results from the author's recent survey of amateur archaeologists and collectors in the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. |
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