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2000 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 70(1):1-44 A Buried Lamoka Occupation in Stratified Contexts West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna River, Pennsyvlania Robert D. Wall |
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A substantial Lamoka occupation at 36Un82 was partially excavated
during the course of a Phase III data recovery excavation on the
floodplain of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Allenwood,
Pennsylvania. The occupation represents the deepest of a stratified
series of components that included Terminal Archaic, Clemson Island,
and Shenks Ferry occupations. The Lamoka occupation consisted
primarily of a scatter of hearth features surrounded by lithic
workshop areas. Radiocarbon dates from the occupation surface range
from 3700 - 4000 B.P. The component is defined by a number of Lamoka
points, staged bifaces, choppers, netsinkers, a small number of
cores, and a beveled adze. Although the excavated area of the site
represents only a thin slice of the total occupation surface, the
Lamoka occupation provides evidence of a variety of activities
including intensive fishing, hunting, and collecting. |
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2000 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 70(1):45-80 An Archaeology of Archaeology: Recent Investigations into the 1938 Martz Rock Shelters Excavation Bernard Means |
| Located north of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, the two Martz Rock
Shelter sites were originally excavated in 1 93 8 by a Works
Projects Administration (WPA) field crew. Prior to their destruction
as a result of highway construction, compliance excavations were
conducted at the sites between 1 994 and 1 996. A major concern of
the recent excavations was whether intact cultural deposits still
existed at the two sites. Available historic photographs and
documents were used to estimate the horizontal boundaries of the WP
A investigations. Part of the recent excavation strategy was to
evaluate these estimated boundaries. This paper focuses on the use
of historic documents and photographs that guided the most recent
investigations of these two sites. Some results from the recent
excavations are presented to illustrate the impact that the WPA had
on both sites and to demonstrate that significant resources at the
rockshelter sites were undisturbed by the 1938 investigations |
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