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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(1):8-34 The Shenk's Ferry People: A Site and Some Generalities Henry W. Heisey & J. Paul Witmer |
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A description of one portion of the Shenk's Ferry component at the
Blue Rock Site, Lancaster County, Pa., is used as the basis for a
general account of the Shenk's Ferry culture and its place in the
Late Prehistoric period in eastern Pennsylvania. The site has five
centers of occupation, portions of two of which have been excavated
and one of which is described. Possible functions of the shallow
pits characteristic of the culture are discussed. Use of supine
extended burials with characteristic placement of one hand over the
pelvic area is practically universal within the Shenk's Ferry
series, but has no known counterparts in other cultures of the Lower
Susquehanna Valley. Absence of child burials is also characteristic
and unlike other cultures of the period and area. Trade sherds
indicate that the site, or the portion excavated, is contemporary
with the late Castle Creek culture of the Upper Susquehanna, and
similarities of some of the pottery to the Albemarle series of the
Shepard Site in Maryland are pointed out. The site is considered
representative of the final stage of Shenk's Ferry culture before
the onset of Susquehannock acculturation. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(1):35-42 The Kojnoc Site (36 Al 24) : A Multi-Component Site on the Lower Allegheny River Richard L. George |
| Excavation of available areas on a site near New Kensington,
Pa., revealed an occupation which, on the basis of projectile point
and pottery typology, appears to have extended from the Archaic to
the Middle Woodland period. Presence of triangular points without
the usual shell-tempered Monongahela pottery suggests that the
change in point styles occurred near the end of the Middle Woodland
period, prior to the introduction of shell tempering. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(1):43-46 A Probable Paleo-Indian Component In Greene County, New York Robert E. Funk & R. Arthur Johnson |
| Recovery of a complete Clovis Point, a portion of a second
fluted point, and a variety of fragmentary points and scrapers
indicates that a quarry and workshop site near Athens, N. Y., was
used in Paleo-Indian times. Most of the artifacts are made of the
Deepkill Flint mined and worked at the site. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):47-52 Archaeological Investigations at Pymatuning Town, Mercer County, Pennsylvania· Don W. Dragoo |
| Field work by Carnegie Museum, carried out for the National Park
Service, has located the probable town and cemetery sites of the
historic Delaware Pymatuning Town. This small settlement on the
Shenango River in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, was in existence in
1761 and may have been occupied until after the Revolution. The
cemetery appears to have been looted in the 1890's and no certain
evidence remains of cabin sites or refuse middens. Earlier
conjectures as to the town's location proved to have been in error. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):53-61 The Francis Farm Petroglyphs Site, 36 Fa 35 James L. Swauger |
| A description of ·the Francis Farm Petroglyphs Site, 36 Fa 35.
Location, recording procedure, general description of the site
discussion of designs on the site, and comparison with other sites
are given. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):62-68 |
| The New Geneva Petroglyphs Site, 36 Fa 37, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, is described, its motifs detailed, and comparisons
made between it and other petroglyph sites studied and published or
in press by the author, as a result of his present investigation of
the petroglyph sites of the Upper Ohio Valley. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):69-89 |
| Material recovered by the author from the large, well-known
Iroquois site in Prince Edward County, Ontario, is considered
representative of extensive local collections from the site. As
indicated by its location, the Waupoos Site is assoc1ated with the
early Huron development in central and eastern Ontario, and shows
considerable influence from the so-called early Onondaga of the St.
Lawrence Valley and northern New York State. The hypothesis that the
Lalonde High Collar pottery type is ancestral to the high-collared
Iroquois pottery of central New York and Pennsylvania is not
supported by the evidence from Eastern Ontario Iroquois sites. The
Waupoos site is probably slightly later than the nearby Payne (
MacDonald) Site, and is closely related to 1t. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):90-93 |
| Early stages of a systematic search for parallel-flaked
lanceolate projectile points, similar to those of the Plano
tradition, indicate that these points are only sparsely distributed
in New York State. Correlation with the Lower Great Lakes lowland
province, as in Ohio, is suggested. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(2):93-94 |
| Laboratory studies of alleged Phoenician inscriptions found near
Dillsburg, Pa., were made by the Department of Geology of Franklin
and Marshall College, the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, and the
National Bureau of Standards. Examination of thin sections showed
that some of the workings were the result of natural weathering of
olivine veins. Others were unweathered and contained fresh steel
dust. It is concluded that the latter markings are recent frauds. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(3-4):1-5 |
| Ethnographic analogy indicates that certain unusual objects
found in association in a 17th century burial at the Kleis Site in
western New York State were a bundle of objects given to the man in
response to his dreams and later buried with him. The finding of
this bundle suggests that the religion of the ethnographically
little known Niagara Frontier Iroquois resembled that of the
Iroquoian-speaking Hurons to the north and the Five Nations Iroquois
to the east. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(3-4):6-8 |
| The Midland Petroglyph· Site, 36 bv 89, is located, described,
and the animal representation illustrated. Initially recorded in
1908-1909 by Harold B. Barth, it is his original tracing that serves
as a basis for this study and the comparative remarks that are
included. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(3-4):9-52 |
| The evidence for, the nature of, as well as the circumstances
surrounding a simple stone tool type called the Teshoa are reviewed.
Various aspects are explored in some detail including: distribution
through time and space, possible relationships and derivations from
comparable materials in the Old World, uses and contexts (both
ethnographic and archaeological) throughout North America, methods
whereby this kind of tool can be manufactured, classification of
choppers and teshoa, other kinds of tools similar to Teshoa, as well
as the opinions and errors of others on the general subject of
Teshoa; in presenting these facets of "the Teshoa problems," the
intent, as a whole, is to increase our comprehension of the
antiquity, the haws and whys of Teshoa. |
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1964 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 34(3-4):52-53 |
| The Circle Rock Petroglyphs Site, 36 Bv 13, is located,
described, and its motifs illustrated. Brief author comments and
references are included. |
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