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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):1-4 The Muddy Run Rockshelter Elwood C. Walbert & Dennis McGill |
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South central Pennsylvania is an area with many archaeological
sites. The first excavated and published site in the area was the
rockshelter at Chickies Rock, worked by S. S. Haldeman in 1877.
Since his pioneer discovery of stratigraphy there, further work has
been done at Heck (Kinsey 1958) and Erb (Kent and Packard 1969)
rockshelters; recent studies have now brought us to other shelters
in Lancaster County. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):30-33 Birds of a Feather: Some Historic Petroglyphs in Southeastern Ohio James L. Murphy |
| Three non-aboriginal petroglyphs representing birds are
described from Hocking, Jackson, and Morgan counties, Ohio. It is
suggested that at least one of these may be derived from similar
motifs found in Pennsylvania German "fraktur" art. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):36-41 A Possible Association of a Clovis- Like Fluted Projectile Point with a Quaternary Pebble Chert Source in Camden County, New Jersey |
| In December 1982, a Clovis-like fluted point was found in an
abandoned gravel pit in Camden County, New Jersey. These gravels,
located on the present Delaware River floodplain, are ascribable to
the Bridgeton Formation of Quaternary age, and contain cherts
suitable for artifact manufacture. The possible association of the
projectile point and the cherts within the Bridgeton Formation may
support the idea of Marshall (1982) and others, that Paleoindian
populations in the region exploited the nearby Quaternary chert-bearing
gravels, as well as more distant Paleozoic age cherts in
Pennsylvania and New York. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):54-56 Archaeological Site Survey and Recording in Pennsylvania Barry C. Kent, Stephen G. Warfel and Kurt W. Carr |
| From its very beginnings in the nineteenth century,
archaeological site survey and recording in Pennsylvania has
suffered from a lack of centralization. The demands of present
historic preservation legislation require, more than ever before,
the recognition of a single registration facility. A review of the
history of survey and recording activity in the Commonwealth clearly
establishes that only The Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey,
maintained by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, can
offer comprehensive protection for recorded sites which other wise
may be disturbed by federal and/or state assisted development. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):63-66 Chapter Contributions A PLAN FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY HARRY J. TUCCI |
| During this past year, the author has been actively work ing on
the development of a cultural resource management plan for northern
Chester County. This plan has been presented in varying stages to
the public. During the summer of 1983 the author talked to various
townships about the management of archaeological resources in their
town ship. Last fall at the ESAF meeting in Salem Mass. the author
presented a paper on a site survey intended to identify sites in
this area, the paper also included a plan for protecting those sites
which were identified. This paper pulls together the plan in all its
varying stages and at the same time discusses the tangible results
already happening. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(3):1-4 |
| An elaborate stone pipe found in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is
described in detail. Comparative studies and historical information
suggest that it dates from the historic period and that it was made
outside the area in which it was found. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(3):5-20 |
| The major varieties of Late Woodland ceramics from Delaware (Minguannan
Ware and Townsend Ware) show similar stylistic characteristics. A
core of similar design characteristics can also be recognized in
Overpeck and Bowmans Brook ceramics of the Delaware and the Lower
Hudson River valleys. These design similarities supercede
differences in temper and vessel shape. The distribution of the core
set of shared designs corresponds to the Central Coastal Algonkian
Culture Area denoted by Flannery (1939) rather than any individual
ethnic groupings. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(3):21-49 |
| The Novak Site (36FA34) is a Late Woodland Upland Monongahela
village that was partially excavated in a series of field schools at
California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania. The
site excavations, its cultural affinities, its location in relation
to other partially excavated Monongahela villages in the area, and
its association with known Indian paths nearby are discussed in this
report. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(4):1-3 |
| An unusual incised, shell-tempered ceramic sherd from the Late
Woodland Philo II site, Muskingum County, Ohio, bears designs
remarkably similar to numerous aboriginal rock-carvings in the Ohio
Valley. The occurrence of this sherd in an unquestionable Fort
Ancient context suggests that at least some of this form of
petroglyph are Late Woodland in age. The designs on the sherd also
support the contention that at least some of the petroglyphs
represent arrows rather than bird tracks. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(4):4-11 |
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The Thousand Acre Rockshelter No. 1 and the Butter Creek Rockshelter,
West Rockhill township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, were
investigated in the mid-1950s. Described are the shelter
configurations and the recovered artifacts. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(4):12-29 |
| Proposed construction of a large shopping mall near Wash ington,
Pennsylvania, in 1980-81 led to the discovery of a Late Woodland
Monongahela Village. Limited excavations conducted by the senior
author over the next several years are reported. Since testing was
confined to a wooded area, little of the site was uncovered and
little cultural material was retrieved. However seemingly
insignificant the artifact assemblage, the authors feel enough data
were recovered to warrant its sharing with others engaged in
Monongahela cultural research. |
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1985 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(4):30-40 |
| Surface collections and test excavations at 7NC-A2 show human
utilization of a sinkhole complex in limestone low lands of
northern Delaware from Paleo Indian through Late Woodland times. The
presence of varied tool types and ce ramics indicates the presence
of habitation sites. Excavations in a sinkhole recovered a wide
array of pollen and plant remains documenting changing environments
from10,000 B.C. to recent time. A radiocarbon date of ca. 9500 B.C.
was taken from a swamp layer overlying quartz and chalcedony flakes.
The palynological and settlement pattern from the Mitchell Farm site
may be generalized to the adjacent Kennett Square lowlands and the
Piedmont Uplands of southeastern Pennsylvania in general. |
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