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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist
63(1):1-9 |
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The Wylie site #3 (36WH283), located in the mid-Chartiers
Creek Valley of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been the subject of
archaeological investigations since 1989. This paper is an expansion of an oral
paper delivered during the 61st annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania
Archaeology. The feature type, here-to-fore unreported in southwestern
Pennsylvania, and its associated artifacts are described. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(1):10-49 |
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The Pidcock sites are multi-component, stratified
river floodplain locales that include three vertically separate components: Late
Archaic, late Middle Woodland, and Late Woodland. Excavated artifactual
materials include a cache of seven jasper and seven flint preforms from the Late
Archaic component and two Fox Creek-like points, argillite bifaces, and various
ceramic types from the late Middle Woodland component. Also represented is a
clearly demarcated late Middle/Late Woodland boundary, documenting the
replacement of argillite by flint as the lithic material of choice, as well as
changes in ceramic types. Further, the recovery of buried intact Late Woodland
materials substantiating the co-occurrence of pottery types with both Upper
Delaware River Valley and Delmarva Peninsula origins has been documented. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(1):50-52 |
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A full-grooved axe, a beveled adze, and a
spearthrower weight were found in association during an archaeological
excavation in the Middle Delaware Valley in Warren County, New Jersey.
Descriptions of these lithic artifacts follow a brief discussion of the setting
in which these items were found. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(1):53-55 |
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Two spearthrower (atlatl) weights were recovered
from a site situated along the Lehigh River in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
A description of these artifacts follows a brief background discussion of the
archaeological activity that took place at this site. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(2):1-6 |
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In November of 1990 a cache of large, stemmed points
was found during the author's excavations at the Snyder site. This cache appears
to be related to a Poplar Island compo nent at the site which has been dated to
4770 B.P. The cache and its archaeological context at the site are described. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(2):7-52 |
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This report summarizes the findings of a partial excavation of the
Portman site, a palisaded village of the Late Prehistoric
Monongahela Culture dated at A.D. 1390. The site is located on a
creek terrace occupied by humans since Archaic times. Physical
attributes of the village are analyzed and artifact traits are
described and discussed, with emphasis placed on comparisons with
similar southwestern Pennsylvania sites. While incipient Drew phase
influences are noted in the ceramics, artifacts resemble those of
the Scarem site, a Monongahela Culture village site in the upper
Raccoon Creek valley, Washington County. It is suggested that
austere conditions led to an early abandonment of the Portman
village. Partial funding of the project was from a National Park
Service grant. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(2):53-63 |
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A biocultural analysis of the mortuary features of the terminal Late
Archaic (2952 B.P.) Kirian-Treglia cemetery indicates that all
individuals were treated in a generally similar manner with little
overt emphasis placed on mortuary, and presumably status,
differentiation. While some variation in mortuary treatment
occurred, much of the variation appears to be based on the universal
distinctions of age, sex, and ability. The population using this
cemetery was thus essentially socially egalitarian. In most respects
the Kirian-Treglia population was similar to other terminal Late
Archaic populations of the region usually referred to collectively
as the Glacial Kame Complex. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(2):64-76 |
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At the Printzhof Site (36DE3) a series of postmold patterns which
appear to reflect two Lenape wikiups, or wigwams, of the Contact
Period are described in their archaeological context. The kind of
shelters described as being used by the Lenape during the early
Contact Period is part of the evidence needed to reconstruct their
lifestyle. |
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1993 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 63(2):77-89 |
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Topsoil removal on Canfield Island, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
uncovered an isolated Shenks Ferry dwelling, complete with related
features. An in-house burial was also found. Analysis of various
features and their probable functions within a Shenks Ferry living
complex is provided. Inferences are drawn that add to our knowledge
of the Stewart or northern phase of these people and their
relationship to neighboring tribes. |
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