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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):1-27 |
| The Wylie #3 site, 36WH283, was partially excavated by Carnegie
Museum of Natural History in 1989- 1991 and Allegheny Chapter No. 1
of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in 1989-2000. Although
recovered diagnostic artifacts indicate that the site was utilized
for at least 8,000 years, the primary occupation of the site
occurred during the Middle Monongahela period when at least two
villages were built on the site. An interesting discovery was the
presence of post mold patterns of possible "ramadas" or
summer-kitchens attached to houses of the later village. A housing
development has since destroyed the uninvestigated portions of the
site. Part I of this report (presented here) discusses the site
setting, excavation methods, radiocarbon dated features, and
community patterns. Part II of the report, which will be published
in the near future, will discuss feature types, artifacts, and
subsistence strategies of the Wylie #3 site occupants. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):28-57 |
| The Glenshaw Rockshelter (36AL482) is a relatively small
rockshelter in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Excavation in
2006-2007 produced surprisingly clear stratigraphy in some units and
a number of well preserved features and artifacts at depths of up to
70 em below ground surface. AMS dates and diagnostic artifacts
indicate that the site was occasionally visited by Native Americans
from Archaic through Late Woodland times. Data from the Rocky Dell
Rockshelter (36AL93), the nearest excavated rockshelter site, are
also presented in this report for comparative purposes. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):58-69 |
| From 1880 to 1943, Harry Wilson was an avid surface collector of
Indian artifacts in southeastern Pennsylvania, especially within
Chester County. The Wilson Collection, housed at West Chester
University, is composed of a wide variety of prehistoric artifacts,
as well as Wilson's field journal, field maps, artifact log, and
correspondence. The Wilson Collection Documentation Project involves
the curation and documentation of the collection and field survey of
the sites represented. The project has identified over 1,000
provenienced artifacts in the collection, from 118 sites in Chester
County. To date, 34 of those sites have been field surveyed. This
paper describes the Wilson Collection, outlines the curatorial and
survey methods used in the project, and considers the contribution
of the collection to the archaeological record of southeastern
Pennsylvania |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):70-78 |
| Debitage analysis, coupled with lithic tool and pottery
analysis, was performed on artifacts in the Richard Stockton College
collection from the Raccoon Point site (28GL6) in Gloucester County,
New Jersey. Debitage and test trench materials discussed in this
report were not previously analyzed and described in the site report
published by Kier and Calverley in 1 957. Evidence from the site
indicates it was occupied from Archaic through Late Woodland times.
This study found that the prehistoric inhabitants were using local
pebbles and some imported materials to create their tools, many of
which were manufactured on site. This new evidence supports the
original excavators' hypothesis that the material culture at the
site reflected a productive hunting and fishing station. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):1-43 |
| The Wylie #3 site (36WH283) was partially
excavated by Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1989- 1991
and Allegheny Chapter No. 1 of the Society for Pennsylvania
Archaeology in 1989-2000. These excavations documented that the
Wylie #3 site contained at least two overlapping Late Prehistoric
Middle Monongahela villages. The site setting, excavation methods,
radiocarbon dated features, and community patterns evident at the
site were recently described in a report entitled "The Wylie #3 Site
(36WH283): Part I" (George 2011 ). This report is a continuation of
that manuscript and will discuss feature types and artifacts
recovered at the site, as well as subsistence strategies of the
Wylie #3 site occupants. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):44-53 Keyhole Features from the Consol Site (36WM100) Albert Auffart and Robert Oshnock |
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The authors present their findings on an unusual feature type found
at the Consol site (36WM 1 00), a series of Late Prehistoric
Monongahela villages in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The
feature type is designated as a "Consol keyhole" feature. The
authors describe the dominant characteristics of this type of
feature and discuss potential uses for a design of this type. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):54-64 Two Archaic Dogs from Central Ohio Paul W Sciulli and Joseph Purcell |
| In this report, the authors describe and analyze two
domesticated prehistoric dogs found in Ohio which likely lived in
terminal Middle Archaic to early Late Archaic times (ca. 4000-5000
cal. years B . P.). Size estimates indicate that the body mass for
each was about 10 kg and shoulder height was about 40 cm. The Ohio
dogs were similar in size to other documented Early-Mid Holocene ( 1
0500-5500 cal. years B.P.) dogs from the Southeast and Midwest of
North America. Comparisons of dental measures between the Ohio and
southeastern dogs showed the former had somewhat larger UM 1 -2 and
UP4 measures, suggesting a degree of geographical differentiation
among Archaic period dogs. |
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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):65-76 Jacob Skickett, Lenopi Elder: Preliminary Notes from before 1750 to after1802 Marshall Joseph Becker |
| Jacob Skickett was first among equals in the Lenopi bands of
southern New Jersey. His biography reveals a great deal about these
people, known as "Jerseys" in colonial documents and "Delaware" in
the popular literature, during the last part of the colonial period.
European settlement had minimal impact on Lenopi culture until the
late 1 700s. A summary of what is known about Skickett and his
family enables us to understand the extremely slow process of
culture change as it operated among the native peoples in southern
New Jersey. Variations in rates of change within the Lenopi
community permit us to better understand cultural dynamics of the
Late Woodland period, and to better interpret the very limited
archaeological record. |
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