Posted by Edward V. Curtin on January 22, 2014 in
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Buffer Near the corner of Broad and Alexander Streets, Albany, New York, 2012. About 8:00 AM on an overcast day archaeological field workers are gathering to begin the day’s work. Exchanging good mornings, they finish their coffee and move field equipment from their vehicles parked along Broad Street to the two nearby dig sites at […]
Tags: Albany, Albany history, Albany Housing Authority, Albany South End, Historical Archaeology, Omni Development, Omni Housing Development, Philip Schuyler, Simeon DeWitt
Posted by Edward V. Curtin on January 31, 2012 in
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Over the past year, our archaeological surveys taken us to communities across eastern New York such as Queensbury, Clifton Park, Halfmoon, Malta, Saratoga Springs, Wilton, Ballston and Ballston Spa, Mechanicville, Albany, Bethlehem, Niskayuna, Johnstown, Argyle, Coxsackie, Colonie, Cohoes, and Cobleskill. In our spare moments we try to bring you our thoughts and an occasional nice […]
Tags: archaeological methods, archaeological survey, archaeologists, Archaic, climate change, environmental archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Posted by Andrew Farry on June 1, 2010 in
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BufferAnyone who has participated in an archaeological excavation learns very fast that one of the most common artifacts found are nails. This is true no matter what type of site is excavated, be it a colonial military settlement, a rural farmstead context, or an urban site. Such ubiquity can often have the unintended consequence of […]
Tags: AASLH, cut nails, hand-wrought nails, Historical Archaeology, nail identification, rosehead nails, SHA, Stanley South, wire nails