January in June? 1816, the Year without a Summer
Kindle(This is the eighth in a series of posts about the environmental context of human ecosystems and archaeological sites in eastern North America) On this morning’s weather report, WNYT Channel 13 in Albany recalled a Ballston Spa, New York newspaper story from 1816: June 6, 1816 dawned cold and snowy. According to the Channel 13 […]
Apparent Evidence of Archaic Period Forest Alteration in the Vosburg Site Archaeological District, Guilderland, New York
Kindle(This is the sixth in a series of posts about the environmental context of human ecosystems and archaeological sites in eastern North America) Some of the earliest evidence of land clearing and related forest composition change in eastern North America has been summarized in the short Fieldnotes article, “Shaping the Forest with Fire– A Very […]
Recent Investigation Shows Effects of Ancient Native American Forest Clearing
Kindle(This is the third in a series of posts about the environmental context of human ecosystems and archaeological sites in eastern North America, ca. AD 800-1700). Last summer I wrote about ancient forest clearing practices of American Indians in the Eastern Woodlands region, particularly in reference to the Mohawk and Hudson valleys of New York […]
Fieldnotes » Fieldnotes- A Hudson Valley Writer on the Ancient Custom of Christmas
- An Inside View of an Archaeological Project: The Adam Shafer Site in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York
- When It’s Not about Turkey and Football: Review of The Mourning Road to Thanksgiving by Larry Spotted Crow Mann
- Understanding Chert in the Mid-Hudson Valley: A Note on a Recent Workshop and Field Trip
- Archaeological Memoir: Sharing Our Histories on Social Media
- The Vampire Skeleton: A Scary Seneca Iroquois Story
- Review of Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson
- Reconstructing Frontenac Island’s History
- Frontenac, Island of History
- Glimpses of Archaic Societies
