New Archaeological Discoveries in the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, New York
Send to KindleBuffer(This is the third in a series on history and archaeology in upstate New York communities) Until recently, archaeologists combing archives for information on ancient Indian sites in the Town of Wilton, Saratoga County, New York have been able to identify only sparse references. These include a report from the 1950s of an [...]
August Reading for Archaeologists-Adventurous Fiction for People with Heads Full of Facts
Send to KindleIt’s July. You’re on an archaeological survey in the uplands west of the Hudson River, south of the Mohawk. It’s hot and humid. You peer through the haze. You have your doubts that you will find anything because the soil is poorly drained clay, and you don’t completely buy the argument that something [...]
Did Climate Change Affect the Hudson Valley, AD 800-1300?
Send to KindleBuffer(This is the first in series of posts about the environmental context of human ecosystems and archaeological sites, ca. AD 800-1700). Following the lead of geologists, paleontologists, and climatologists, in recent years archaeologists have been paying more attention to the Medieval Warm Period. Ancient histories and proxy climate records such as tree rings, [...]
FieldnotesFieldnotes- Sea Level Rise and Archaeological Sites: The Case of Jamestown, Virginia
- The 2013 New York State Archaeological Association (NYSAA) Annual Meeting
- Way Down Below the Ocean…Rising Sea-Level and the Atlantean Realms of the Post-Glacial World
- The Trailside Site: A Middle Archaic Period Site in Queensbury, New York
- Early to Middle Archaic: Glimpses of Early Ways of Life in Greene County, New York
- Paleoindian to Archaic in Saratoga County, New York
- The Old Ones
- William A. Ritchie, Robert E. Funk, and the Archaic Period in New York State Archaeology
- …and Back Again: A Viking Family Returns from Vinland
- Vikings in the New World: A New Phase of Investigation
