The Old Ones
Send to KindleBuffer Recently I remembered being an archaeology student, and how the words that archaeologists use for periods, cultures, or traditions often sounded familiar yet unfamiliar: names like the Archaic and the Woodland, Laurentian and Point Peninsula. These are words which sound strange in some ways to everyone who doesn’t deal with them routinely: [...]
William A. Ritchie, Robert E. Funk, and the Archaic Period in New York State Archaeology
Send to KindleBuffer The Archaic period, 3,000-10,000 years before present (BP) saw human adaptation to temperate, eastern woodlands environments after the Ice Age, and no doubt also witnessed population growth, human migration, and interactions between different societies as the environment changed and innovations were made in technology and subsistence. Archaic societies were hunters-gatherers, although the [...]
“If I have seen farther…” Why State Archaeologists, Archaeology Curators, and State Museums Are Important
Send to Kindle “If I have seen farther” Isaac Newton said, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” And so he acknowledged his debt to those on whose work his great achievements were based. The prominent American sociologist, Robert K. Merton, delving deeper into Newton’s aphorism, found that the Romans, too, knew about [...]
Robert E. Funk Memorial Archaeology Foundation
Send to KindleBufferRobert E. Funk was the New York State Archaeologist from 1971-1993. He made significant contributions to the archaeology of several regions, but most substantially to the understanding of the prehistoric and early contact periods in the Hudson, Mohawk, and Susquehanna valleys. In the 1960s, Bob also initiated Cultural Resource Management archaeology at the [...]
FieldnotesFieldnotes- Book Notes, Spring-Summer 2013
- 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
