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Author: Steven McDougal

Steve McDougal is an archaeologist in the Bureau for Historic Preservation. He handles Section 106 and PA History Code review for projects in north-central Pennsylvania.

This photograph shows four students clearing dirt from an archaeological site.
Students excavate the Hatch site in Centre County, PA.

Centre County’s Hatch Site

November 22, 2017 / / 3 Comments

This past summer I had the opportunity, along with other members of the PA SHPO, to visit an archaeological field school underway in State College. It’s not often I get away from my desk, so it was a nice chance to get out in the field and get my hands dirty helping to screen soil, even if just for a day or two. The field school was run as a coordinated effort by the Juniata College Cultural Resource Institute and the PennDOT Highway Archaeological Survey Team (PHAST) at the James W. Hatch Site (36Ce544). Continue reading

#FindYourPark: Steamtown National Historic Site

November 18, 2015 / / 0 Comments

The National Park Service will marks its 100th anniversary in 2016, and in honor of this centennial celebration, PHMC will highlight the National Parks in Pennsylvania throughout the coming year, as seen through the eyes of our staff.

Recently, a couple of us from the office went on a trip to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton.  The site is owned by the National Park Service and is the site a rail yard and engine roundhouse of the former Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad.  We went to discuss consultation between our office and NPS on maintenance and infrastructure improvements at the site.  Once we were done with our official discussions, we got a tour of the facilities. Continue reading

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