Category: Archaeology (Page 11 of 19)

Forest with large boulders — Alpenglow Rockshelter with opening at western end. Photo by Dave Gutkowski.

A Rockshelter Awakens

April 29, 2020 / Guest Contributor / 12 Comments

Four years of background research and two years of carefully documented shovel test pits finally came to fruition on August 1, 2019.

PA SHPO Environmental Review: Continuity of Operations during COVID-19 State Office Closures

March 27, 2020 / PHMC / 4 Comments

UPDATE: Due to public health measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, effective March 30, 2020, we are no longer accepting mailed submissions.

Any previously mailed submissions should be resubmitted through PA-SHARE. Please use the process outlined for sending submissions below.

March Marker Mania 2020

March 25, 2020 / Karen Galle / 2 Comments

Soon there will be some new markers out there for you to brake for!

Earlier this month, PHMC approved twenty-four new historical markers for an amazing range of subjects that highlight even more interesting Pennsylvania facts and figures.

Group of people standing in clearing next to tall stone marker — Fort Dewart, listed in the National Register in January 2021, is just one example of the interesting nominations considered by the Board.

Defending Fort Dewart, a Legacy of Stewardship

March 18, 2020 / Casey Hanson / 14 Comments

When Ron Sehn and Terry Doran bought their properties in Folmont, they never imagined that they were also signing up to be the defenders of the eighteenth-century Fort Dewart.

YOUR Archaeological Site Survey: a Shout-Out to 2019 PASS Contributors

February 26, 2020 / Hannah Harvey / 1 Comment

The PHMC has been a steward of archaeological site information in Pennsylvania since the late 1920s.

Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey is seeking an Intern!

February 6, 2020 / Hannah Harvey / 0 Comments

The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) is seeking an archaeological research intern to work with the Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey (PASS) program.

PA SHPO’s Top 10 Posts of 2019

January 1, 2020 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

It wouldn’t be New Years without a top 10 recap, and I didn’t want to disappoint you by not giving our faithful readers a recap of their favorite blog.

Group of people standing outside in forest. — The Board at the October 2019 meeting. From left: Lynne Calamia, PhD. (Philadelphia), Sue Hannegan (Mill Hall), Christine Ussler, AIA (Bethlehem), Megan Tooker (Bellefonte), Lindsay Varner, Ph.D. (Carlisle), Angelique Bamberg (Pittsburgh), Katherine Wyrosdick, AICP (Erie), Jayashree Shamanna (Scranton), Ben Ford Ph.D., RPA (Indiana), Johnette Davies (Philadelphia), and John Conti (Pittsburgh). Board members missing from the photo are Rob Armstrong (Philadelphia), Ira Beckerman, PhD (New Cumberland), Jane Sheffield (Altoona), and Cara Halderman (Pittsburgh).

Welcome, new Preservation Board members!

October 30, 2019 / Elizabeth Rairigh / 0 Comments

The Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Board is a little known, but incredibly talented, group of professionals from across the commonwealth.

The Society at 90: Celebrating the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology’s 90th Year with a Look at the Present and the Future!

October 9, 2019 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

This Archaeology Month, we are celebrating the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology’s 90^th year. As part of that celebration, we are taking over the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office’s Blog for two weeks. Last week we looked at how the society was founded, and this week we are going to see what the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (SPA) looks like today. For those of you who are curious about archaeology, want to learn more, and would love the opportunity to get involved with the SPA, this blog post is for you!

White woman sitting at a table reading a book. — Frances Dorrance at her desk in Hoyt Library in Kingston, PA. Image courtesy of the Pennsylvania Archaeologist 1955 Vol 25. No. 1.

The Society at 90: Celebrating the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology’s 90th Year with a Look Back at our Beginnings

October 2, 2019 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

In 1929, the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (SPA) was formed to promote the study of archaeology within the Commonwealth. Throughout the history of the SPA, up to and including today, the SPA has provided a forum for amateur and professional archaeologists to work together, share their findings, and piece together the archaeology of Pennsylvania.