Category: Archaeology (Page 13 of 16)

Feature 1 found in Test Area III contained a pestle and a cup stone (or “nutting stone”) found undisturbed for thousands of years. These artifacts, together with analyses of the soils that were retained from the feature, seem to confirm that nut processing activities took place at the site. Credit: Allegheny Archaeology Research, September 2015.

McKean County’s Keating Site, Part 1

April 5, 2017 / Guest Contributor / 3 Comments

Located along the Potato Creek north of Smethport in McKean County, Pennsylvania, the Keating site (36MC0127) is a prehistoric site with a long history of occupation covering a period of time from approximately 7000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. The site is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places important because of its potential to provide more information about how people lived in this area during the Early Archaic to Late Woodland. This post, the first of two, explores some of the more interesting findings from this dig. Continue reading

5 Things about Preservation in 2016

December 28, 2016 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 1 Comment

This time of year is all about traditions, so I’m keeping one of ours here at the PA Historic Preservation blog: the Year in Review. Its a good time to reflect on all the great preservation in Pennsylvania in 2016. There is so much to choose from that it was hard to come up with my top 5! Once you read through my list, leave a comment and tell me what is on your Top 5 list.

Seneca Assisting in the Metal Detector Survey of Alternative 1. Photograph by Chris Espenshade (formerly of Commonwealth Heritage Group), 2015.

Into the Wilderness: Part 3

November 23, 2016 / Keith Heinrich / 0 Comments

The search for Thompson’s Island ends… and a new search begins… Continue reading

Imagine this on a billboard! Image courtesy of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology (SPA). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the SPA Archaeology Month poster series. This year's poster sponsors are PHMC, SPA, PA Archaeological Council, Indiana Univ. of PA, Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc., and Allegheny Archaeology Research.

Why is archaeology important?

October 26, 2016 / Kira Heinrich / 8 Comments

Sorry, guys, no October SHPO Shout-Out this month – but I have a good reason! Continue reading

Gallery page of the Digging I95 website, http://diggingi95.com/tag/gallery/

Artifacts from PennDOT Dig Shine at Wheaton

October 19, 2016 / Guest Contributor / 0 Comments

There’s a scene in the 1960 classic, The Time Machine, where Rod Taylor escapes the imminent nuclear war by throwing his machine fast into the future. Quickly, the ground rises all around him and for what appears to be an eternity, he is sitting there isolated from the outside world. At that moment, as we watch him shivering, we wonder with him what is going on above ground. An archaeologist would empathize with Rod Taylor at that moment, not because he has put himself into a tight spot, but because Taylor’s experience is the experience of all artifacts in the ground. They are part of the world, then they are no longer part of the world, having disappeared beneath the earth.

Daniel Kamin Entrance with Calder statue and pool.

Spotlight Series: Philadelphia’s Penn Museum

October 5, 2016 / Pamela Reilly / 0 Comments

When I realized that October is Archaeology Month, I thought it would be a great opportunity to share my first trip to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the university’s world renowned archaeology museum.

1803 George Armstrong house, approximately 17 x 17 feet, now at Depreciation Lands Museum. Photograph by Charles Richmond, 2013.

Marketing Archaeology: A Non-Scientific Survey about Public Outreach Tools

August 24, 2016 / Guest Contributor / 2 Comments

Fostering a public appreciation for historic resources and archaeology is one of the most important keys to protecting our history.

Unfortunately, many cultural resources professionals struggle with how to make their work accessible and interesting to the general public. In this blog post, we take on this challenge and announce the launch of a non-scientific, but very intriguing experiment to explore how the public responds to different avenues of communication – brochures, social media and web tools. Continue reading

Summer 2016: New Faces at the PA SHPO!

July 6, 2016 / Pamela Reilly / 1 Comment

The warm days of summer almost always mean that the PA SHPO has a new group of interns on board and a number of special projects underway. That is certainly true for summer 2016 as new faces and new ideas brighten our cubicle world in the Commonwealth Keystone Building. This year we are hosting two PHMC Keystone interns, four collaborative PA SHPO/PennDOT cultural resource interns and three short-term project employees. Continue reading

June’s SHPO Shout Out!

June 29, 2016 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

June… school’s out, summer officially arrives, vacations galore, and lots of great preservation work going on. I myself just got back from a nice long weekend in the PA Wilds, and they deserve a Shout Out for the amazing work they’re doing to promote the natural and historical wonders of this region. I didn’t want to come home from the quaint cottage we stayed in along Pine Creek but I knew you’d all be waiting for this month’s Shout Out and I didn’t want to disappoint. Continue reading

Category: Archaeology (Page 13 of 16)

McKean County’s Keating Site, Part 1

5 Things about Preservation in 2016

Into the Wilderness: Part 3

Why is archaeology important?

Artifacts from PennDOT Dig Shine at Wheaton

Spotlight Series: Philadelphia’s Penn Museum

Marketing Archaeology: A Non-Scientific Survey about Public Outreach Tools

Summer 2016: New Faces at the PA SHPO!

June’s SHPO Shout Out!

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