Tag: Baseline Survey

Text "2023 Year in Review" over a collage of six photos of buildings and people.

ICYMI: PA SHPO’s Blog in 2023

December 27, 2023 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 0 Comments

It’s been a minute since I did a “year in review” post for the blog, so I thought I’d treat our readers to PA SHPO’s version of the ubiquitous end-of-year list.

In the spirit ICYMI, here is a list of the best posts from 2023 that you want to be sure to read. If I had to sum up the blog’s year in one phrase, I think it’s “a year of education, entertainment, and everything in between.”

Color drawing of a large stone building with American flag. — Historic postcard of the American Legion Building in Tarentum, Allegheny County. From the PA State Archives.

Documenting Veterans Organizations with Baseline Survey

November 8, 2023 / Shelby Weaver Splain / 2 Comments

We’ve written quite a bit about PA SHPO’s Baseline Survey initiative over the last three years. We’ll be sharing even more in 2024 when we publish our Year 3 results but – spoiler alert! – I can say that we will have added over 16,000 NEW resources in 55 counties to PA-SHARE by the time this initial effort is completed.

Two people standing in a field with a wood screen and a shovel. — PA SHPO archaeologists Justin McKeel (left) and Casey Hanson (right) surveying a site in Montgomery County. Surveyor was used to capture this site directly in the field.

Digging into the PASS Year: The 2022 Annual PASS Report

June 7, 2023 / Taylor Napoleon / 0 Comments

Earlier this year, PA SHPO issued its PA Archaeological Site Survey (PASS) report for 2022. Definitely add the PASS report to your “must read” list because it is chock full of interesting information about archaeology in Pennsylvania.