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The Kitchawank, Wappinger, and Lenape peoples who lived here for 7,000+ years
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) | 401 | 76,522 | Original → |
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) | 223 | 40,085 | Original → |
| Various (1971) | 98 | 18,630 | Original → |
| Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994) | 73 | 12,771 | Original → |
| Various (1967) | 42 | 8,829 | Original → |
| Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) | 39 | 7,958 | Original → |
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Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] The length of 17 points varied from 17.0 mm, to 46.0 mm.; the mean is 28.5 mm., median 28.0 mm., and mode 28.0 mm. The width of 25 points varied from 17.0 mm. to 28.0 mm.; the mean, median, and mode is 22.0 mm. The thickness of 46 po…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] A convex sided type of point with either a straight, convex, or concave base represents 75.0% of the sample. A visual inspection of the flint utilized indicates that it is either of the Onondaga or Lockport Dolomite Formations which …
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Knives: The single specimen is bifacially worked but has wear marks only on one edge. It may have been hafted. Utilized flakes: Over 1300 flint flakes were recovered, of which only 15 specimens appeared to have been utilized. ROUGH A…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Comments on vessel size and surface finish are based on two completely restored vessels and three partially restored vessels. The criteria used to analyze the pottery vessels are exterior surface finish, interior surface finish, temp…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] 1 2 1 It would appear that most, if not all, of the vessels were cord roughened at one stage of their manufacture and. latter certain areas were smoothed. Criterion 2: Interior Surface Finish. The interior surface finish was smoothed…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] The following techniques were used to decorate the exterior of 64 vessels; incising, punctating, dentate stamping, bossing, cord-wrapped stick impressions, or a combination of incising with the other techniques. The technique of deco…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] The design motifs a-f, h, j, k, 1, and o are examples of the design motifs on Ontario Oblique pottery which MacNeish defines as ". . , bands of oblique lines either parallel or opposed on the neck and rim on globular-bowled vessels" …
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] The lip profile was as follows: flat lip, 60 vessels; rounded lip, 27 vessels; pinched lip, 3 vessels; and indeterminant lip, 5 vessels. The predominant characteristic is a flat lip, with a frequency of 63.0%. Criterion 7: Rim Profil…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Middleport Criss-Cross Owasco Other Undecorated Vessels Ripley Plain Other TABLE 2 POTTERY TYPES f % 43 45.4 5 5.2 4 4.2
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] ECOLOGY OF THE SITE The ecology of this site is presently under investigation. Soil samples were collected from many of the features. These are being processed by water flotation. The result is a sample of the seed material which wil…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] It is with these two sites, Onoville Bridge and Kinzua, that Witchs Walk shares the greatest similarity. The settlement location of each site is duplicated at the others, except for minor variation. All three sites are located on the…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] I also wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of the Interior, National Parks Service for the 1967 field session. They very patiently allowed us to continue the field contract to include the Fall 1968 field sessi…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] 1958 MacNeish, R. 1952 The Late Prehistoric Occupation in Southwestern New York: An Interpretive Analysis. Researches and Transactions, New York State Archaeological Association, Vol. 14, No. 1, Albany. Iroquois Pottery Types - A Tec…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] The Archaeological History of New York. New York State Museum Bulletin, Nos. 235-236 (Part 1), Nos. 237-238 (Part 2), Albany. A Typology and Nomenclature for New York Projectile Points, New York State Museum and Science Service, Bull…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Many field investigations and new research have radically changed views since 1960. Louis A. Brennan's new book American Dawn: A New Model of American Prehistory tells the story of these discoveries and their impact upon the framewor…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] To document his case, Brennan reviews the development of man in the Old World and discusses the possible cultures that could have been ancestral to the early migrants of the
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Tennessee, and his own work at the Prickly Pear site in New York. In South America he singles out the El Jobo site in Venezuela and the Cerro Chivateros site in Peru. Although he discusses the difficulties in dating some of these sit…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] This reviewer would certainly agree with this position when it can be shown that these assemblages are distinctive and lack only proper dating. Would we deny the existence of dinosaurs if there were no dates? This has been done by so…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] It was undoubtedly a period of great diversification and innovation and a time when the foundations for the later complex cultures were established. The great importance and complexity of these Archaic Cultures are just beginning to …
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] However, no one can read this book without seeing prehistoric America as alive, colorful, dynamic, and fruitful. There are new ideas and critical analysis of old ones that merit reading. Don W. Dragoo Carnegie Museum
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] Association Morning Session Charles F. Hayes, III, Chairman, Morgan Chapter 9:15 "The Bare Island Culture on Eagle Neck, Orient, New York" Roy Latham, Long Island Chapter 9:30 "The Laurel Hollow Site" Kathryn Browning, Long Island Ch…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] "Determining Cultural Levels in Unstratified Sites" Philip H. Salkin, Triple Cities Chapter "The Osteology of Seneca Residence Pattern: The Reservation Period" Audrey Sublett, Florida Atlantic University, Fredrick Al. Houghton Chapte…
Various (1971)
[Various (1971)] "Three Celt Caches from Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania" Leslie L. DeLaney, King's College 11:10 "Implication of Two Carbon 14 Dates from Montrose Point" Louis A. Brennan, Metropolitan Chapter 11:40 "A Radiocarbon Date for Otter Creek a…
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] 1 After Point Peninsula: Pickering vs. Owasco in the St. Lawrence Valley Cesare D'Annibale and Brian D. Ross 9 Exceptional Preservation of a Shell Specimen at the Goldkrest Site (CNGTL470), East Greenbush, New York Fr…
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] In Memorium: Kenneth E. Kidd (1906-1994) David M. Pendergast, Charles F. Hayes III 49 The Eaton Site: Preliminary Analysis of the Iroquoian Component William Engelbrecht, Houghton Chapter, Buffalo State College Twelve…
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Until the fall of 1993, little analysis had been performed on the growing body of data from these excavations, although Kathleen Allen (1988) utilized rim sherds recovered from Eaton in her doctoral dissertation. Duri…
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] York State Division for Historic Preservation site number is A029-25-0003. Other designations are Buf 2-4 and UB 221. The major component is an Iroquoian village believed to date to the mid-sixteenth century. No sixte…
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] At the 1979 annual meeting of the NYSAA in Rochester, Chapter members presented a series of papers on the site, including one by Carolyn Pierce on the history of investigations at the site. I have drawn on the latter …
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Michael Waite Tracy Wright Madison Points Identification of Shell- Non-Iroquoian Projectile Points Scrapers Site Map Organization of Written Lithic Sourcing
Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] have been 1 person for every 20 meters squared. Utilizing this figure along with White's site-size estimate of 2.2 acres (approximately 8,903 meters squared) gives a population estimate of 445 for the Iroquoian villag…