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Potts Palaeo-Indian Site, Phoenix, NY
(May 15-June 7, 1983). This excavationis
one of the few scientificexplorationsof an
EarlyMan site in New York.About 11,000
yearsago the Clovispeople used the area as
a warm season camp and kill site. The
Thousand Islands are 1-2 hours north.
Getting there: Take the New York State
Thruwayto Interstate 81 at Syracuse;continue on 81 to NY Route 480 exit; go north
on 480 toward Phoenix; exit on Route 264
north to Mexico,NY; excavations will be
visible2-3 milesafter exit.No appointment
necessaryfor admissionor guide; not accessible by public transportation; camping
adjacent to site; motels withina few miles.
Contact: Richard MichaelGramly,Buffalo
Museum of Science, Humboldt Parkway,
Buffalo,NY 14211 (tel) 716-896-5200.
Stony Point BattlefieldState Historic Site,
Stony Point, NY (May-October, 1983;
daily, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; no excavations in
1983). The assault led by General "Mad"
AnthonyWaynein July 1779 on the British
fortressat Stony Pointwas a turningpoint of
the Revolutionary
War.Alsoon park property
are the remainsof Indianencampmentsand
the earliestlighthouseon the Hudson River,
dating to 1826. On-site museum is open
May-October,9 a.m.-4:30p.m.,and the park
features a self-guidedwalking tour. Other
historicsitesand state parks in the Palisades
RegionincludeKnoxHeadquartersand New
WindsorCantonment. Getting there: Stony
Point Battlefieldis about 15 milessouth of
WestPoint on Park Road, off Route 9W.No
appointment necessary for admission or
guide, except during off-season; accessible
bysporadic bus servicefrom New YorkCity
to Newburgh;campingin nearbystate parks,
hotels nearby.Contact: Stony Point BattlefieldState HistoricSite,PO. Box 182,Stony
Point, NY 10980 (tel) 914-786-2521.
PENNSYLVANIA
Clarion Furnace, Clarion, PA (June 27July 15, 1983). This early 19th-century
industrial site features an early pioneer
settlement and charcoal-firediron furnace.
The contemporarysite of Helen Furnace is
4 milesaway.Gettingthere:Thesiteislocated
in a state game preserve. Appointment
necessary for admission and guide; not
accessibleby public transportation;camping
and hotel within5 miles.Contact:GustavA.
Konitzky,
ArchaeologicalLaboratory,Clarion
State College, Clarion, PA 16214 (tel)
814-226-2396.
Eckley Miners' Village, Hazleton, PA (All
year; Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Sunday, 12-5 p.m.; excavations scheduled for 1983). Eckley,a mid-19th-century
mining village,is the last of the anthracite
patch towns. Its 58 major buildingsinclude
churches,a doctors office,mineowners'and
foremen'shomes, and miners'double dwellings;3 buildingsare open to the public,and
others are being restored. On-sitemuseum.
The Ashland Anthracite Museum is about
15 miles away; the Scranton Anthracite
Museum is 30 miles away. Getting there:
Eckley Miners' Villageis 9 miles east of
Hazleton off Route 940, accessible from
Interstates80 or 81.No appointment necessary for admission;no guide available; not
accessiblebypublictransportation; camping
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3 miles away,hotel 7 miles away.Contact:
Judith Rasson or David L. Salay, Eckley
Miners'Village,R.R. #2, Box236, Weatherley,PA 18255 (tel) 717-636-2070.
French Creek Valley, Erie, PA (May 31July 9, 1983, 9 a.m.-l p.m.). A Gannon
University team will excavate an Earlyto
MiddleWoodlandsite in the French Creek
Valley,hoping to find examples of McFate
Pottery,and willalso work a site along the
AlleghenyRiver operated by the Carnegie
Museum.Duringthe second week of July,a
few test units willbe opened at the nearby
Sommerheim site, which contains remains
of earth ovens, house patterns and shell
middens. Presque Isle State Park is nearby.
Gettingthere:Callthe AnthropologyDepartment at Gannon Universityfor directions.
No appointment necessary for admission
or guide; not accessibleby public transportation; hotels and motels within 10 miles.
Contact:M.Jude Kirkpatrick,Anthropology
Department, Gannon University,Box 16,
Erie,PA 16541 (tel)814-871-7491.
Printzhof South, Essington, PA (July
1-August 1, 1983).The PrecolumbianLenape Indians occupied this site as their
summer settlement area. In 1643 Johan
Printzof Sweden establishedhis house and
tradingstationon the site,settingup the first
European-derived seat of government in
Pennsylvania.The American Swedish Historical Museum, UniversityMuseum of the
Universityof Pennsylvania,and more than
100 other museums are in and around
nearby Philadelphia. Getting there: From
Route 95 south from Philadelphia,take the
Essingtonexitand followsigns to Governor
Printz State Park located on the Delaware
River.No appointment necessaryfor admission; appointment necessaryfor guide; not
accessiblebypublictransportation;hotelsin
Philadelphia.Contact: MarshallJ. Becker,
Departmentof Anthropology,WestChester
State University,West Chester, PA 19380
(tel) 215-436-2884.
RHODE ISLAND
Parker Woodland, Greene, R1 (Open
summer-fall; excavations May-Juñe,
1983). The 515-acre Parker Woodland,
owned by the Audubon Society of Rhode
Island,containsa number of well-preserved
stone cairns, farmsteads, mill ruins, and
specialactivitysites,such as charcoal-burning
areas, rarelystudied by archaeologists.The
woodland is now being developed as an
outdoor museum to examinerural 18thand
19th century lifeways;exhibitswillopen in
the late summer.An extensivetrail system
leads visitorsto many archaeologicalsites.
The HaffenrefferMuseumof Anthropology
in Bristol,the Slater Millsite in Pawtucket,
and the Rhode Island Historical Society
Museum are nearby. Getting there: Take
Interstate 95 to Route 102 North to Maple
ValleyRoad; tum right at sign for Parker
Woodland.No appointment necessaryfor
admissionor guide; not accessiblebypublic
transportation; camping nearby; hotel in
Providenceor Warwick.Contact:PatriciaE.
Rubertone, Department of Anthropology,
BrownUniversity,
Providence,RI02912 (tel)
401-863-3251or Director,ParkerWoodland,
Greene, RI 02827 (tel)401-397-4474.
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