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Archaeological Sites

Camp Letterman
Civil War field hospital used during 1863; a very brief description of the site and a few photographs.

Central Ridge Site
A collection of curious cone-shaped stone cairns in Eastern Pennsylvania, an article by Norman Muller in NEARA Online.

Kirschner Site
A Middle Monongahela period village in the Youghiogheny River valley of Pennsylvania, an abstract from the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.
     A second abstract on the human skeletal remains.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter
From Mark McConnaughy, a description of the site and surrounding controversy.
     Sediment analysis an article in the Journal of Field Archaeology by Paul Goldberg and Trina Arpin, entitled Micromorphological Analysis of Sediments from Meadowcroft Rockshelter, Pennsylvania: Implications for Radiocarbon Dating, largely confirms the pre-clovis dates.

Shawnee Minisink
Multiple component site, Paleoindian through Late Woodland period, Delaware; from American University.

Sony Site
Late Monongahela stockaded site, an earlier Middle Woodland habitation site, and an earlier village, in Pennsylvania,  paper delivered at the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Sugar Run
Hopewell/Middle Woodland mound and village site in Pennsylvania, paper delivered at the 1996 meetings of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Susquehanna River Rock Art
A little bit of information about the petroglyphs in Safe Harbor.

University Programs

Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr
MA, PhD Classics and Near Eastern

Pennsylvania State University University Park
MA, PhD

Pennsylvania State University Classics University Park
MA, PhD Ancient History

Temple University Philadephia
MA, PhD. tropical America (emphasis on Central America), and the Eastern Woodlands (emphasis on the Middle Atlantic area)

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
MA, PhD

University of Pennsylvania (Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World)
MA, PhD

Current Researchers

Celeste Marie Gagnon
The Effects of European Contact on Native American Health in the Lower Susquehanna River Valley, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Richard L. George
The Drew Phase of Monongahela, 12th-14th century AD in Pennsylvania, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

James Hatch
Pennsylvania State, prehistoric social structure (especially the evolution of social ranking), economic structure, trade, and culture contact; current research includes Pennsylvania and Georgia.

James T. Herbstritt
Late 16th to early 17th century Susquehannock and Monongahela villages, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, abstract of a paper delivered at the 1996 Eastern States Archaeological Federation.

Claire McHale Milner
Pennsylvania State, Late Prehistoric period of the Upper Great Lakes; ethnohistorical and ceramic style data to investigate the adaptation of forager-farmer populations to high-risk environments.

Dean Snow
Pennsylvania State, ethnohistoric and demographic problems, GIS; recent work in Iroquois archaeology.

Michael Stewart
Temple University, prehistory of the Eastern Woodlands, hunters and gatherers, agriculture; recently,  18th century Delaware (Lenape) settlement and a long-term study of Hendrick Island in Pennsylvania.

Cultural History

Bucks County Historical Society
Dedicated to preserving and interpreting the rich history and culture of Bucks County.

Journal of the Lycoming County Historical Society
Online back issues of the journal include history and prehistory of the state.

Pennsylvania Archaeological Council
A statewide organization of professional archaeologists dedicated to promoting Pennsylvania archaeology.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Conducts research and maintains museum collections around the state; contains information concerning the historic sites open to tourists.

Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology
Formed to promote the study of the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources of Pennsylvania and neighboring states; the society's website has information about upcoming meetings and abstracts from the Pennsylvania Archaeologist.

General Information

Pennsylvania Historical Society
All kinds of cool stuff, including a book store, key to exhibits, and a list of available fellowships.

Archaeology at About.com

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