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2000 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 70(1):1-44
A Buried Lamoka Occupation in Stratified Contexts West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna River, Pennsyvlania
Robert D. Wall
A substantial Lamoka occupation at 36Un82 was partially excavated during the course of a Phase III data recovery excavation on the floodplain of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. The occupation represents the deepest of a stratified series of components that included Terminal Archaic, Clemson Island, and Shenks Ferry occupations. The Lamoka occupation consisted primarily of a scatter of hearth features surrounded by lithic workshop areas. Radiocarbon dates from the occupation surface range from 3700 - 4000 B.P. The component is defined by a number of Lamoka points, staged bifaces, choppers, netsinkers, a small number of cores, and a beveled adze. Although the excavated area of the site represents only a thin slice of the total occupation surface, the Lamoka occupation provides evidence of a variety of activities including intensive fishing, hunting, and collecting.
 
2000 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 70(1):45-80
An Archaeology of Archaeology: Recent Investigations into the 1938 Martz Rock Shelters Excavation
Bernard Means
Located north of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, the two Martz Rock Shelter sites were originally excavated in 1 93 8 by a Works Projects Administration (WPA) field crew. Prior to their destruction as a result of highway construction, compliance excavations were conducted at the sites between 1 994 and 1 996. A major concern of the recent excavations was whether intact cultural deposits still existed at the two sites. Available historic photographs and documents were used to estimate the horizontal boundaries of the WP A investigations. Part of the recent excavation strategy was to evaluate these estimated boundaries. This paper focuses on the use of historic documents and photographs that guided the most recent investigations of these two sites. Some results from the recent excavations are presented to illustrate the impact that the WPA had on both sites and to demonstrate that significant resources at the rockshelter sites were undisturbed by the 1938 investigations
 
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