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2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):1-27
The Wylie #3 Site (36WH283): Part I
Richard L. George

The Wylie #3 site, 36WH283, was partially excavated by Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1989- 1991 and Allegheny Chapter No. 1 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in 1989-2000. Although recovered diagnostic artifacts indicate that the site was utilized for at least 8,000 years, the primary occupation of the site occurred during the Middle Monongahela period when at least two villages were built on the site. An interesting discovery was the presence of post mold patterns of possible "ramadas" or summer-kitchens attached to houses of the later village. A housing development has since destroyed the uninvestigated portions of the site. Part I of this report (presented here) discusses the site setting, excavation methods, radiocarbon dated features, and community patterns. Part II of the report, which will be published in the near future, will discuss feature types, artifacts, and subsistence strategies of the Wylie #3 site occupants.
 

2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):28-57
Excavation of the Glenshaw Rockshelter No.1 (36AL4 82), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
William H Tippins

The Glenshaw Rockshelter (36AL482) is a relatively small rockshelter in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Excavation in 2006-2007 produced surprisingly clear stratigraphy in some units and a number of well preserved features and artifacts at depths of up to 70 em below ground surface. AMS dates and diagnostic artifacts indicate that the site was occasionally visited by Native Americans from Archaic through Late Woodland times. Data from the Rocky Dell Rockshelter (36AL93), the nearest excavated rockshelter site, are also presented in this report for comparative purposes.
 

2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):58-69
"Charms, Skinners, and Slickstones": The Wilson Collection Documentation Project
Heather A. Wholey and Jennifer Falchetta

From 1880 to 1943, Harry Wilson was an avid surface collector of Indian artifacts in southeastern Pennsylvania, especially within Chester County. The Wilson Collection, housed at West Chester University, is composed of a wide variety of prehistoric artifacts, as well as Wilson's field journal, field maps, artifact log, and correspondence. The Wilson Collection Documentation Project involves the curation and documentation of the collection and field survey of the sites represented. The project has identified over 1,000 provenienced artifacts in the collection, from 118 sites in Chester County. To date, 34 of those sites have been field surveyed. This paper describes the Wilson Collection, outlines the curatorial and survey methods used in the project, and considers the contribution of the collection to the archaeological record of southeastern Pennsylvania
 

2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(1):70-78
Debitage and Test Trench Material from the Raccoon Point Site (28GL6), Gloucester, New Jersey
Heather Roeske

Debitage analysis, coupled with lithic tool and pottery analysis, was performed on artifacts in the Richard Stockton College collection from the Raccoon Point site (28GL6) in Gloucester County, New Jersey. Debitage and test trench materials discussed in this report were not previously analyzed and described in the site report published by Kier and Calverley in 1 957. Evidence from the site indicates it was occupied from Archaic through Late Woodland times. This study found that the prehistoric inhabitants were using local pebbles and some imported materials to create their tools, many of which were manufactured on site. This new evidence supports the original excavators' hypothesis that the material culture at the site reflected a productive hunting and fishing station.
 

2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):1-43
The Wylie #3 Site (3 6WH283): Part II
Richard George

The Wylie #3 site (36WH283) was partially excavated by Carnegie Museum of Natural History in  1989- 1991 and Allegheny Chapter No. 1 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology in 1989-2000. These excavations documented that the Wylie #3 site contained at least two overlapping Late Prehistoric Middle Monongahela villages. The site setting, excavation methods, radiocarbon dated features, and community patterns evident at the site were recently described in a report entitled "The Wylie #3 Site (36WH283): Part I" (George 2011 ). This report is a continuation of that manuscript and will discuss feature types and artifacts recovered at the site, as well as subsistence strategies of the Wylie #3 site occupants.
 
2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):44-53
Keyhole Features from the Consol Site (36WM100)
Albert Auffart and Robert Oshnock
The authors present their findings on an unusual feature type found at the Consol site (36WM 1 00), a series of Late Prehistoric Monongahela villages in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The feature type is designated as a "Consol keyhole" feature. The authors describe the dominant characteristics of this type of feature and discuss potential uses for a design of this type.
 
2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):54-64
Two Archaic Dogs from Central Ohio
Paul W Sciulli and Joseph Purcell
In this report, the authors describe and analyze two domesticated prehistoric dogs found in Ohio which likely lived in terminal Middle Archaic to early Late Archaic times (ca. 4000-5000 cal. years B . P.). Size estimates indicate that the body mass for each was about 10 kg and shoulder height was about 40 cm. The Ohio dogs were similar in size to other documented Early-Mid Holocene ( 1 0500-5500 cal. years B.P.) dogs from the Southeast and Midwest of North America. Comparisons of dental measures between the Ohio and southeastern dogs showed the former had somewhat larger UM 1 -2 and UP4 measures, suggesting a degree of geographical differentiation among Archaic period dogs.
 
2011 Pennsylvania Archaeologist 81(2):65-76
Jacob Skickett, Lenopi Elder: Preliminary Notes from before 1750 to after1802
Marshall Joseph Becker
Jacob Skickett was first among equals in the Lenopi bands of southern New Jersey. His biography reveals a great deal about these people, known as "Jerseys" in colonial documents and "Delaware" in the popular literature, during the last part of the colonial period. European settlement had minimal impact on Lenopi culture until the late 1 700s. A summary of what is known about Skickett and his family enables us to understand the extremely slow process of culture change as it operated among the native peoples in southern New Jersey. Variations in rates of change within the Lenopi community permit us to better understand cultural dynamics of the Late Woodland period, and to better interpret the very limited archaeological record.
 
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