The 2007 Community Archaeology Program will be working at the Hale Eddy Prehistoric Archaeological District (HEPAD). The district is located along the West Branch of the Delaware River in the Towns of Deposit
and Hancock, Delaware County, New York. Over 22 prehistoric sites, ranging from the late Paleo-Indian period to the Late Woodland period,
form the district and contribute to several research themes. This year's field school will focus on two major themes: adaptations to the
riverine environment in the Late Archaic Period, and the local adaptation and occupation by Paleo-Indian people.
From the more than 22 sites in the HEPAD, the University
has selected the Beaver Lodge, Evans, and Delaware Pines sites as the focus
of investigations for the program. Beaver Lodge represents a late Paleo-Indian
camp. The prehistoric assemblage consists of chipped stone debitage, utilized
flakes, projectile point fragments, bifacial and unifacial tools. The artifacts
are composed mainly of high-quality raw materials, mainly from the Normanskill
chert formations. 
The
Delaware Pines Site includes vertically stratified cultural deposits dating
to the Archaic, Late Archaic, Transitional, Middle Woodland, and Late
Woodland periods. Preliminary excavations recovered 5,188 prehistoric artifacts,
including chipped stone debitage, utilized flakes, bifacial tools, projectile
points and fragments, drill fragments, scrapers, pitted stones, and fire
cracked rock. Preliminary investigations at the Evans
Site indicate a horizontally stratified multicomponent site dating to the
late PaleoIndian period. >>
Program Information for 2007
Mon. July 16 - Fri. July 20
10 :00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on July 16
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m July 17-20
Binghamton University - Science 1, Room 106
$140 per person
*The session is limited to 10 participants to ensure the best educational setting. Be sure to register early!
Excavations
produced cortical and non-cortical flakes of Onondaga chert, jasper, and
unidentified cherts, pitted stones, dentate stamped pottery, projectile
points, fire cracked rock, biface fragments, scrapers, and a unifacial drill.
The latter was made from jasper and one projectile point was made from a
light tan stone of unidentified origin.
Of particular importance to the HEPAD research themes,
the Evans Site includes an "early Early Archaic" jasper workstation. This
tightly bounded cluster includes a jasper uniface, which resembles artifacts
from a deeply buried horizon at the Shawnee-Minisink Site (McNett 1985).
This horizon has not been dated, but lies above the Paleo-Indian horizon
(ca. 8700 BC) and below the Early Archaic horizon (6900-5000). Other clusters
on the site produced a Hardaway-Dalton point (Late Paleo-Indian/Early Archaic)
and a Kirk Corner Notched point (Early Archaic), as well as several Lamoka
points (Late Archaic), and Middle Woodland pottery.
location and artifacts from the Evans site
To register for any of the 2007 courses sponsored by the Community Archaeology Program (CAP) at Binghamton University,
simply download a registration form and return it with your payment to the following address:
COURSE NAME (e.g. Archaeology for the Public)
Public Archaeology Facility
State University of New York, Binghamton
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
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