The Penn State Department of Anthropology will offer an archaeological field school that will search for Fort Shirley, an important Colonial-era fort erected in 1755. Historical documentary research and a geophysical survey have narrowed the location of this important frontier stockade. Associated with this fort are George Croghan’s homestead and trading post (established 1753) and Aughwick Old Town, which grew around the post. Archaeologist Dr. Jonathan Burns of AXIS Research, Inc. will lead the first professional excavation of Fort Shirley in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
Period(s) of occupation
Colonial-era
Requirements
Age Requirements
College-aged
Experience Requirements
Preference will be given to higher-level anthropology majors, but the field school is not restricted to advanced undergraduates; freshmen have participated in previous field schools
William Self Associates, Inc. WSA, Inc. since 1988 has conducted large infrastructure projects (pipelines, transportation, mining, land development) throughout the U.S. WSA currently has 4 regional offices conducting historic, prehistoric, maritime and architectural research, assessm
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Logan Simpson Design Inc. LSD is an environmental planning and landscape architecture firm that offers a full range of cultural resources services throughout the Intermountain West. In addition to historic and prehistoric archaeologists, our staff includes professional historic p
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BLM Archaeological and Cultural Resource Services The Bureau of Land Management's New Mexico State Office has a requirement for resource identification, documentation, evaluation, record keeping, protection, mitigation, education, outreach, and information dissemination activities associated with managing the cultural and heritage resources within BLMs area of responsibility in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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Traditional Cultural Property and Ethnographic Study (Washington) This is an advance notice announcing the intent of the Seattle District US Army Corps of Engineers to award a firm fixed price non-personal services contract for traditional cultural property (TCP), ethnographic studies, and related services.
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What Lies Beneath? Native American Tribes of the Boise, Idaho Archaeological Record And a Site in the Boise Foothills Tests have confirmed the dates and the fact that the artifacts, found in the Boise foothills near the Table Rock plateau, came from the same source of obsidian as the Squaw/Timber Butte location, east of Payette and North from Boise. This Squaw/Timber Butte location is known as a major prehistoric source of obsidian glass in eastern Idaho prehistory. ( A re-cap of the original report and research below.)
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