A Point from the Ellison Site
Haven’t had too much archaeology on the Ledger recently, so a here’s a projectile point from the Ellison Site, which…
Archaeology on the Pastoral Islands of Lake Champlain
Suzanne Carmick writes in the New York Times Travel Section about visiting the Pastoral Islands of Lake Champlain. The Vermont…
The Late Archaic Site by the Parking Garage: More on Coralville, Iowa
The redevelopment of that Coralville, Iowa wetland park/restaurant/hotel complex uncovered a prehistoric archaeological site officially known as the Edgewater Park…
Banded Slate Bannerstone
An attractive, if poorly provenienced, banded slate bannerstone from Michigan. Ralph T. Coe Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The First Dig at Frontenac Island
Bone effigy deer’s head found on Frontenac Island, NY. Source: Cadzow 1925, Figure 33. The Frontenac Island site in Cayuga…
The Archaic Lamoka Lake Poster
The New York Archaeological Council (NYAC) publishes a poster for Archaeology Season (formerly Archaeology Month) every year. In 2008, the…
Lamoka Animal Bones 1991
A sample of bones from the 1991 Lamoka Lake excavations. Lots of identifiable stuff here.
More Details of the Lamoka Diorama
Here’s a photo showing part of the interior of the house in the Lamoka diorama at the New York State…
Recreating Lamoka at the New York State Museum
Always love seeing the life-size diorama of the Lamoka Lake site, representing the Archaic Period, at the New York State…
On the 2014 New York State Archaeological Association Meeting
Ed Curtin has posted a brief summary of some of the papers presented at the recent NYSAA meeting on his…