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Robert E. Funk Memorial Archaeology Foundation
Send to KindleBufferRobert E. Funk was the New York State Archaeologist from 1971-1993. He made significant contributions to the archaeology of several regions, but most substantially to the...
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“If I have seen farther…” Why State Archaeologists, Archaeology Curators, and...
Send to Kindle “If I have seen farther” Isaac Newton said, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton And so he acknowledged his debt to those on whose work his great achievements...
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William A. Ritchie, Robert E. Funk, and the Archaic Period in New York State...
Send to KindleBufferThe Archaic period, 3,000-10,000 years before present (BP) saw human adaptation to temperate, eastern woodlands environments after the Ice Age, and no doubt also witnessed...
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The Old Ones
Send to KindleBufferRecently I remembered being an archaeology student, and how the words that archaeologists use for periods, cultures, or traditions often sounded familiar yet unfamiliar: names like...
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The Archaic Period Archaeological Sites at Brewerton, New York
Send to KindleBuffer Fort Brewerton historic marker. Photo credit: Kerry Nelson Exploring archaeological sites at Brewerton, New York, the famous archaeologist William A. Ritchie (1946:1) found it...
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The Enigmatic Archaic Site at Lamoka Lake, New York
Send to KindleBuffer Arthur Parker had long suspected that New York State’s prehistoric past featured a very ancient era before the invention of pottery and agriculture. By the early 1920s, he...
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Glimpses of Archaic Societies
KindleBuffer Many of the sites that archaeologists discover in New York State are referred to as Archaic sites: sites occupied during the Archaic period from about 3,000-10,000 radiocarbon years ago...
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Frontenac, Island of History
KindleBuffer If history is the process of human life experienced, symbolized, and remembered, then Frontenac Island must be one of the oldest and most significant historic places in New York State....
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Reconstructing Frontenac Island’s History
KindleBuffer Because history gives meaning to places, I have looked closely at reconstructing the history of Frontenac Island. This appears to be a very long and eventful history. Recognition of a...
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