the Whelpley War of 1812 Battleship bulding site near Sackets Harbor, NY,
and the Native American Site of Eight Mounds in the Finger Lakes National Forest, NY
The Corey Village site is located southwest of Aurora, NY. The site is on a distinctive, narrow peninsula that is currently an active farm. Previous archaeological excavations conducted by Jack Rossen (Ithaca College department of anthropology) identified this location as an archaeological site, but more information is needed to understand how Native peoples used the site. The significantly diverse types and amounts of medicinal plants along the slopes of the gullies that surround three sides of the site suggest that the site may be a healing village. The function of earthen embankments that separate the community area from the gorge cliffs are not understood and make this site distinct. The remote sensing surveys will test if magnetometer and ground-penetrating radar surveys can record the geophysical signatures of former longhouse structures, extramural features (activity areas outside of the houses), contribute to understanding the overall site layout by mapping the shape, size, orientation, and position of former longhouses and extramural features across the entire site, and help in understanding the function of the embankments?
16-MAY-05: Checking gear, packing up, and our first day at the site.17-MAY-05: Our first magnetic data (we have features)
18-MAY-05: More data is coming in
19-MAY-05: Our new corn stalk whacking tool works great
20-MAY-05: Both magnetometer batteries were dead
23-MAY-05: Light rain and still a productive day
24-MAY-05: Re-survey of Unit-01
25-MAY-05: Comparison of discrete vs. continuous surveying
26-MAY-05: Kris's first magnetic surveys
27-MAY-05: Our last day at the site (for now)
01-JUNE-05: Setting out units for the archaeology team to excavate
06-JUNE-05: Kevin working during a power outage due to a nasty lightening storm
07-JUNE-05: Can Coler and Luke Keller working in the machine shop
08-JUNE-05: Testing out a circular survey method
09-JUNE-05: Finishing up the major magnetic surveying
10-JUNE-05: Doing a circular survey at the site
14-JUNE-05: How could we do research without whiteboards?
16-JUNE-05: Bodhi's MS-Excel skills takes on Kris's C++ skills
20-JUNE-05: Working on reducing positional errors
21-JUNE-05: Trying out different error reduction methods
29-JUNE-05: Shooting in excavation unit and feature locations
30-JUNE-05: More shooting in units and features
01-JULY-05: The archaeology team backfills while we shoot in the roads