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Queen Lane Redevelopment Project

Project Area – Circa 1775″, in Phase 1 Archaeological Survey (ER 2011-0018-101), Philadelphia Housing Authority Queen Lane Apartments Project City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Appendix B, Figure 3. Prepared by Rachael E. Fowler, RPA, Philip Ruth, and Kenneth J. Basalik, Ph.D. Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. Lansdale, Pennsylvania, for Shoemaker/Synterra, a JV, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428.
May 2013

Philadelphia Archaeological Forum is a Consulting Party to the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Queen Lane development in Germantown. The project is in the location of the 1755 Germantown Potter’s Field, or Stranger’s Burial Ground.
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FEATURED ARTIFACT OF THE MONTH
June, 2013
Award Winning, 3D model of the James Dexter House Archaeological Site

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FEATURED Streaming (On-Line) Video
Just Below Your Feet
One Archaeologist. One Filmmaker. One Law. This 15 minute, video short, from a longer film created by students Stephanie Bowen and Sarah Griggs, interviews Pennsylvania archaeologists about Act 70. This amendment, which was backed by developers, changed the state history code and significantly impacted archaeological preservation in the Commonwealth. The video segment (on YouTube) includes an interview with PAF member Douglas Mooney and contains visuals of the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park as well as PAF-related Archaeology Month publicity materials. Watch it here…

2012 PHILADELPHIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FORUM AWARDS

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