Archaeology at FORUM 2014 Heritage Byways to the Past
ARCHAEOLOGY
at Forum 2014, Statewide Conference on Heritage Byways to the Past
July 16th and 17th, 2014
FORUM 2014 will be held in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia at the Sheraton University City and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday July 16
MOBILE WORKSHOP
CRM in Independence National Historical Park
Historical Archaeology (12 remaining) (details)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Location: Independence National Historical Park
$10.00
Details:
Cultural Resource Management at Independence National Historical Park – Historical Archaeology
Spend time with Cultural Resources Management staff from Independence National Historical Park and see some of their challenges and successes. Many of today’s standard methods used in various historic preservation disciplines were developed at Independence. Since its establishment in 1948, Independence and the neighborhood surrounding it have grown from a densely-built amalgam of light industrial, wholesale and working-class, residential multi-family buildings into a prime tourist destination surrounded by expensive homes and upscale service businesses. The park includes a World Heritage Site, six national Historic landmarks, significant landscapes and modern architecture as well as important museum collections.
Historical Archaeology:
With the Park historical archeologist, discuss the history of Archeology at Independence and visit a selection of sites where it is interpreted.
NOTE: This workshop will take occur outside and participants should dress comfortably and take all necessary health precautions to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience.
Photo: The President’s House excavation site by Zito van Dijk. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Workshop Leader:
Jed Levin, Chief, History Branch, Independence National Historical Park
Jed Levin has been employed by the National Park Service since 1988. During that time he has served as a staff archeologist with the National Park Service’s Denver Service Center and with the Northeast Region. Since January, 2010, he has served as Chief of the History Branch at Independence National Historical Park. Mr. Levin’s duties have included all aspects of planning, budgeting, management and execution of numerous archeological projects, as well as management of the park history program and the coordinator of legislative compliance at Independence Park. Jed Levin received his undergraduate training in archeology at the City College of New York. He went on complete postgraduate study at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was awarded an MA in Historical Archeology in 2001.
Presented by the National Park Service
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Thursday July 17
MOBILE WORKSHOP
Digging the Past: Interpreting Urban Archaeology Along I-95 (25 remaining) (details)
Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Eastern Time)
$25.00
Details: Digging The Past: Interpreting Urban Archaeology Along I-95
On behalf of PennDOT District 6-0 and the Federal Highway Administration, URS Corporation is currently conducting archaeological investigations along a three-mile long section of Interstate 95, along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. At this time, excavations are ongoing within the Kensington-Fishtown and Port Richmond neighborhoods, and have revealed intact sites dating from the Middle Archaic Period (ca. 3500 B.C.) through the early 20th century. In addition to nine Native American occupations, these investigations have identified and documented multiple 18th and 19th century residential sites associated with the working class people who populated the Delaware waterfront, portions of the former Aramingo Canal (1847-1902), and important industrial complexes such as the Dyottville Glassworks. Among the artifacts so far collected, a large proportion relates directly to the historically significant glass industry established in these neighborhoods during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and includes a wide variety of both standard production and whimsical artifacts made by the craftsmen of the Philadelphia, Kensington, Dyottville, Union, Eagle, and other nearby glass houses.
This field trip will involve an opportunity to view a substantial, museum quality exhibit of artifacts recovered from the I-95 excavations. The exhibit will be hosted in the historic First Presbyterian Church in Kensington (built 1859) and will emphasize the domestic and glass industry related collections that have been so far recovered. Additional interpretive materials will highlight some of the most important sites identified and the broad range of features that have been documented. URS archaeologists will be on hand to interact with members of the tour and to answer questions. If possible, the tour may also include a visit to one of the ongoing site excavations.
Tour Leader:
Doug Mooney, Senior Archaeologist, URS Corporation
Doug Mooney is a Senior Arhcaeologist at URS Corporation in Burlington, New Jersey and has been employed in contract archaeology since 1987 when he graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology. He received a Master of Arts degree in archaeology from Penn State in 1994. Over the years Doug has worked for many of the major archaeology firms in this part of the country, including John Milner Associates, Inc., Lantz Research, Inc., 3-D Environmental Services, Inc., Greenhorne and O’Mara, Inc., Kittatinny Archaeological Research, Inc., KCI Technologies, Inc., and Kise Straw & Kolodner, Inc. He currently works for URS Corporation, where he is employed as a senior archaeologist. Doug is also the President of the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum.
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SESSION
High-Tech Archaeology: Several Examples of Subsurface and LiDAR Imaging from Pennsylvania (details)
Thursday, July 17, 2014 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)
Details:
High Tech Archaeology: Several Examples from Pennsylvania
More and more archaeologists are relying on new technologies to locate sensitive historic resources. This session will highlight several Pennsylvania projects that included Light Direction and Ranging (LiDAR) imaging, and magnetometer and ground penetrating radar surveys. Highlighted will be research undertaken at a late nineteenth century indigent cemetery, the remains of an early nineteenth century grist mill, and an antebellum freed slave community.
Speakers:
Scott Shaffer, Archaeologist, PennDOT District 2-0
Mr. Shaffer graduated from Kent State University (BA, Anthropology) and the University of Memphis (MA, Applied Anthropology/Public Archaeology). He is a Historic Preservation Specialist with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation covering the North-Central region of the Commonwealth. He has been a professional archaeologist since 1986 specializing in acculturation processes, historic farmstead studies and tribal consultation.
Angela Jalleit-Wentling, Senior Archaeologist, GAI Consultants
Ms. Jalleit-Wentling received her BA from Pennsylvania State University and her MA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a Senior Archaeologist at GAI Consultants, Inc. in Pittsburgh. Her research interests include GIS-Based Predictive Modeling, LiDAR Analysis, African Diaspora Archaeology, and Landscape Archaeology.
Lee Reheard, PennDOT
Mr. Reheard has worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the past 13 years doing a variety of jobs, from plowing snow and repairing bridges, to soil analysis and aerial photography. For the past 5 years he has focused on LiDAR scanning of transportation infrastructure (walls, tunnels and highways), disaster areas (landslides and bridge collapses), other miscellaneous jobs (crime scenes and geologic surveys) and now archeological sites.
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