http://pmop.org/blog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:11:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-200 Prehistoric Punch» Blog Archive » Galaxy in an Amethyst Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:11:28 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=106#comment-200 [...] Photograph by Maria Stenzel More about this Palisade’s gem. [...] [...] Photograph by Maria Stenzel More about this Palisade’s gem. [...]

]]> http://pmop.org/blog/?p=184&cpage=1#comment-193 Doug Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:53 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=184#comment-193 According to Dr. Stuart Fiedel, these soapstone pipes of RI were late Middle Woodland (ca. AD 700-900) platform pipes. There was a steatite or chlorite quarry in Rhode Island where they were manufactured, and they were traded to Delmarva and Indiana. Tobacco was in use before this time. According to Dr. Stuart Fiedel, these soapstone pipes of RI were late Middle Woodland (ca. AD 700-900) platform pipes. There was a steatite or chlorite quarry in Rhode Island where they were manufactured, and they were traded to Delmarva and Indiana. Tobacco was in use before this time.

]]> http://pmop.org/blog/?p=92&cpage=1#comment-130 B. Keller Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:14:14 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=92#comment-130 Ditto -- especially paving over the past. Your perseverance is admirable. I moved from Bethesda to Swan Pt., Md., and I've lived here for approx. 4 yrs. It's a community in So. Md. along the Potomac. A developer bought the surrounding land and has big plans for it. The plan has caused division among community members. A road is planned along the shoreline straight through Wollaston Manor, home of Capt. James Neale, whose children were the first naturalized citizens in Maryland. He immigrated to Md. in 1636/37. It is a spectacular property. Excavation was conducted in the summer of '08 by Dr. Phil Hill. The dig was kept quiet. Learning anything about it was virtually impossible. I contacted researchers at St. Mary's City and was given a quick lesson in this type of archaeology --contract archaeology goes to the lowest bidder. The researchers at St. Mary's City had never heard of Dr. Hill, but googling revealed several quick-hit digs for highway easements, etc. I mean no disrespect to Dr. Hill, but it points to a bigger issue -- if the land is privately owned it seems there is nothing that can be done to view reports and findings. Such valuable history was not adequately protected by the owner and it will be forever lost-- paved over when other options for avoiding such an important site were not considered or deemed too costly. Some in our community were told that we could expect exciting news by this June. June is long gone, and it is impossible to view reports, determine what was discovered, where findings might be stored, and if findings will ever be shared with the public. The site has been abandoned. No doubt artifacts were discovered, historic and pre-historic alike. I wish you continued success in your endeavors, and I think your museum is great! B. Ditto — especially paving over the past. Your perseverance is admirable. I moved from Bethesda to Swan Pt., Md., and I’ve lived here for approx. 4 yrs. It’s a community in So. Md. along the Potomac. A developer bought the surrounding land and has big plans for it. The plan has caused division among community members. A road is planned along the shoreline straight through Wollaston Manor, home of Capt. James Neale, whose children were the first naturalized citizens in Maryland. He immigrated to Md. in 1636/37. It is a spectacular property. Excavation was conducted in the summer of ‘08 by Dr. Phil Hill. The dig was kept quiet. Learning anything about it was virtually impossible. I contacted researchers at St. Mary’s City and was given a quick lesson in this type of archaeology –contract archaeology goes to the lowest bidder. The researchers at St. Mary’s City had never heard of Dr. Hill, but googling revealed several quick-hit digs for highway easements, etc. I mean no disrespect to Dr. Hill, but it points to a bigger issue — if the land is privately owned it seems there is nothing that can be done to view reports and findings. Such valuable history was not adequately protected by the owner and it will be forever lost– paved over when other options for avoiding such an important site were not considered or deemed too costly. Some in our community were told that we could expect exciting news by this June. June is long gone, and it is impossible to view reports, determine what was discovered, where findings might be stored, and if findings will ever be shared with the public. The site has been abandoned. No doubt artifacts were discovered, historic and pre-historic alike. I wish you continued success in your endeavors, and I think your museum is great!
B.

]]> http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72&cpage=1#comment-23 Doug Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:52:45 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72#comment-23 Okay. I'll have to tame my previous comment with the fact that there were more test sites that I did not see on the adjacent lot. There were still only three test sites on the Baltimore lot which probably should have covered the back of the lot instead of the front. Okay. I’ll have to tame my previous comment with the fact that there were more test sites that I did not see on the adjacent lot. There were still only three test sites on the Baltimore lot which probably should have covered the back of the lot instead of the front.

]]> http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72&cpage=1#comment-21 Doug Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:50:39 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72#comment-21 I met the archeologist at the site and gave him a rough idea of where the house once sat. The only reasonable explanation of the shovel test site locations is that the survey was looking to find "disturbed soil". The developer of the site, in coordinaton with the city, have an incentive not to find anything. That is why the first phase of the park's development had no archeology despite overwhelming evidence that an Indian settlement once stood there. The nominal "archeology" just conducted is but a half-hearted effort to punch a checklist. I met the archeologist at the site and gave him a rough idea of where the house once sat. The only reasonable explanation of the shovel test site locations is that the survey was looking to find “disturbed soil”. The developer of the site, in coordinaton with the city, have an incentive not to find anything. That is why the first phase of the park’s development had no archeology despite overwhelming evidence that an Indian settlement once stood there. The nominal “archeology” just conducted is but a half-hearted effort to punch a checklist.

]]> http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72&cpage=1#comment-20 Nicholas Carson Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:15:07 +0000 http://pmop.org/blog/?p=72#comment-20 What a waste of time, money and energy. As with so many community projects the "professionals" would be miles ahead and produce better results if they included the community, got comments and, received all the free local knowlege. N* What a waste of time, money and energy. As with so many community projects the “professionals” would be miles ahead and produce better results if they included the community, got comments and, received all the free local knowlege. N*

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