{"title":"The King’s Jasper Quarry, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania","authors":"K. Carr, R. Stewart, W. Schindler","doi":"10.1177/0197693121989487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The King’s Quarry site (36LH2), located in the Reading Prong region of eastern Pennsylvania, is one of six remaining jasper quarries mapped by the late James Hatch and reported in 1994. Several archaeological investigations were conducted there in preparation for a housing development. These investigations included controlled surface collections, hand excavated test units, and extensive mechanical investigations of mining pits. Pre-Contact era quarry pits were profiled in what appeared to be the most intensively mined area of the site. Several charcoal samples were collected from the profile which documented a prehistoric excavation over 7 m deep. A Paleoindian fluted preform along with other typical Paleoindian tools were recovered from the perimeter of the quarry pit. We present the results of the field testing and an extensive analysis of the artifacts. Despite the jumble of overlapping mining pits and historic farming activities, the site retains both horizontal and vertical integrity.","PeriodicalId":43677,"journal":{"name":"NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST","volume":"37 1","pages":"371 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0197693121989487","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The King’s Quarry site (36LH2), located in the Reading Prong region of eastern Pennsylvania, is one of six remaining jasper quarries mapped by the late James Hatch and reported in 1994. Several archaeological investigations were conducted there in preparation for a housing development. These investigations included controlled surface collections, hand excavated test units, and extensive mechanical investigations of mining pits. Pre-Contact era quarry pits were profiled in what appeared to be the most intensively mined area of the site. Several charcoal samples were collected from the profile which documented a prehistoric excavation over 7 m deep. A Paleoindian fluted preform along with other typical Paleoindian tools were recovered from the perimeter of the quarry pit. We present the results of the field testing and an extensive analysis of the artifacts. Despite the jumble of overlapping mining pits and historic farming activities, the site retains both horizontal and vertical integrity.
King 's Quarry遗址(36LH2)位于宾夕法尼亚州东部的Reading Prong地区,是已故的James Hatch在1994年绘制的六个碧石采石场之一。在那里进行了几次考古调查,为住宅开发做准备。这些调查包括控制地面收集,手工挖掘测试单元,以及广泛的采矿坑机械调查。在接触前时代的采石场被描绘成似乎是该遗址开采最密集的地区。从剖面中收集了几个木炭样本,记录了一个超过7米深的史前挖掘。在采石场周围发现了古印度带槽的预制器和其他典型的古印度工具。我们展示了现场测试的结果和对工件的广泛分析。尽管有重叠的矿坑和历史悠久的农业活动,该遗址保持了水平和垂直的完整性。
期刊介绍:
Published quarterly, this is the only general journal dedicated solely to North America—with total coverage of archaeological activity in the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico (excluding Mesoamerica). The North American Archaeologist surveys all aspects of prehistoric and historic archaeology within an evolutionary perspective, from Paleo-Indian studies to industrial sites. It accents the results of Resource Management and Contract Archaeology, the newest growth areas in archaeology, often neglected in other publications. The Journal regularly and reliably publishes work based on activities in state, provincial and local archaeological societies.