lancaster

Union County

Site Name:

Allenwood Site

Borough, Township:

Gregg Township

Author:

Robert Wall

Representing:

Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.

Date of Site:

Clemson Island, Terminal Archaic, Lamoka
3000 BC - AD 1400s

Project Sponsor:

U.S. Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Prisons

Brief Description: Phase III archaeological data recovery investigations were conducted on Site 36Un82, situated within Holocene deposits capping a Pleistocene (Valley Heads) terrace of the Susquehanna River. The site represents a stratified deposit dating from the Middle Archaic to the Late Woodland period, i.e., from approximately 5000 BC to AD 1500. The Phase III excavations were conducted within a narrow (10-meter-wide) corridor.
The earliest component, represented by the recovery of a single bifurcate projectile point, appears to be sparsely represented. A Brewerton point was recovered from approximately the same stratigraphic position. Major components represented on the site include a Lamoka occupation, a Terminal Archaic occupation, and a Clemsons Island component.
Block excavations totaling 84 square meters were taken to the base of the deepest cultural components to mitigate the effects of the pipeline construction. In addition, the surface of the Clemsons Island component was completely exposed, and all features, including a portion of a house pattern, were completely excavated.

Union County
Site Name:	Allenwood Site
Borough, Township:	Gregg Township
Author:	Robert Wall
Representing:	Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.
Date of Site:	Clemson Island, Terminal Archaic, Lamoka 3000 BC - AD 1400s
Project Sponsor:	U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Brief Description: Phase III archaeological data recovery investigations were conducted on Site 36Un82, situated within Holocene deposits capping a Pleistocene (Valley Heads) terrace of the Susquehanna River. The site represents a stratified deposit dating from the Middle Archaic to the Late Woodland period, i.e., from approximately 5000 BC to AD 1500. The Phase III excavations were conducted within a narrow (10-meter-wide) corridor. The earliest component, represented by the recovery of a single bifurcate projectile point, appears to be sparsely represented. A Brewerton point was recovered from approximately the same stratigraphic position. Major components represented on the site include a Lamoka occupation, a Terminal Archaic occupation, and a Clemsons Island component. Block excavations totaling 84 square meters were taken to the base of the deepest cultural components to mitigate the effects of the pipeline construction. In addition, the surface of the Clemsons Island component was completely exposed, and all features, including a portion of a house pattern, were completely excavated.