Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey
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PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SURVEY PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
SITE NAME _ Edward Abbott Farm _SITE NUMBER _36AL523 _
CULTURALPERIOD(S)_ Mixed Archaic, and possibly Early and Middle Woodland _
TYPE OF SITE _ _PUBLISHED REFERENCES_http://www.abbott-lavalle.info______
COUNTY _Allegheny _TWP._Mt. Lebanon_NEAREST TOWN _Mt. Lebanon _
OWNER _Various _ADDRESS_ 235 Arden Road, and surrounding area _
TENANT______ADDRESS _ _
MAP REFERENCE: MEASURE IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE BOTTOM PRINTED EDGE UPWARD, AND THE RIGHT PRINTED EDGE ACROSS
7.5 QUAD NAME _Pittsburgh West _EDITION _1979 _UP_6.25 cm_ACROSS _7.25 cm _
U.T.M.COORDINATES:ZONE______NORTHING______EASTING _ _
PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE______MAP ELEVATION _1140 feet _
TOPOGRAPHIC SETTING _The attached 1875 painting of the farm shows the _
_topography. The projectile points were collected around 1900. _
SLOPE DIRECTION AND DEGREE______CULTIVATION _ _
SOIL TYPE______
BEDROCK _ _
IMMEDIATE VEGETATION _plowed fields _PRIMARY DRAINAGE_ _
NEAREST WATER_spring on farm, under current Embassy Apartments at 235 Arden Rd_
2ND NEAREST WATER _Little Sawmill Run _
TESTED (X)______EXCAVATED______BY _ _
STRATIFIED (X) YES_____NO__X__UNKNOWN_____DEPTH OF STRATA _ _
FEATURES _ _
COLLECTION LOCATIONS_Charles Page's private collection, 1100 Brierly Ln, West Mifflin, PA 15122 _
INFORMANTS _H. Edward Donley _
CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL REGISTER INCLUSION _ _
POSSIBILITY OF DESTRUCTION _destroyed in 1924 by a housing development _
SUBMITTED BY _H. Edward Donley _ADDRESS _442 South Seventh Street _
CITY _Indiana _STATE _PA _DATE _2/19/2005 _
S.P.A. CHAPTER AFFILIATION _ _
P.A.S.S. REMARKS SKETCH MAP OF SITE (WITH SOME POINT OF REFERENCE: HOUSE, ROAD, ETC., WHICK CAN BE RELATED TO THE 7.5 MIN, U.S.G.S. MAP, INCLUDING A SCALE AND APPROXIMATE ACREAGE).
NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET _ _
The hash marks outline the Abbott farm. The spring was located at the red star.
LIST SPECIFIC CULTUAL COMPONENTS AND THEIR PRIMARY IDENTIFYING ARTIFACTS.
SKETCHES (WITH SCALE) OF MAJOR OR REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTILE POINT SHAPES.
See the attached photograph
LITHIC MATERIAL BY PERCENTAGE.