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Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology In ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW NETHERLAND ARCHEOLOGY Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York Prepared for: New Netherland Institute P.O. Box 2536, Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12220-0536 This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. Prepared by: Mr. Paul R. Huey & Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. 1744 Washington Avenue Ext. Rensselaer, New York 12144 March 2018 Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York Introduction This annotated bibliography summarizes the contents of written resources concerning archeological finds related to Dutch colonial occupation and settlement during the 17th and 18th centuries in Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York. The following sources were consulted during the compilation of this bibliography. • Published and unpublished papers, reports, and manuscripts from the authors’ research files • Cultural resource management reports on file with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation • New York State Archaeological Association Bulletins and newsletters • New York Archaeological Council newsletter abstracts • Archaeology of Eastern North America • Northeast Anthropology • Man in the Northeast • American Antiquity • Society for Historical Archaeology • Historical Archaeology • Northeast Historical Archaeology • APT- The Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology • The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology • Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter • Journal of the Association for Industrial Archaeology • de Halve Maen • New York Archives • New York History • CRM • The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association • Shavings- Newsletter of the Early American Industries Association 1 Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York Bibliography Anderson, Lisa M., Vanessa Newell Dale and Dawn M. Lawrence 2006 Life, Work, and Death among 18th Century African Americans in Rural Upstate New York. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Anthropological Association, Albany, N.Y. The Schuyler Flatts African American burial ground was discovered in June 2005 during sewer line construction in the Town of Colonie, Albany County. The farmland at the Flatts was owned by the prominent Schuyler family, and the individuals buried in this cemetery were probably enslaved Africans who labored for the wealthy Schuylers and their neighbors. The skeletal remains of 14 individuals reflect a lifetime of hard work and poor health with evidence of a high infant mortality and heavy mechanical stress. A low prevalence of nutritional stress and trauma among the adults contrast with urban enslaved populations from the same period. The burial practices appear to conform to dominant religious and social norms, likely as a result of active religious conversion efforts, signaling the assimilation of certain Christian practices into traditional African belief systems. Anonymous 1994 Historical Archeology at Schuyler Mansion. Federation of Historical Services Roundtable XVIII(3):8. Excavations will occur until June 30 at the site of a planned expansion of the visitors’ center. The area may have been the location of formal gardens in the 18th century, of which remnants were visible as late as 1905. 2000 Historic Sites Treasures - Ceramics. New York State Preservationist 4(1):17. A small red earthenware sherd excavated at Crailo in 1971, part of a colander, is very similar to a complete Dutch 17th-century colander found in the Netherlands. The archeological evidence of broken and discarded objects assists in the accurate furnishing of historic sites. Illustrates the sherd and complete colander. Note: The sherd that is illustrated is actually from Fort Orange and not from Crailo. 2000 History on the Hudson: Peeling Back the Centuries of Albany’s Waterfront. Common Ground: Archeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest Spring/Summer: 6-7. Excavations in Albany in advance of construction by the State University of New York of a parking garage uncovered, at a depth of 10 to 15 feet, waterfront bulkheads originally facing the Hudson River. One was constructed around 1760, and another dated about 1780. The excavations by Hartgen Archeological Associates provided an unprecedented view of how the waterfront evolved, as new wharves extended into the river burying the old ones underneath. Boat equipment, fishing gear, ceramics, coins, bottles, and clay pipes, all discarded beginning in the 17th century, were recovered. Remains of the colonial Albany stockade wall were discovered, and 300 feet of it were exposed. Apuzzo, Robert and Michael Cohn 1982 Pearl Street Site Salvage. The Bulletin: Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association (83):22-24. In summer 1980, the installation of a water pipe along Pearl Street between the Stadt Huys Site and the Fraunces Tavern Musuem uncovered a refuse heap associated with either the Stadt 2 Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York Huys or the nearby Lovelace Tavern. The artifacts found date to c. 1660-1690, and include: East Anglian flint (ballast stone?) fragments; a crown conch shell from the West Indies; Dutch delft tiles; combed ware from Bristol, England; Westerwald fragments from Rhineland; heavy yellow, orange, and brown ware with feet or ring-bases (with one such base displaying the thumb-print of the potter); delft or tin-glazed ceramic vessels originating from Holland and/or England; small “Dutch” type bricks; a bottle seal with the initials “GS.” The earliest pipe found was made by Jane Wall (1641-1661), followed by Edward Bird, marked “EB” (1655-1675), and then Heinrich Gerds, marked “HG” (1670-1685); all of these pipes have been noted at Fort Orange and Fort Amsterdam. The latest pipe type is that made by Edward Tippet, marked “TIP” (1713-1720). Arch Tech 2005 Phase I (IA & IB) and Additional Phase IB Cultural Resource Investigations: Highland Creek Planned Development District, Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, N.Y. On file at OPRHP, Waterford, NY, Cultural Resource Information System, http://cris.parks.ny.gov. Report on the Phase I archaeological survey for the proposed Highland Creek Planned Development Project, in the Town of Brunswick, for which fieldwork occurred from June to October 2005. The survey identified three precontact sites (two of which were isolated finds) and four historic sites: The McManus House Foundation Remains, the McManus/Bonesteel Homestead Complex, the McManus Family Cemetery Grounds, and a 19th Century secondary deposition (or plow-zone scatter). The McManus House stone foundation belongs to the original residence established by Hugh McManus in 1796, which remained extant until the early 20th Century. The structure was burned and subsequently demolished, and by 1968, this portion of the property was excepted from the original deed. The McManus/Bonesteel Homestead Complex was located on a 278-acre portion of the Manor that was leased to Hugh McManus in 1796. The property was transferred to his son, William McManus, in 1823 (five years prior to Hugh McManus’ death in 1828). The majority of the property remained in the McManus family until 1862, after which it was transferred to the Springer, Warren, Welch, and Bonesteel families, respectively. The residence, dairy barn, milk house, horse barn, and an additional barn foundation date from the early- to mid-19th Century; two sheds and a pole barn are later additions that date to the 20th Century. A large man-made pond south of the residence was also used for ice harvesting. The McManus Family Cemetery Grounds was established in 1813 for the burial of five year old Nicholas Wheeler, grandson of Hugh McManus. In 1883, at least three burials were removed to the Oakwood cemetery in Troy. The burial places of a number of other individuals (who are documented in census records) are unaccounted for, and may still rest at the site. 2006 Evidence of a Stockaded Community and Persistence of the Dutch Cultural Heritage: Beverwyck in the City of Albany. On file at OPRHP, Waterford, NY, Cultural Resource Information System, http://cris.parks.ny.gov. Initial report on the Phase II and III archaeological excavations for the proposed construction of the DASNY headquarters at 515 Broadway in downtown Albany, for which fieldwork occurred from 1996 to 1998. Refer to The Louis Berger Group, Inc.’s 2008 report for a clear and concise description of project findings. 3 Annotated Bibliography of New Netherland Archeology Rensselaer and Albany Counties, New York 2006 Phase I (IA & IB) Cultural Resource Investigations, Canterbury Crossing Planned Unit Development, Town of Colonie, Albany County, N.Y. On file at OPRHP, Waterford, NY, Cultural Resource Information System, http://cris.parks.ny.gov. A phase I archaeological survey of Canterbury Crossing, located at No. 1035 Loudon Road and No. 418 Boght Road in the Town of Colonie, for which fieldwork occurred from October 2005 to April 2006. The survey identified two historic archaeological sites: The J. Plant/William Roff Farm Complex (No. 1035 Loudon Road) and the Jan Douwe Fonda/Levinius Lansing Farm Complex and Cemetery (No. 418 Boght Road). The J. Plant/William Roff Farm Complex was a portion of the Manor that was leased to Federic Roff in 1790 and passed to William Roff in 1842. The farm complex was constructed between 1850 and 1854 for J. Plant. The property
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