The Archaeology of Kingston, New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diamond, Joseph E.

Series:

Excelsior Editions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kingston (N.Y.)--Antiquities.

Kingston (N.Y.).

Kingston (N.Y.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2025.

Summary:

A comprehensive analysis of eighty-eight archaeological sites in and around the City of Kingston, New York.The Archaeology of Kingston, New York covers Kingston (and New York State and the Hudson Valley to a lesser extent) from Paleo-Indian times circa twelve thousand years ago through twelve thousand years of Native American occupations.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Overview

The Study Area

Geology

Soils

Late Glacial History

Flora

Fauna

Precontact Background

The Paleoindian Period

The Archaic

The Early and Middle Archaic

The Late Archaic

The Transitional or Terminal Archaic

The Early Woodland

The Middle and Late Woodland

European Contact

Types of Native American Sites

Small Special Purpose Camps

Extraction Sites or Lithic Quarries

Base Camps

Seasonally Reoccupied Camps

Rockshelters

Horticultural Hamlets

Horticultural Villages

Ceremonial and Mortuary Sites

Summary

Chapter 2 Precontact/Contact Period Native American Sites in Kingston

Kingston Point

The Booth Collection/Kingston Point

The CR Collection/Kingston Point

Sailor's Cove

Cantine's Island

Rondout Riverfront Shoreline Stabilization at Kingston Point

Kingston Business Park Precontact Sites

The Hendrickson Site

The Perry Site

The Tammany Street Site

The Kingston Knolls Site

The West Chestnut Street Site

The Kingston Armory Site

The Lipton Street Site

The Canal Path Trail

Colony Liquors Precontact Site

Abeel Street

Monitoring West of Wurts Street

Abeel Street Precontact Site #1 (11140.002748)

Abeel Street Precontact Site #2 (11140.002749)

Abeel Street Precontact Site Summary

The Ingarra Site

Ulster County Jail Precontact Quarry Sites

The Kingston Meadows Precontact Sites

The Angstrom Site

The Duck Pond Site

Chapter 3 Early Historic Background

Community Defense: The Stockade

Building the Stockade and the Beginnings of War

The First Esopus War

The Second Esopus War

The New Village of Kingston

Chapter 4 Archaeological Sites in the Stockade District.

The Louw-Bogardus House

Behind 79 North Front Street

NYU Excavations on Clinton Avenue

The Fred Johnston House Garden

Archaeological Testing at the Fred Johnston House

Excavations at the Old Dutch Church: the DeWitt Plot

Excavations at the Senate House State Historic Site

The Senate House Lot

Excavations inside the Senate House

Evidence for Wampum Manufacture

Small Red Dutch Bricks/Pan Tiles

Trade Items

Native American Features and Artifacts

The Ten Broeck-Van Gaasbeek-Voorhies-Merrit Lot

The Abraham Masten House Lot

Area West of Masten House Lot

West Half of the Senate House Property

Excavations at the Old Dutch Church

NYU Excavations on Green Street

Chapter 5 The Matthewis Persen House

The Persen House Excavation

Excavation Procedures

Sample Size

Sidewalk Units

Unit 1

Unit 2

Interior Units

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 9

Unit 10

Unit 11

Unit 12

Unit 13

Side Yard Deposits

Unit 14

Strata Groups

Strata Group 1 (c. 1922)

Strata Group 2 (post-1730-1735)

Strata Group 3 (post-1730-1735)

Strata Group 4 (post-1730-1735)

Strata Group 5 (post-1730-1735)

Strata Group 6 (post-1663-1730/1735)

Strata Group 7 (c. 1674-1730/35)

Strata Group 8 (1661-c. 1674+)

Post Molds: Strata Groups 9 and 10 (see discussion below for dates)

Strata Group 9 (c. 1730-1735)

Strata Group 10 (c. 1664-1730/35)

Strata Group 11 (June 7, 1663)

Strata Group 12 (pre-June 7, 1663)

Strata Group 13 (pre-1663-Transitional Archaic, c. 1100 BC)

Strata Group 14 (c. 1675-1730/35)

Strata Group 15 (post-1777)

Strata Group 16 (July 1663-c.1673)

Strata Group 17 (c. 1674-c. 1975).

Strata Group 18 (no date)

Strata Group 19 (post-June 7, 1663-1730/35)

Strata Group 20 (pre-June 7, 1663).

Artifacts by Functional, Temporal, and Faunal Groups

Native American (all precontact)

European Trade Items

Kitchen Category

Shellfish

Architecture

Roofing or Pan Tiles

Dutch Red Bricks

Dutch or Flemish Yellow Bricks

Windows

Tiles

Nails

Furniture

Arms Group

Clothing

Personal

Recreation and Entertainment

Special Activities

Fuel

Fire-Affected

Macrobotanicals

Discussion

Excavations in the Proposed Matthewis Persen House Garden

Chapter 6 Later Historic Archaeological Sites in Kingston

Archaeology at Sailor's Cove/Hutton Brickyards

Nathan C. Bell's Pottery Factory at Kingston Point

Excavations at the Reher Bakery, Rondout

The Archaeology of Twaalfskill Brook

Maritime Archaeological Sites

Chapter 7 Commemorating the Dead: The Cemeteries of Kingston

The Old Dutch Church

The Houghtaling Cemetery

Sharp Burial Ground

Montrepose Cemetery

Mt. Zion Cemetery

The Comforter Reformed Church Cemetery

Saint Mary's Cemetery

Wiltwyck Cemetery

St. Peters Cemetery

Mt. Calvary Cemetery

Chapter 8 Enslaved Individuals in Wiltwyck and Kingston and African Americans in the Historical and Archaeological Record

Historical Records on Enslaved Individuals in Wiltwyck and Kingston

The Kingston Papers and Senate House Records

An Example of an Additional Record Specific to Kingston

Census Records

Archaeological Evidence of Enslavement

The Pine Street African Burial Ground

Chapter 9 Nearby Precontact Sites in the Towns of Ulster, Hurley, and Esopus

The Kingston Site

The Manor Site

The Millens Precontact Quarry

The Sleightsburg Precontact Site

The S-2 Site

The Hurley Site

Chapter 10 Conclusions and Interpretations

Kingston's Precontact Past

Kingston's Contact Period.

Kingston's Dutch Colonial Period

The British Colonial Period

The New Republic and the 19th Century

Archaeological Opportunities in Kingston - Lost

Glossary

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

979-88-558-0397-6

OCLC:

1545597935