AXIS Research, Inc. Presentations & Publications

 

Upcoming presentations
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10:50 a.m.;    Jonathan A. Burns and Andrew Wyatt present "Rockshelters as Persistent Places: The View from Camelback" at the SPA 78th Annual Meeting in Allentown, PA http://www.pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com/annualmeeting.html
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 2:30 p.m.;  Kurt W. Carr and Douglas C. McLearen present "One of history's mysteries – Where's the "fort" at Fort Hunter Mansion? The Preliminary Results from Field Testing at a French and Indian War Military Site in Dauphin County" at the SPA 78th Annual Meeting in Allentown, PA http://www.pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com/annualmeeting.html
Saturday, April 21, 2007 3:50 p.m.;  Stephen G. Warfel presents "Windows on the Past: The Results of 2006 Archaeological Testing at Ephrata Cloister" at the SPA 78th Annual Meeting in Allentown, PA http://www.pennsylvaniaarchaeology.com/annualmeeting.html

 

Selected recent presentations
Burns, J.A., J.S. Wah, and R.E. Kruchoski.  2006.  The madness behind the method: Interdisciplinary rockshelter research in the Northeastern United States.   UISPP – XV CONGRESS, Lisbon, Portugal, September 4-9, 2006.
Steve Warfel.  2006.  Archaeological Discovery and Exploration of Fort Loudoun.  The 250th anniversary celebration of the construction of Fort Loudoun, Fort Loudon, PA, June 17, 2006.
Steve Warfel.  2006.  Culture History of the Lower Susquehanna Valley, 16th-18th Centuries.  The 2006 Byways to the Past Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, May 18, 2006.
Foss, J.E., A. Goodyear, and L.T. West.  2005.  The Role of Soil Morphology in the Delineation and Interpretation of Stratigraphic Units at Clovis Sites in the Southeast.  Clovis in the Southeast, Columbia, SC, October 26-29, 2005.  Abstract
Wagner, D.P., J.S. Wah., D.L. Lowery, and J. Gingerich.  2005.  Burial of Clovis surfaces during the Younger Dryas - A discussion of three locations: Cactus Hill, the Delmarva Peninsula, and Shawnee Minisink.  Clovis in the Southeast, Columbia, SC, October 26-29, 2005.  Abstract
 

 

Selected recent publications
Wah, J.S. and J.A. Burns.  2006.  An introduction to the cultural history of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic.  p. 36-42.  In D.S. Fanning (ed.) Acid Sulfate Soils of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic/Chesapeake Bay Region.  Guidebook for the 18th World Congress of Soil Science Acid Sulfate Soils Tour, July 6-8, 2006.  College Park, MD.

Burns, J. A.  2005.  What about behavior?:  Methodological implications for rockshelter excavation and spatial analysis.  North American Archaeologist 26:241-256.
Burns, J. A.  2005.  Thought world wars?:  A reply to J. Custer.  North American Archaeologist 26:63-66.

Burns, J. A.  2005.  Methods for upland rockshelter excavation:  An analytical manifesto.  p. 313-326.  In C. L. Nash and M. B. Barber (eds.) Uplands Archaeology in the East, Symposia VIII and IX.  Archaeological Society of Virginia Special Publication 38-7.

Burns, J. A. and M. Lyren.  2005 .  Spatial analysis of Camelback Rockshelter (36 MR 180), a multi-component upland bivouac: We’ve upped our Standards, now up yours!  p. 121-131.  In C. L. Nash and M. B. Barber (eds.) Uplands Archaeology in the East, Symposia VIII and IX.  Archaeological Society of Virginia Special Publication 38-7.
Warfel, S.G.  2005.  Saving the Past for the Future: Curating Pennsylvania’s Archaeological Compliance Collections.  Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 21:13-18.
Warfel, S.G.  2005.  Historical archaeology at Ephrata Cloister: A report on 2002 & 2003 investigations. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Wagner, D.P. and J.M. McAvoy.  2004.  Pedoarchaeology of Cactus Hill, a sandy Paleoindian site in southeastern Virginia, U.S.A.  Geoarchaeology 19:297-322.
Raber, P.A. and V.L. Cowin (eds.).  2003.  Foragers and Farmers of the Early and Middle Woodland Periods in Pennsylvania.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 3.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Warfel, S.G.  2003.    Discover and Preserve Pennsylvania’s Archaeological Heritage.  Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Jeanette. (Educational pamphlet).
Wyatt, A.  2003.  Early and Middle Woodland settlement data for the Susquehanna Basin.  p. 35-48.  In P.A. Raber and V.L. Cowin (eds.)  Foragers and Farmers of the Early and Middle Woodland Periods in Pennsylvania.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 3.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Carr, K.W., and J.M. Adovasio.  2002.  Paleoindians in Pennsylvania.  p. 1-50.  In K.W. Carr and J.M. Adovasio (eds.) Ice Age Peoples in Pennsylvania.  Recent Research of Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 2.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Carr, K.W., and J.M. Adovasio (eds.).  2002.  Ice Age Peoples of Pennsylvania.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 2.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Warfel, S.G.  2002.    Historical Archaeology at Ephrata Cloister: A Report on 2001 Investigations.  The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Warfel, S.G.  2001.  Historical Archaeology at Ephrata Cloister: A Report on 2000 Investigations.  The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Warfel, S.G.  2000.  Historical Archaeology at Ephrata Cloister: A Report on 1999 Investigations. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Warfel, S.G.  2000.  Comments on "Making a Future for the Past."  North American Archaeologist 21:115-117.
Carr, K.W.  1998.  Archaeological site distribution and patterns of lithic utilization during the Middle Archaic period in Pennsylvania.  p. 77-90.  In P.A. Raber, P.E. Miller, and S.M. Neusius (eds.) The Archaic Period in Pennsylvania: Hunter-Gatherers of the Early and Middle Holocene Period.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 1.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Raber, P.A., P.E. Miller, and S.M. Neusius.  1998.  The Archaic period in Pennsylvania: Current models and future direction.  p. 121-138.  In P.A. Raber, P.E. Miller, and S.M. Neusius (eds.).  The Archaic Period in Pennsylvania: Hunter-Gatherers of the Early and Middle Holocene Period.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 1.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.
Raber, P.A., P.E. Miller, and S.M. Neusius (eds.).  1998.  The Archaic Period in Pennsylvania: Hunter-Gatherers of the Early and Middle Holocene Period.  Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology Number 1.  The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.

 

 

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