Diana:

You might want to contact the fine folks at Hartgen Archaeological
Associates in Rensselaer, near Albany, NY.  They have done a lot of work in
the city of Albany where much filling has been done over the centuries (as
well as industrial sites, flood plains, canals, etc.).  It has been a real
battle for them and I THINK they have used boring or coring to prospect for
sites, strata, and overburdens in trying to get projects approved.  Karen
is also likely to be very up on what other archaeologists in the state have
tried.

http://www.hartgen.com/

         Dan W.


At 08:48 PM 6/19/02, you wrote:
>Fellow Histarchers:
>
>As part of an effort to build a case to get permission to perform soil
>borings on city-owned land, I am hoping Histarchers can provide me with
>examples (with references) of cases where important archaeological sites have
>been preserved under landfill with their ground surfaces intact and where the
>sites presence was confirmed through the use of borings, corings, or auger
>testing.  It would be ideal it the site was important enough that even the
>most jaded bureaucrat might sit up and take notice.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>Diana Wall