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Corey,
If you search "Fleet Cornhill Archaeology" you will reach a PDF of the
final report on excavation in the historic district of Annapolis in
2008. The file is about 20 MB.
The log-paved road is described on pp. 56-61. It was underneath a
stratum dating to the early 18th century.
Peace,
Matt
On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:41 PM, Corey McQuinn wrote:
> Hello there Histarchs,
>
> I am working on a paper for a regional peer-reviewed journal on
> corduroy
> road archaeology and I am currently in the process of collecting as
> many
> contexts as I can (up to 24 at last count). The paper is based
> partly on a
> corduroy road site Hartgen found in New York's North Country dating
> to the
> late 18th c. I am particularly interested in construction techs,
> dating
> techniques, method of discovery, and species.
>
> At this point, I have reached out to Forest Service archaeologists in
> Region 9 and SHPOs across the country. I am hoping this current effort
> reaches CRM professionals. My sense is that a lot of these contexts,
> since
> they are found inadvertently often, don't quite make it to being
> recorded
> in state registers as a "site." My hope is that the collective
> corporate
> memory can be helpful in finding the sites that slip through the
> cracks
> (between the logs). Thank you so much for your help.
>
> Corey McQuinn, MA, RPA
> Project Director
> Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
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