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Julie Abell Horn <[log in to unmask]>
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Corey,

Historical Perspectives, Inc. investigated the Ash Creek Corduroy Road in Fairfield, Connecticut.  It was listed on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places in 2008 and was designated a Connecticut State Archaeological Preserve in 2009.  Here is a link to a newspaper article that describes the road and a bit of its history.

http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Corduroy-road-a-bumpy-pathway-back-to-Colonial-646040.php

I hope this helps.

Best,
Julie

 
Julie Abell Horn, M.A., R.P.A. 
Principal Investigator and Senior Archaeologist/Historian 
Historical Perspectives, Inc. 

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On Monday, November 11, 2013 10:52 PM, Corey McQuinn <[log in to unmask]> 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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