Gower Site: A Circular Village Excavated by the WPA
by Bernard K. Means Yesterday I received in the mail copies of the most recent Pennsylvania Archaeologist, where my latest …
Category Archives: New Deal programs
Whoops! Excavating the Troutman Site on Veterans Day 1937
by Bernard K. Means On Veterans Day 1937, the WPA field crew under the direction of Edgar Augustine was laboring …
A Giant Skull! A Monongahela Village! A WPA Excavation!
by Bernard K. Means In writing up the Fort Hill site report, Edgar Augustine noted a local pot hunter mentioned …
No Work Relief Labor on Labor Day: Edgar Augustine’s “Holiday”
by Bernard K. Means Today, September 2, 2013, is Labor Day in the U.S. and I thought I’d look back …
Coming Full Circle: New Deal archaeology and the Monongahela Tradition
by Bernard K. Means, Virtual Curation Laboratory My original interest in New Deal archaeology was sparked by work related to …
America’s Heritage and the New Deal
by Bernard K. Means New Deal work relief programs both intentionally and incidentally helped preserve and promote America’s cultural heritage. …
World War II and Pennsylvania’s New Deal Archaeology
by Bernard K. Means I’ve written in the past how World War II affected New Deal archaeology in general. Today, …
National WPA Remembrance Day and the Somerset County Relief Excavations
By Bernard K. Means Brent McKee, on his blog site New Deal of the Day, has suggested that May 6 …
Roosevelt’s “Tree Army” and America’s Past: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and New Deal Archaeology
By Bernard K. Means, Director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory @ VCU Today, April 5, 2013, marks the 80th anniversary …
