Work Relief Archaeology: Laboring for the Past
by Bernard K. Means Today is Labor Day in the United States and I wanted to briefly thank the men …
Category Archives: Pennsylvania
Monongahela Villages, Young Archaeologists, and Segregated Crews: New Deal Archaeology at the American Philosophical Society
by Bernard K. Means Last week (May 19 to May 23, 2014), I spent many hours at the American Philosophical …
Winter Excavations during the New Deal in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
by Bernard K. Means As I watch the snow fall (and fall and fall) here in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on this …
Teaching New Deal Archaeology to a New Generation
by Bernard K. Means Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the high school class of Emmett Hickam, …
Happy New Year from New Deal Archaeology
by Bernard K. Means The coming year should see a number of publications related to New Deal archaeology published or …
Pennies from Heaven? New Deal Expenditures and Archaeology
by Bernard K. Means As I work on an article on the spatial distribution of New Deal work relief archaeology, …
In the Words of My Grandpappy: WPA Archaeology on the Eve of Thanksgiving 1936
by Bernard K. Means As Thanksgiving 1936 approached, Edgar Augustine–who directed Work Projects Administration (WPA) groups in Somerset County, Pennsylvania–acknowledged …
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 …
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 …
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