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 …
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable …
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 …
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 …
Re-Mapping the Past, or, Goodbye Utah!
by Bernard K. Means Thanks to a coding error on my part, I erroneously added a county in Utah to …
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 …
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