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Archeology
Field School
Each
summer the Schoharie River Center holds an Archeology
Field School, usually in August. This is a week long
program that begins at 8:30am and ends at 4:30am each
day of the week, Monday through Friday.
Working
in partnership with professional archeologists from
Hartgen Archeological Associates of Albany New York,
youth ages 11-18 will work to excavate a pre-historic
site along the Schoharie Creek in Burtonsville.
In
previous years, while working under the supervision
of Corey McQuinn, Project Director for Hartgen Archeological
Associates, the team has found much evidence of early
pre-contact Native-American inhabitance along the Schoharie
Creek in Burtonsville. Artifacts discovered in past
digs include hundreds of pieces of chert flakes and
fire cracked rock indicating the site was used as a
place to make projectile points, stone tools and pottery.
Although
further artifact analysis and testing will occur at
the Laboratories at Hartgen, initial study of the artifacts,
including the pottery indicate that the site is very
old, possibly dating back as far as 0 – 999
AD.
If you have questions about the program, contact John
McKeeby at schoharierivercenter@juno.com.
Click
here to see a slide
show* of photos taken by EST members.
For more
information about Hartgen Archeological Associates go
to their website at: www.hartgen.com
Videography
Several
years ago, during one week of Archeology Field School
we also had members of Freshwaters Illustrated from
Mapleton, Oregon on hand to provide professional video
production training to the youths.
Click
here to see a slide
show of photos taken by the Freshwaters Illustrated
team while working with EST. For more information about
Freshwaters Illustrated, check out their website at: www.freshwatersillustrated.org.
Mercury
Study
Under
the direction of Dr. Barbara Brabetz, Assistant Professor
of Natural Sciences at Cobleskill College, along with several
of the Fisheries Biology faculty, the EST members also spent
a day learning how to and conducting a mercury study.
A great
variety of fish were collected from the creek including Small
Mouth Bass, Walleye, Stone Catfish, Hognosed Stone Roller,
Darter, Blacknose Dace, Sucker Carp and more.
Click
here to see photos from EST's testing at the SUNY
Cobleskill labratories.
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