01976nas a2200157 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300001200192490000700204520142700211653001901638653001601657653002301673100002101696856010101717 2010 eng d00aLegalities and Practicalities of Salvaging of Dead Birds for Museum Specimens0 aLegalities and Practicalities of Salvaging of Dead Birds for Mus a298-3000 v603 a

Recently on the NYSbirds-L listserv, an observer reported that a possible Pacific
Loon had washed up on a Long Island beach. The birder, recognizing that this
might be an important record to document with a specimen, wondered if s/he
should pick up the bird and bring it to a museum, and whether it was legal to do
this. Digital photos eventually made the rounds and it turned out that the bird,
which was never salvaged, was a Common Loon. This incident provoked a very
long “thread” of discussion among the listserv readers regarding the legalities
and practice of bird specimen salvage by the bird-observing public. By the time
the listserv administrator cut off the discussion it was clear that New York
birders appreciate the scientific value of specimens (e.g., as discussed by
Kirchman 2008, Kingbird 58: 214-219), but that the legal implications of
picking up a dead bird are not well known. One point of agreement was that
there is a need for some clarification of the laws and permits that govern the
salvage of birds in New York. As curator of the ornithology collection at the
New York State Museum, and an enthusiastic (and permitted) salvager, I am in a
position to provide some of the needed clarification and have decided to
summarize in this article what I know about the subject.

10aBird salvaging10alegalisties10aMuseum collections1 aKirchman, J., J. uhttps://nysm.nysed.gov/staff-publications/legalities-and-practicalities-salvaging-dead-birds-mus01562nas a2200205 4500008004100000245010600041210006900147300000900216490000700225520095800232653001501190653000901205653001001214653002301224653001301247653001801260653001101278100001701289856005001306 2000 eng d00aNew Dates from Old Collections: The Roundtop Site and Maize-Beans-Squash Agriculture in the Northeast0 aNew Dates from Old Collections The Roundtop Site and MaizeBeansS a7-170 v213 a

The Roundtop site located in the Upper Susquehanna River Valley of New York has long been held to contain the earliest evidence for maize-beans-squash agriculture in the Northeast. In his reports on this site, Ritchie linked charred maize, beans, and squash remains with a radiocarbon date of A.D. 1070 + 60 and pottery associated with the early Owasco Carpenter Brook phase. Recent AMS dating of the domesticates indicates that there is no evidence for maize, beans, and squash co-occurring at the site before A.D. 1300. The dates are supported by pottery collections and Ritchie's lab notes. These results emphasize that site descriptions in the literature are interpretations not observations. These interpretations need to be carefully assessed before their incorporation into new analyses and syntheses. This can only be done if collections of artifacts, botanical and zoological remains, and field and lab notes are maintained by museums.

10aAMS dating10abean10amaize10aMuseum collections10aNew York10aRoundtop site10asquash1 aHart, J., P. uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2190/1M03-BNGJ-FFMY-YNMP01277nas a2200169 4500008004100000245008200041210006900123300000900192490000700201520070000208653001300908653001500921653002300936653002300959100001700982856010800999 2000 eng d00aNew Dates on Classic New York State Sites: Just How Old Are Those Longhouses?0 aNew Dates on Classic New York State Sites Just How Old Are Those a1-220 v603 a

The Roundtop, Maxon-Derby, Sackett, Bates, and Kelso sites have been important sources of information on settlement patterns in New York State during the period A.D. 1000 to 1400, ever since Ritchie and Funk's classic 1973 publication Aboriginal Settlement Patterns in the Northeast. Based on these sites, it has been accepted knowledge that large longhouses were in place by the eleventh to early twelfth centuries A.D. in the upper Susquehanna and Finger Lakes regions. A series of 15 new radiometric and AMS dates from these sites revises this perception, suggesting that longhouses the size of those at Roundtop were not present until the calibrated thirteenth century A.D.

10aIroquois10alonghouses10aMuseum collections10aradiocarbon dating1 aHart, J., P. uhttps://www.academia.edu/201989/New_Dates_from_Classic_New_York_Sites_Just_How_Old_are_Those_Longhouses