Riccobono's 'Quarry in the Schoharie': Stratigraphy, Operations and Mass Movement - Inners, J.D.; C. A. Ver Straeten (Delaware Water Gap, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Arboreal Tropical Forest Vertebrates: Current Knowledge and Research Trends - R. W. Kays; Allison, A. (Plant Ecology, 2001)
We review the ecology and specialized methods required for studying arboreal mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and use faunal checklists from 12 tropical wet forest sites and an analysis of all articles published during the past ten years in 14 major journals to assess current knowledge and general research trends for these groups. The percentage of arboreal vertebrates was remarkably similar at the different sites (76.2 ± 3.9%). Birds were the most arboreal group and amphibians and reptiles the least. The review of journals showed that primates were overwhelmingly the most studied group (336 papers), followed by bats (105), passeriform birds (73) and rodents (55). Judging by their portion of the arboreal vertebrate community and the number of papers surveyed, birds and amphibians and reptiles are vastly understudied compared to mammals, but this is largely due to the great number of primate studies. The number of publications on arboreal vertebrates has remained relatively stable over the last 10 years for all taxa except primates, which have seen a growth in publications. Canopy vertebrates from Brazil had by far the most publications (120), followed by Madagascar (61), Costa Rica (55) and Indonesia (42). We conclude by highlighting the priorities we see for future studies on tropical canopy vertebrates.
Keywords: Amphibians; Birds; Canopy; mammals; Primates; Reptiles

Arboreal Tropical Forest Vertebrates: Current Knowledge and Research Trends - R. W. Kays; Allison, A. (Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management, 2001)
We review the ecology and specialized methods required for studying arboreal mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and use faunal checklists from 12 tropical wet forest sites and an analysis of all articles published during the past ten years in 14 major journals to assess current knowledge and general research trends for these groups. The percentage of arboreal vertebrates was remarkably similar at the different sites (76.2 ± 3.9%). Birds were the most arboreal group and amphibians and reptiles the least. The review of journals showed that primates were overwhelmingly the most studied group (336 papers), followed by bats (105), passeriform birds (73) and rodents (55). Judging by their portion of the arboreal vertebrate community and the number of papers surveyed, birds and amphibians and reptiles are vastly understudied compared to mammals, but this is largely due to the great number of primate studies. The number of publications on arboreal vertebrates has remained relatively stable over the last 10 years for all taxa except primates, which have seen a growth in publications. Canopy vertebrates from Brazil had by far the most publications (120), followed by Madagascar (61), Costa Rica (55) and Indonesia (42). We conclude by highlighting the priorities we see for future studies on tropical canopy vertebrates.
Keywords: Amphibians; Birds; Canopy Mammals; Primates; Reptiles

Kinkajou - R. W. Kays (The Encyclopedia of Mammals, 2001)
Keywords: biology

Olingos - R. W. Kays (The Encyclopedia of Mammals, 2001)
Keywords: biology

Ringtail and Cacomistle - R. W. Kays (The Encyclopedia of Mammals, 2001)
Keywords: biology

The Social Organization of the Kinkajou Potos flavus (Procyonidae) - R. W. Kays; Gittleman, J. L. (Journal of Zoology, 2001)
The social organization of the kinkajou Potos flavus is described from 380 h of observations on habituated, free-ranging animals. Individuals were most often alone while feeding at night, yet they regularly interacted in stable social groups. Four social groups were observed, each consisting of a single adult female, two adult males, one sub-adult and one juvenile. At least one breeding female was solitary and did not reside within a group. Social groups were consolidated primarily at denning sites and large fruiting trees by group feeding, allogrooming and scent marking. However, kinkajous were most often observed solitarily, as social feeding only occurred in 19.6 of total feeding bouts (mainly among males) and individuals rarely travelled together. Although the composition of social groups was polyandrous, males also copulated with non-group females which suggests a promiscuous mating system. Female-biased dispersal and patterns of male association seem to be patrilineal and based on resource defence. The evolution of social organization in the kinkajou is discussed in relation to predation risk, resource availability, and convergence with primates of similar fission–fusion socioecology.
Keywords: behaviour; carnivores; kinkajou; Potos flavus; primate evolution; social organization

Textiles from the Wickliffe Mounds Site - Kutruff, J. T.; P. B. Drooker (Excavations at Wickliffe Mounds, 2001)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS 40469/S6142, Construct Maintenance Subheadquarters, DOT Region 2, State Dam Road, Alder Creek, Town of Boonville (MCD06504),Oneida County, New York - A. Lain; V. A. Schmitt (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS-DOCS OGS # 41159, Provide Primary Care Clinic, Eastern Correctional Facility, Village of Napanoch, Town of Wawarsing (MCD 11119), Ulster County, New York - A. Lain (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS Project Number 41207/S6725, Upgrade Water Storage Distribution System, MacCormick Secure Center, Town of Caroline (MCD 10901), Tompkins County, New York - A. Lain; V. A. Schmitt (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

New York State Museum Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS Project Number E8449, Replace Facility Waterline, Coxsackie Correctional Facility, Town of Coxsackie (MCD 03905), Greene County, New York - A. Lain (2001)

New York State Museum Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS Project Number 40684, Provide Gymnasium Building, Adirondack Residential Center, Town of Schuyler Falls (MCD 01914), Clinton County, New York - A. Lain (2001)

New York State Museum Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS Project Number 41135, Construct Maintenance Subheadquarters, DOT Region 8, Hamlet of Millwood, Town of New Castle (MCD 11909), Westchester County, New York - A. Lain; V. A. Schmitt (2001)

OGS # 36622-C - Addendum; Replace Water Distribution System; Mills-Norrie State Park;Town of Hyde Park; Dutchess County, New York - A. Lain (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Covered Locks of Wood Creek - P. Lord Jr. (Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, 2001)
Keywords: anthropology history

The Mohawk/Oneida Corridor: The Geography of Inland Navigation Across New York - P. Lord Jr. (The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814, 2001)
Keywords: history

An Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Documentation of the Alcoa Bridge over the Grasse River, NYSDOT PIN 7751.96.121, Town of Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Responses of Onondaga Lake, NY to early stages of rehabilitation: unanticipated ecosystem feedbacks - Mathews, D. A.; Effler, S.W.; Mathews (Brooks), C. W.; C. A. Siegfried; Spada, M. E. (Water Environment Research, 2001)
Responses of polluted Onondaga Lake, New York, to early stages of a phased program to rehabilitate the lake from the effects of domestic waste inputs are documented. The analysis is based on more than 10 years of paired monitoring of the effluent (total ammonia and total phosphorus) of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) that discharges to the lake as well as the lake itself (including total ammonia, nitrite, total and dissolved forms of phosphorus, plankton biomass and composition, Secchi disc transparency, and zebra mussel density). Major reductions in total ammonia and total phosphorus loading relative to the preceding decade are reported for the WWTP for the November 1998 through October 1999 interval. Dramatic and, in some cases, unanticipated changes in the lake's water quality and biota in response to the reductions in loading are documented for the April to October interval of 1999 including: (1) major decreases in total ammonia concentrations and improved status with respect to ammonia toxicity standards, (2) development of dense populations of zebra mussels, (3) decreases in fall concentrations of nitrite and improved status with respect to the related toxicity standard, (4) decreases in total phosphorus and total dissolved phosphorus concentrations, and (5) a severe Microcystis (phytoplankton) bloom that caused nuisance conditions and poor clarity. The zebra mussel invasion is attributed to the reductions in total ammonia concentrations to below toxic levels. The Microcystis bloom was probably related to the abrupt increase in the zebra mussel population. Additional reductions in phosphorus loading from the WWTP will be required to limit phytoplankton production and avoid the potential for continued nuisance conditions. Potential complications in resolving lake responses to future reductions in loading associated with the zebra mussel invasion are considered.
Keywords: ammonia; eutrophication; lakes; nuisance blooms; phosphorus; rehabilitation; toxicity; Zebra mussels

Nycteola frigidana Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Sarrothripinae) Reported at an Unorthodox Bait - T. L. McCabe (Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society, 2001)
Keywords: Gadway Barrens; insect remains; New York; Salix bebhiana

Jack Pine at 4000 feet in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Mountains, New York - N. G. Miller (New York Flora Association Newsletter, 2001)
Keywords: biology

Recent Bryological Studies of Adirondack Mountain Alpine Summits - N. G. Miller (Newsletter of the Friends of the Farlow, Havard University, 2001)
Keywords: biology

Tales from the field: North to Tundra and ice-Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) - N. G. Miller (Members Update, 2001)
Keywords: biology

A Catalog of Sterling Forest Plants - R. S. Mitchell; Barbour, J.G.; Focht, J. (2001)
Keywords: biology

Characterization of Intracytoplasmic Prokaryote Infections in Dreissena sp. (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) - D. P. Molloy; L. Giamberini; Morado, J. F.; Fokin, S. I.; Laruelle, F. (Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2001)
This study characterizes intracytoplasmic infections with <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=2&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">prokaryote microorganisms in <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=45951&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Dreissena sp. (near <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=45954&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Dreissena polymorpha) from northeastern Greece and represents the first report of such infections in freshwater <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=6544&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">bivalves. Light microscope observations of stained tissues revealed basophilic, cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in 87.5% (28/32) of the mussels sectioned. Inclusions in epithelial cells and connective tissues were noted, respectively, in 34.4 and 71.9% of the sample, with 5 mussels (15.6%) having both tissue types infected. Epithelial cell infections were observed in histological sections only in digestive gland tubules and ducts; within tubules, inclusions were present more often in secretory than digestive cells. Connective tissue infections, however, were systemic; among the 32 mussels sectioned, inclusions were found in the gills (65.6%), foot (12.5%), mantle (9.4%), labial palps (6.3%), digestive gland (6.3%), stomach (6.3%), and gonads (3.1%). Cytoplasmic inclusions (maximum dimension, 138 microm) were prominent enough in the gills to be visible in 17.0% of the 247 mussels dissected. Ultrastructurally, <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=2&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">prokaryote cells in gill connective tissues were clearly characteristic of <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=51291&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Chlamydiales-like organisms, with each intracytoplasmic inclusion containing a loosely packed mixture of elementary, reticulate, intermediate bodies, and blebs. <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=2&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Prokaryote colonies in digestive gland epithelial cells exclusively contained 1 of 4 morphological cell types and were considered <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=766&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Rickettsiales-like. Hexagonal, virus-like particles were present in the cytoplasm of the largest of these <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=766&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">Rickettsiales-like <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Species=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=2&lvl=0" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">prokaryotes. Although host stress was evident from localized cell necrosis and dense hemocyte infiltration, overall infection was fairly benign, with no major, adverse impact on body condition evident among sectioned or dissected mussels. A possible negative effect was partial constriction of gill <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/11383568/?whatizit_url_Chemicals=http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI%3A15377" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; color:#000000;" target="_blank">water tubes, but at the infection intensity observed (typical range 1 to 7 inclusion bodies per section), significant interference with respiration and other metabolic functions of the gills was highly unlikely.
Keywords: Chlamydiales-like; Connective tissue; Epithelium; Intracytoplasmic prokaryote; Rickettsiales-like; Virus-like particles; Zebra mussels

A Method for Controlling Dreissena Species - D. P. Molloy (2001)
Keywords: biology

A new inland station in New York State for Sphagnum angermanicum - Phillips, T.; N. G. Miller (Evansia, 2001)
Keywords: biology

Late Prehistoric Cultures of the Upper Susquehanna Valley - Prezzano, S. C.; C. B. Rieth (Archaeology of the Appalachian Highlands, 2001)
Keywords: anthropology Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for the Ballston Archaeological District and the Jennings Site, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 9111.18.101, The Webster and Johnstone Sites, Reconstruction and Realignment of Route 145, US 20, and County Route 5A, Towns of Sharon and Seward, Schoharie County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

1910 Marcus Illions Carosel in Saratoga Springs, New York - J. L. Scherer (The Carousel News & Trader, 2001)
Keywords: history

The Allison brothers: New York City cabinetmakers - J. L. Scherer (The Catalogue of Antiques & Fine Art, 2001)
Keywords: history

The New York State Museum Carousel: its History Uncovered - J. L. Scherer (The Carousel News & Trader, 2001)
Keywords: history

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS 41207/S6725, Upgrade Water Storage Distribution System, MacCormick Secure Center, Town of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. - V. A. Schmitt (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A role for water droplets in the pollination of Platanthera aquilonis (Orchidaceae) - C. J. Sheviak (Rhodora, 2001)
The North American Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak has long been known to autopollinate. Pollinia rotate forward and downward out of the anther sacs and contact the stigma. Previous experimental evidence has indicated that this movement is effected by gravity. In addition to the move ment of whole pollinia, flowers are often found in which continuous streams of pollen massulae emanate from anther sacs and seemingly pour down onto the stigma. Experiments with cultivated plants have shown that water droplets can collect in the centers of flowers of this species. These sometimes draw a sheet of massulae out of an anther sac either onto the surface of the droplet or into its interior. As the droplet evaporates, the massulae are deposited as a continuous layer from the anther sac onto the stigma. It is suggested that in nature dew may function to produce the observed pollen streams.
Keywords: Platanthera aquilonis; Platanthera hyperborea; pollination

Gold in Romania: Chemistry and Alpine Metallogenesis - Shimzu, M; Cioflica, G; Jude, R; M. V. Lupulescu; Berbeleac, I; Kovacs , M (Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Publications of the New York State Museum - J. B. Skiba (The University of the State of New York, 2001)
Keywords: anthropology biology geology history

Discrimination of Local and Global Effects on Upper Mississippian Stratigraphy, Illinois Basin, USA - L. B. Smith Jr.; Read, J. F. (Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2001)
Interpretive cross sections based on detailed descriptions of 33 outcrops and cores are used to better understand the relative effects of tectonics, eustasy, tides, and climate on Upper Mississippian (middle Chesterian) stratigraphy in the tectonically active, tide-dominated Illinois basin. The cross sections show that five mixed carbonate-siliciclastic, high-frequency sequences in the Bethel through Glen Dean formations can be correlated around the outcrop belt through areas with very different subsidence histories. The sequence boundaries are marked by paleosols and incised valleys and can be correlated basin-wide within a framework of distinctive marker beds. Because of its updip position, lowstand systems tracts are not preserved in the Illinois basin. The transgressive systems tracts generally consist of one or two parasequences that are typically composed of tidally influenced quartz sandstone filling incised valleys at the base overlain by open-marine skeletal limestone, shallow-marine shale, and heterolithic siliciclastic tidal-flat deposits. The maximum flooding surface (MFS) for the sequences is picked at the base of the deepest water limestone facies. Highstand systems tracts are composed of 1 to 6 regressive parasequences that consist of basal offshore skeletal limestone capped by laterally extensive shale and heterolithic siliciclastic tidal-flat facies. The basin-wide extent of the sequence boundaries and maximum flooding surfaces across tectonic highs and lows suggests that the sequences were produced by eustatic sea-level changes rather than local tectonics or autogenic processes. The sequences were likely produced by moderate- to high-amplitude (30-100 m) fourth-order (∼ 400 ky) glacio-eustatic sea-level changes driven by the transition from the greenhouse conditions of the Early Mississippian to the "icehouse" conditions of the late Paleozoic. The lateral extent and frequency of component parasequences suggests that they were likely produced by fifth-order sea-level changes (10-100 ky). The sequences may be bundled into third-order composite sequences, but the third-order signal is obscured by the magnitude of the fourth-order sea-level changes a feature typical of ice-house stratigraphies. The sequences can be used as time slices to identify spatial and temporal variations in differential subsidence between the Cincinnati Arch and the more rapidly subsiding Basin Interior. Episodes of high and low differential subsidence occurred every two to three sequences. These subsidence variations had a major impact on lithofacies distribution and onlap and offlap geometries in sequences and parasequences. The occurrence of some widespread seismically disturbed beds suggests that active faulting occurred during deposition. Normal faulting appears to have occurred during periods of high differential subsidence and reverse faulting during periods of low differential subsidence. Differential subsidence and related normal and reverse faulting may have occurred in response to phases of thrust loading and quiescence in the Appalachian orogenic belt to the east. Even in this tectonically active setting, however, it is the eustatic signal that generates basin-wide, mappable stratigraphic sequences.
Keywords: eustasy; Illinois basin; tectonics; tides; Upper Mississippian (middle Chesterian) stratigraphy

High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphic Setting of Mississippian Carbonate Eolianites, Illinois and Appalachian Basins - L. B. Smith Jr.; Al-Tawil, A. A.; Read, J. F. (Modern and Ancient Carbonate Eolianites, 2001)
Carbonate eolianites areabundant in the lower Chesterian Upper Mississippian succession in the Appalachian and Illinois Basins The eolianites arequartz peloid grainstones composed of well rounded very fine to fine sand size peloids wholeooids broken ooids that have been re rounded skeletal fragments and generally finer grained subangular frosted quartz Eolian deposits are I to 8 m thick and tens of meters to many kilometers wide They have wedge sets of planar and tangential sharply defined inverse graded laminae with dips of up to 20 degrees. A high resolution sequence stratigraphic framework was generated using the available biostratigraphy and closely spaced strati graphic sections and core and tracing regional disconformities marked by breccia calcrete and soil horizons between the sections EolianiIe units backstep within the transgressive part of the Chesterian supersequence and are absent from the highstand part which is dominated by siliciclasticsand likely formed in a more humid setting Withinthird order and fourth order sequences the eolianites occur updip in disconformity bounded parasequences In the transgressive and early highstand systems tracts of sequences eolianiIes overlie exposure surfaces and are preserved in the transgressive parts of the parasequences In the late highstand parts of sequences eolianites are preserved in the regressive parts of parasequences and are capped by sequence bounding disconformities marked by breccia and calcrete. The abundance of carbonaIe eolianiIes in the Upper Mississippian is likely due to seasonal semiarid climate and moderate amplitude fourth order eustatic sea level changes The reservoir potential of the eolianites is limited by tight packing and calcite cementation However recognition of the eolianites is critical to understanding the vertical and lateral distribution of reservoir facies within the sequence stratigraphic framework because they indicate subaerial conditions and commonly mark subtle sequence boundaries.
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8021.40.121, NY 52 over the Wallkill River Village of Walden, Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York - J. Sopko; M.S. LoRusso (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 1089.62.121, I-90 Exit 8 Connector with Rte. 4 Town of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York Addendum - J. Sopko (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 8021.40.101, NY 52 over the Wallkill River, Village of Walden, Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York: Site Examination of NYSM Site 10935, New York Knife Factory Site - J. Sopko (2001)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Motorcycle Industry in New York State: A Concise Encyclopedia of Inventors, Builders, and Manufacturers - G. Stein (New York State Museum Memoir, 2001)
Keywords: history

Sod Blocks in Illinois Hopewell Mounds - Van Nest, J.; Charles, D. K.; Buikstra, J. E.; Asch, D. L. (American Antiquity, 2001)
Explaining prehistoric mound development requires both anthropological and geoarchaeological perspectives. Illinois Hopewell (Middle Woodland) mounds are remarkable for the range of earthen materials used in their construction. Adding to this variety we document the presence of upturned sod blocks in a mound at the Mound House site. There and at other Illinois sites the sods have dark, 3-10-cm-thick A horizons with minimal or no evidence of B horizon development They required no more than a few decades to form and did so under a grass cover. Humans probably created the conditions that enabled sods to form, but the sod blocks were not cut from soils adjacent to the mounds (unless from another mound surface nearby) or from soils in habitation areas. In some respects, sod blocks would have been a superior earthen building material, appropriately chosen, for instance, to construct stable, near-vertical walls of above-ground tombs. Their selection and use, however, cannot be explained solely according to principles of sound and efficient mound construction. We argue that sod blocks and other kinds of earth for Illinois Hopewell mounds surely had important symbolic dimensions in addition to their structural properties.
Keywords: construction; earthen mounds; Hopewell; Illinois; sod blocks

Event and Sequence Stratigraphy and a New Synthesis of the Lower to Middle Devonian, Eastern Pennsylvania and Adjacent Areas - C. A. Ver Straeten (Delaware Water Gap, 2001)
Keywords: geology

The Schoharie Formation in Eastern Pennsylvania - C. A. Ver Straeten (Delaware Water Gap, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Stop 7. East Stroudsburg Railroad Cut: Schoharie Formation and Onondaga Limestone - Stratigraphy and Structure - C. A. Ver Straeten; Inners, J.D.; Epstein, J.B. (Delaware Water Gap, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Stop 8. Fairway and U.S. 209 Shale Pit: Upper Onondaga Limestone, Union Springs Formation, and Basal Union Springs Decollement - C. A. Ver Straeten; Monteverde, D.H.; Inners, J.D. (Delaware Water Gap, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Adding Complexity to Late Archaic Research in the Northeast Appalachians - Versaggi, N.; Wurst, L.; Madrigal, T. C.; A. Lain (Archaeology of the Appalachian Highlands, 2001)
Keywords: anthropology

Geometroid caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests - Wagner, D.; Ferguson, D.; T. L. McCabe (Forest Service Circular, 2001)

Thermal Maturity Patterns in New York State Using CAI and %R (sub o) - Weary, D. J.; Ryder, R. T.; R. E. Nyahay (Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 2001)
Keywords: geology

Distributions of Lake Fishes in the Northeast-IV. Benthic and Small Water-column Species - Whittier, T. R.; Halliwell, D. B.; R. A. Daniels (Northeastern Naturalist, 2001)
Using data collected at 203 randomly selected lakes in eight states in northeastern USA, we present maps of distributions and native status for 28 fish species: 15 benthic species in five families, 11 small water-column feeders in six families, and two large piscivores. Brown bullhead and white sucker were among the most widespread lake-dwelling fishes, and were collected in 69% and 56% of the sampled lakes. Banded killifish, American eel, and yellow bullhead were collected in 26%, 19% and 17% of sampled lakes respectively. The remaining species were collected in <8% of the sampled lakes. Many of the species that were uncommon in this survey have limited distributions in the Northeast or are more commonly found in streams than in lakes. Seven species discussed in this article are Mississippian and were only collected in Cross Lake, NY. We also present a summary of the extent, geographic distributions, and native status of all 88 fish species collected in the EMAP – Northeast Lakes Project.
Keywords: benthic species; fish species; geographic distributions; lakes; northeastern USA

Facies and Fossils of the Lower Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in the Livingston County-Onondaga County Region - G.C. Baird; C. Brett; C. A. Ver Straeten (2000)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Beyond the Massacre: Historic and Prehistoric Activity at Fort William Henry - Baker, B. J.; C. B. Rieth (Northeast Anthropology, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Map of the Weaving World in A.D. 1000 - Barber, E.; P. B. Drooker; Fraquemont, E.; Jones, C.; Teague, L. (Handwoven, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey of OGS # 41140: Provide Dormitory for Wyoming Correctional Facility, Town of Attica, Wyoming County, New York. - J. Bollen (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Anatomy of a Composite Sequence Boundary: The Silurian-Devonian Contact in Western New York State - C. Brett; C. A. Ver Straeten; G.C. Baird (2000)
Keywords: geology

Down Below and Long Ago: Geology of Secret Caverns and Fossil Collecting, Schoharie County, New York - D. H. Cadwell; W. M. Kelly; C. A. Ver Straeten (2000)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Seismic Hazard Assessment, Westchester County, Final Report - D. H. Cadwell (2000)
Keywords: geology

Seismic Hazard Assessment, Westchester County, Final Report, New York State Museum Technical Report, Open File No. 4i390 - D. H. Cadwell (2000)
Keywords: geology

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Site Examination Report of NYSM Site 10486, The Schoolhouse No. 7 Site, PIN 7016.56.121, NY Rte. 12 from County Rte 9 to NY Rte. 181, Town of Clayton, Jefferson County - J. S. Cardinal; C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey of PIN 1125.20.101 (Realignment of NY Rt. 85) from Town of Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York--Addendum - J. S. Cardinal (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1043.19.121, Realignment of Crescent-Visher Ferry Road, Town of Halfmoon, Village of Crescent, Saratoga County, New York. - J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1125.20.101 (Rte. 85), Town of Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York. - J. S. Cardinal (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Memorial tribute to Leslie Arthur Sirkin - Connally, G. G.; D. H. Cadwell (Geological Society of America Memorials, 2000)
Keywords: geology

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 7143.26.121, US & NY 177 Intersection and Hamlet of Adams Center Improvements, Hamlet of Adams Center, Town of Adams, Jefferson County, New York - N. L. Davis (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7143.26.121, US 11 and 177 Intersection and Hamlet of Adams Center Improvements, Hamlet of Adams Center, Town of Adams, Jefferson County, New York (Vols. 1-3) - N. L. Davis; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1018.09.121, NYS 28 Bridge Replacement over the Hudson River and Glen Creek, Towns of Chester, Johnsburg, and Thurman, Warren County, New York. - R. Dean; M.S. LoRusso; C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 3037.56.121, Addendum Survey; NYS Route 31, Hamlet of Belgium and River Road, Towns of Clay and Lysander, Onondaga County, New York - R. Dean; M.S. LoRusso; C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3037.56.121, Route 31, Hamlet of Belgium and River Road, Towns of Clay and Lysander, Onondaga County, New York - R. Dean; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Route 28 Bridge Replacement over the Hudson River and Glen Creek, Towns of Chester, Johnsburg and Thurman, Warren County, New York - R. Dean (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Site Examination Report of Henry Hotel Site (NYSM 10898). For PIN 3057.44.121, NYS Route 13 Hamlet of East Homer, Town of Homer, Cortland County, New York - R. Dean (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas - P. B. Drooker; Webster, L. D. (University of Utah Press, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

Madisonville Focus Revisited: Reexcavating Fort Ancient from Museum Collections - P. B. Drooker (Cultures Before Contact: The Late Prehistory of Ohio and Surrounding Regions, 2000)
A half century ago, James B. Griffin defined the Madisonville Focus of Fort Ancient, including over a dozen sites in southeastern Indians, southwestern Ohio, and northern Kentucky. His work drew heavily on museum and private collections excavated during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing to a large extent on geographical distributions of archaeological traits—types of ceramics, non-pottery artifacts, and features such as burial mounds. Since publication of Griffin's The Fort Ancient Aspect, his southwestern Ohio data have been supplemented ny at least two regional survys, a number of small-scale but stratigraphically well-controlled excavations, and one large-scale project, at the Turpin site. These data, along with the development of new techniques such as seriation, radiocarbon dating, flotation, and trace element analysis, and new theory to tackle research questions on topics such as subsistence, health, settlement patterns, socioeconomic organization, and interregional exchange, pave the way for a fruitful reexamination of the collections with which Griffin worked in his original formulation of the Madisonville Focus. After a brief summary of Fort Ancient excavation history in southwestern Ohio, this paper focuses on three topics that were not emphasized by Griffin: chronological relationships, settlement patterns, and social organization. Recent projects that made use of museum-curated materials from Madisonville, Hahn's Field, Turpin, Sand Ridge, Campbell Island, and Anderson Village (Anderson Focus) site are highlighted, illustrating the potential for furhter research with existing collections.
Keywords: Fort Ancient; Madisonville; Northeastern North American archaeology

Citation for Robert A. Levich, CPG-06477, 2000 recipient of the Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award - R. H. Fakundiny (The Professional Geologist, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Summary of State Activities-New York, 1999-2000 - R. H. Fakundiny (The State Geologists Journal, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Field Investigation of a Landslide Site at Elsmere, Albany County, NY - Fickies, R. H. (2000)
Keywords: geology

Field Investigation of a Landslide Site at Goodyear Lake, Otsego County, NY - Fickies, R.H. (2000)
Keywords: geology

Landslide at Albany County, New York - Fickies, R. H. (Association of Engineering Geologists News, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Archaeology and the Rural Landscape - C. L. Fisher (Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Domestic Site Archaeology in New York State, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey of OGS # 41017: Provide Special Housing Unit for Albion Correctional Facility, Town of Attica, Orleans County, New York - C. L. Fisher; J. S. Cardinal (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1018.07.121, Route 28 over Mill Creek, Hamlet of Weavertown, Town of Johnsburg, Warren County, New York. - C. L. Fisher; J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1018.07.121,NY Route 28 Bridge over Mill Creek: Hamlet of Wevertown, Town of Johnsburg, WarrenCounty, New York - C. L. Fisher; J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of Pin 1043.19.121: Realignment of Crescent-Vischer Ferry Road, Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County - C. L. Fisher; J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1090.13.101, Normanskill Creek Alignment, City of Albany, Albany County, New York - C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1125.20.101: Realignments of NY Route 85, Addendum to 98 PR 3285, City of Albany, Albany County, New York - C. L. Fisher; J. S. Cardinal (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 3082.15.121, Addendum III, NY 290 Manlius Center to Route 5, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York - C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Site Examination Report of the Sears-Shaver, Sidney Watts, and Kendall Sites, Towns of Clay and Lysander, Onondaga County, New York. - C. L. Fisher; A. Gore; R. Dean (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Survey of PIN 3804.13.121/BIN 4433230 Culvert Replacement, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York - C. L. Fisher; A. Gore; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3037.56.121, Site Examination of the Sears-Shaver, Sidney Watts, and Kendall Site, Towns of Clay and Lysander, Onondaga County, New York. - C. L. Fisher; A. Gore; R. Dean (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3804.13.121, Culvert Replacement, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. - C. L. Fisher; A. Gore; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Face of Colonial Albany - C. L. Fisher (Archaeology, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

The Cambrian in Israel and Jordan-The Feather Edge of the Mediterranean Region - G. Geyer; E. Landing (Cambrian From the Southern Edge., 2000)
The Cambrian of Israel and Jordan belongs to the relatively poorly known regions of Cambrian rocks. The outcrops cover small areas in the southernmost part of Israel, from about 50 km north of Eilat to almost the Red Sea, and areas in the southwestem part of Jordan. The best outcrops are found in the Timna area of Israel, which includes the legendary copper mines of King Solomon, at the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, in the Petra area, and in the Wadi Ram region of Jordan. They belong to a thick blanket of Cambrian through Cretaceous clastics which drapes the northern margin of the Arabo-Nubian Shield and was formerly termed the "Nubian sandstone".
Keywords: Arabo-Nubian Shield; Cambrian; Israel; Jordan

A Phase II Cultural Resource Survey Report of PIN 3037.56.121, Site Examinations of Sears Shaver Site, Sidney Watts Site, and Kendalll Site. Towns of Clay and Lysander, Onondaga County, New York - A. Gore; R. Dean; C. L. Fisher (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

New Dates from Old Collections: The Roundtop Site and Maize-Beans-Squash Agriculture in the Northeast - J. P. Hart (North American Archaeologist, 2000)
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.
Keywords: AMS dating; bean; maize; Museum collections; New York; Roundtop site; squash

New Dates on Classic New York State Sites: Just How Old Are Those Longhouses? - J. P. Hart (Northeast Anthropology, 2000)
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.
Keywords: Iroquois; longhouses; Museum collections; radiocarbon dating

Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Domestic Site Archaeology in New York State - J. P. Hart; C. L. Fisher (New York State Museum Bulletin, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

Squash Down, Beans Up - J. P. Hart (Archaeology, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1011.11.101, NY 145 over Bowery Creek, Town of Durham, Greene County New York - Horton, E.; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS-DOT # 40921/S7008: Provide Salt Storage Building, Maintenance subheadquarters , DOT Region 1, I-87 Exit 34, Town of Chesterfield, Essex County, New York - Horton, E.; A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1011.11.101, NY 145 over Bowery Creek, Town of Durham, Greene County, New York. - Horton, E.; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8145.17.121, BIN 1-04098-0, NY 211 over the Wallkill River, Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York - Horton, B.; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Writings of Sherman Bishop: Part I. The Salamanders of New York - Hunsinger, T. (Herpetological Review, 2000)
Keywords: biology history

Cosmic Spherules Support the Interpretation of a Buried Impact Crater Beneath Panther Mountain in the Central Catskill Mountains, New York - Y. W. Isachsen (Terrestrial and Cosmic Spherules, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual Meeting TECOS, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Geology of New York, A Simplified Account, Second Edition - Y. W. Isachsen; E. Landing; Lauber, J. M.; L. V. Rickard; W. B. Rogers (New York State Museum Educational Leaflet, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Presentation of the John Mason Clarke Medal to Frank Revetta - Y. W. Isachsen; R. H. Fakundiny (Geology and Environmental Sciences, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Endosymbionts of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in Belarus - Karatayev, A. Y.; Burlakova, L. E.; D. P. Molloy; Volkova, L. K. (International Review of Hydrobiology, 2000)
Dreissena polymorpha were dissected and examined for endosymbionts from 17 waterbodies in Belarus — the country through whose waterways zebra mussels invaded Western Europe nearly two centuries ago. Fourteen types of parasites and other symbionts were observed within the mantle cavity and/or associated with internal tissues, including ciliates (Conchophthirus acuminatus, Ancistrumina limnica, and Ophryoglena sp.), trematodes (Echinostomatidae, Phyllodistomum, Bucephalus polymorphus, and Aspidogaster), nematodes, oligochaetes, mites, chironomids, and leeches. Species composition of endosymbionts differed among river basins and lake systems. The most common endosymbiont was the ciliate C. acuminatus. Its mean infection intensity varied significantly among waterbodies from 67 ± 6 to 3,324 ± 556 ciliates/mussel.
Keywords: Conchophthirus acuminatus; Dreissena polymorpha; endosymbionts; trematodes

Seasonal Dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus (Ciliophora, Conchophthiridae) Infection in Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) - Karatayev, A. Y.; D. P. Molloy; Burlakova, L. E. (European Journal of Protistology, 2000)
Although considerable research has been carried out on Dreissena spp., relatively little is known about the symbiotic organisms living within them. We report a two-year study of the dynamics of infection by the commensal ciliate Conchophthirus acuminatus in D. polymorpha and D. bugensis populations in the Dnieper River in the Ukraine and in four D. polymorpha populations in Belarus. C. acuminatus was present in all samples. The moderate to high infection prevalence and moderate infection intensity that we recorded in D. polymorpha populations were in contrast to the low prevalence and very low intensity of infection observed in D. bugensis. Recording C. acuminatus in D. bugensis represents the first record of any ciliate species from this mussel and the first report of C. acuminatus in a host other than D. polymorpha. Since infection prevalence and intensity strongly correlated with the size of D. polymorpha, the presence of large, infected mussels is likely important to serve as a reservoir for maintaining infection in the overall population. To infect new host mussels, C. acuminatus must disperse into surrounding waters, and we suggest that a period of mass dispersal may be synchronized to occur when new potential hosts, i.e., juvenile mussels, become abundant.
Keywords: Belarus; commensal; Endosymbiont; Ukraine; Zebra mussel

The Behavior and Ecology of Olingos (Bassaricyon gabii) and Their Competition with Kinkajous (Potos flavus) in Central Panama - R. W. Kays (Mammalia, 2000)
Five olingos (Bassaricyon gabbii) were captured with hoistable tree traps in central Panama. Observation of feeding individuals and the contents of 8 faeces identified 15 species of fruits and flowers in the olingo's diet. No evidence for carnivory was observed. One adult male used a home range of 37.5 ha (95% MCP), and travelled 1412 ± 272 m in a 1/2 night. Olingos appear to share many ecological and behavioral traits with kinkajous (Potos flavus), and competition for food may limit the abundance and distribution of the threatened olingo.
Keywords: abundance; Bassaricyon gabbii; Diet; distribution; feces; olingos

Keeping the Peace in Tsavo National Park - R. W. Kays (In The Field, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Microsatellite Analysis of Kinkajou Social Organization - R. W. Kays; Gittleman, J. G.; Wayne, R. K. (Molecular Ecology, 2000)
Kinkajou social groups generally consist of one adult female, two males, one subadult and one juvenile. Based on analysis of variation in 11 microsatellite loci, we assess the degree of kinship within and between four social groups totaling 25 kinkajous. We use exclusion and likelihood analyses to assign parents for seven of the eight offspring sampled, five with ≥ 95% certainty, and two with ≥ 80% certainty. Five of six identified sires of group offspring came from the same social group as the mother and pup. Adult males and females within a group were unrelated and subadults and juveniles were offspring of the group adults, suggesting a family structure. All five identified paternities within a social group were by the dominant male of the group. However, this copulation asymmetry does not necessarily reflect cooperation due to kinship ties between the two adult males within a group as one of two adult male pairs sampled was unrelated. Neighbouring male kinkajous were more closely related to each other than neighbouring female kinkajous, suggesting that females disperse more often or farther than males.
Keywords: Carnivora; Dispersal; paternity; patrilineal; Potos; relatedness

Catalog of the New York Minerals of the New York State Mueusm - 2000 Supplement: New York State Museum Open File Report 8m220 - W. M. Kelly; Inman, C. G.; M. Hawkins (2000)
Keywords: geology

Boning on the Mohawk: An Overview of Mohawk Faunal Assemblages and Subsistence Patterns - R. D. Kuhn; Funk, R. E. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 2000)
This paper presents a summary and analysis of the growing body of data on faunal assemblages from Mohawk sites. The results of excavations on eighteen Mohawk sites are incorporated into the study, including previously unpublished data from five sites. Similarities and differences between Mohawk faunal assemblages are identified using cluster analysis and interpreted in relation to key changes in Mohawk subsistence activities over time. As a result, six distinctive subsistence strategies are defined that appear to have both chronological and economic significance. Measures of richness, evenness and diversity are presented for Mohawk faunal assemblages, and a chronological trend toward more diversified assemblages is identified. Based on this evidence it is argued that changes in Mohawk subsistence strategies reflected adaptive responses that produced more stable and reliable economic patterns over time.
Keywords: bone; fauna; hunting; Mohawk; subsistence

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS # 41238/S6578: Provide Independent Living Residence, Helen Hayes Hospital village of West Haverstraw, Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS # 41238/S6578-Addendum: Provide Transitional Living Center, Helen Hayes Hospital Village of West Haverstraw, Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York - A. Lain; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS # Q0671: Construct 12 Bed Crisis Residence, Hudson River Psychiatric Center, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York - A. Lain; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS # Q0694:Provide Entrance Road, Building NO. 142, Huson River Psychiatric Center, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS # S-7202: New Child and Family Services Secure Facility, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Town of Beekman, Dutchess County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS-DOCS # 40401/S7309-Addendum: Mitigation Wetland, MT. McGregor Correctional Facility, Town of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS-DOCS # 40711: Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant, Groveland Correctional Facility, Town Of Sonyea, Livingston County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of OGS-DOVS OGS#40290: Marcy Correctional Facility Expansion, Town of Marcy (MCD 06513), Oneida County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS # 41238/S6578, Provide Transitional Living Center, Helen Hayes Hospital, Village of West Haverstraw, Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York - A. Lain; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS-DOT # 41103: Construct Salt Storage Structure, DOT Region 2, Route 28 Hamlet of Thendara, Town of Webb, Herkimer County, New York - A. Lain (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cambrian--Ordovician Boundary Age and Duration of the Lowest Ordovician Tremadoc Series Based on U-Pb Zircon Dates from Avalonian Wales - E. Landing; Bowring, S. A.; Davidek, K. L.; Rushton, A.; Fortey, R. A.; Wimbledon, W. A. P. (Geological Magazine, 2000)
Two thin volcaniclastic sandstone beds in the Bryn-llin-fawr road section in North Wales overlie an apparent sequence boundary within the uppermost Cambrian Acerocare Zone and are overlain by lowest Ordovician (lower Tremadoc) Rhabdinopora faunas. U–Pb geochronology of zircons from these sandstones yields a maximum Cambrian–Ordovician boundary age of 489±0.6 Ma. This age indicates both that the Tremadoc Series (lowest Ordovician) may be shorter in duration than was previously thought and that the duration of the Middle and Late Cambrian (c. 22 Ma) was much less than that of the Early Cambrian (c. 33 Ma). Cambrian trilobite zones locally had an average duration as short as 1 Ma.
Keywords: Cambrian–Ordovician boundary; North Wales; trilobites; volcaniclastic sandstone

The Betsey Prince Site: An Early Black Domestic Site on Long Island - M.S. LoRusso (Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Domestic Site Archaeology in New York State, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for an Architectural Survey of OGS-DOCS # S7290: Fishkill Correctional Facility, City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 7143.26.121, US 11 & 177 Intersection and Hamlet of Adams Center Improvements, Hamlet of Adams Center, Town of Adams, Jefferson County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Architectural Survey and Archeological Pre-Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1041.04. 102, NY 372, Village of Greenwich and Town of Easton, Washington County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS Q0671, Construct 12 Bed Crisis Residence Hudson River Psychiatric Center, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1041.04.102, NY 372 Village of Greenwich and Town of Easton, Washington County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1041.04.102, NY 372, Village of Greenwich and Town of Easton, Washington County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 5753.72.122, Boatlanding Bridge HAER Documentation, City of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 6803.25.101 HABS Documentation of Elmira, Corning and Waverly Railway, Seeley Creek Substation. Town of Ashland, Chemung County - M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Winter Dispersal of Bryophyte Fragments in the Adirondack Mountains, New York - McDaniel, S. F.; N. G. Miller (The Bryologist, 2000)
Bryophyte and vascular plant fragments were obtained from late-spring snowbeds at three localities in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Fragment diversity in samples at alpine and krummholz sites far exceeded that at a forested site, and the diversity of bryophyte species represented by the fragments surpassed that of vascular plants. Approximately 82% of all bryophyte fragments found were in sufficiently good condition to permit identification to species or genus. Statistically significant differences in fragment species diversity occurred between the alpine sites and the forested site, but not between the two alpine sites. The consistent presence of liverworts in the alpine samples indicates that their absence from late-glacial sediments may be due more to taphonomy than either an absence of hepatics from the late-glacial flora or an inability of hepatics to disperse by gametophyte fragments. We detected only a few allochthonous fragments in our samples, and these were of bryophyte species characteristic of lower elevation balsam fir and red spruce-balsam fir forests. In alpine tundra, winter-dispersed fragments of bryophytes may serve as vegetative diaspores, providing a mechanism for rapid establishment of new populations every year following snow melt.
Keywords: Adirondack Mountains; bryophytes; Dispersal; New York; winter

The Callitrichaceae in the Southeastern United States - N. G. Miller (Harvard Papers in Botany, 2000)
Keywords: biology

A European Feather Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized Widely in New York State in Cemeteries - N. G. Miller; Trigoboff, N. (The Bryologist, 2000)
Plants of Pseudoscleropodium purum, a moss native to central and western Europe, are well established in western, central, and eastern New York State, mainly in lawns of cemeteries, especially those with moist clayey soil, shade provided by conifers (Picea abies, Thuja occidentalis) in small groves, and periodic mowing. Male and female plants occur in Rensselaer County, New York cemeteries, but not in the same ones. Sporophytes have not been found, and reproduction appears to occur vegetatively as plants are cut and spread during lawn maintenance. If spore production is established within the naturalized range of this moss in the northeastern United States, the species may become more widespread, and possibly invasive. While the date and method of introduction into the State of New York are unknown, a 19th century specimen of P. purum from the West Coast of North America indicates that the moss may have reached that region as packing material in the late-1800's.
Keywords: moss; naturalizing; New York

First Records of the European Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized in New England - N. G. Miller (Rhodora, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Male Plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Bryophyta: Mniaceae) in Siberia - N. G. Miller; Mogensen, G. S. (Arctoa, 2000)
Male plants of the arctic-alpine moss Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides are present in a collection of this species from the unglaciated Lena River Valley, Siberia, Asian Russia. Male plants are otherwise known from near or in unglaciated refugia in arctic Canada and Alaska. Female plants are more widespread in northern regions of glaciated North America and Fennoscandia. The differential distribution of male and female plants, and the apparent absence of sporophytes in the few known places were males and females occur together, indicate that there is limited potential of dispersal by spores throughout the range of this moss, and not only in North America as was previously documented.
Keywords: arctic-alpine; Asian Russia; Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides; Lena River Valley; moss; Siberia

A New Perspective on Indian-White Contact: Cultural Symbols and Colonial Trade - Miller, C. L.; G. R. Hamell (American Encounters: Natives and Newcomers from European Contact to Indian Removal, 1500-1850, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology history

Pseudoscleropodium purum, A European Moss Widely Naturalized in New York State - N. G. Miller (New York Flora Association Newsletter, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Web Site and Unpublished Data Sets for the Southeastern Flora - N. G. Miller; Arriagada., J. E. (Sida Bot. Misc., 2000)
Keywords: biology

A Catalog of Sterling Forest Plants. Botanical Research Report #2000-01 - R. S. Mitchell; Barbour, J. G.; Focht, J. (2000)
Keywords: biology

A Catalog of Sterling Forest Plants, Seventh Report - R. S. Mitchell; Barbour, J. G.; Focht, J. (2000)
Keywords: biology

Database & Revised Checklist of New York State Plants CD format - R. S. Mitchell (The University of the State of New York, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family) - R. S. Mitchell (The Plants of Pennsylvania-An Illistrated Manual, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Review of "Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York" by Dennis W. Magee & Harry E. Ahles - R. S. Mitchell (NYFA Newsletter, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Zebra Mussel Information System Compact Disc. 2nd Edition - D. P. Molloy; Crosier, D. M. (2000)
Keywords: biology

Organic Carbon Burial and Faunal Dynamics in the Appalachian Basin during the Devonian (Givetian-Famennian) Greenhouse: An Integrated Paleoecological/Biogeochemical Approach - Murphy, A. E.; Sageman, B. B.; C. A. Ver Straeten; Hollander, D. J. (Warm Climates in Earth History, 2000)
Keywords: geology

Late Prehistoric Settlement in the Lower Upper Ohio River Basin - Nass, J. P.; J. P. Hart (Cultures Before Contact: The Late Prehistory of Ohio and Surrounding Regions, 2000)
The Late Prehistoric Period in the upper Ohio River Basin is characterized by nucleated farming communities. Historically, these villages, wheterh found in Ohio, northern West Virginia, or southwestern Pennsylvania, have been uncrtitically classified as components of the Monongahela Tradition, ca. A.D. 1000-1630. The present paper examines the utility of the Monongahela concept given the existing data base and outlines a more objective approach for understanding settlement responses to both localized and regional environmental and social conditions.
Keywords: archaeological systematics; Late Prehistoric Period; Monongahela tradition; upper Ohio River basin

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1753.37.121, Relocation of Maxwell Road at Albany Shaker Road, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York--Addendum - M. Pickands (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2134.14.121, NY 5 over Canaseraga Creek, Village of Sullivan, Town of Sullivan, Madison County, New York. - M. Pickands (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2134.39.121, NY 5 from High Street to Harp Road, Village of Canastota, Town of Lenox, Madison County, New York. - M. Pickands; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 2018.88, Rte. 28, T. Webb, Herkimer Co., Addendum 1B - Native Burial Location - M. Pickands (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 2134.14.121 Rte. 5 over Canaseraga Creek, Town of Sullivan, Madison County - M. Pickands (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 2134.39.121, NY 5 from High Street to Harp Road, Village of Canastota, Town of Lenox, Madison County, New York - M. Pickands; M.S. LoRusso (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Spain's Boarding House and Early Twentieth-Century Settlement in the Western Adirondacks - M. Pickands (Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth Century Domestic Site Arhcaeology in New York State, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

A Cultural Resource Survey Report for Site Monitoring Activities at the Robinson II Site, PIN 3804.06.121, Bartell Road Fishing Access Site, Interstate Deck Bridge Project, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Historic Preservation Plan for Bartell Road Fishing Access Site, Interstate Bridge Deck Project, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York. - C. B. Rieth (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources OGS-S6179, Coxsackie Correctional Facility, Town of Coxsackie, Greene County, New York - J. Ross (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Archibald Dunlop (1672-1713) of Stratford, Connecticut: His Maternal Descent from James II of Scotland - J. L. Scherer (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2000)
Keywords: history

Archibald Dunlop (1672-1713) of Stratford, Connecticut: His Maternal Descent from James II, King of Scotland - J. L. Scherer (New England Historic Genealogical Register, 2000)
Keywords: history

A Shaker Legacy: The Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum. Revised Edition - J. L. Scherer (New York State Museum Circular, 2000)
Keywords: history

Gartenkultur Nordamerikanischer Cypripedium-Arten - C. J. Sheviak (Die Orchidee, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Natural Color - C. J. Sheviak (Outdoor Photographer, 2000)
Keywords: biology

The Northeastern Members of the Platanthera hyperborea Complex (Orchidaceae) - C. J. Sheviak (North American Native Orchid Journal, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Refinements In Our Understanding of Some Green Platantheras - C. J. Sheviak (North American Native Orchid Journal, 2000)
Keywords: biology

Rapid Onset of Late Paleozoic Glaciation on Gondwana: Evidence from Upper Mississippian Strata of the Midcontinent, United States - L. B. Smith Jr.; Read, J. F. (Geology, 2000)
Direct evidence of the late Paleozoic glaciation of Gondwana from glacial deposits suggests that geographically extensive continental glaciation began some time in the Namurian (Late Mississippian). However, the timing and characteristics of the onset of glaciation are poorly understood because of a lack of reliable paleontological control and reworking of initial glacial deposits by subsequent glacial advances. Indirect evidence of glaciation preserved in unconformity-bounded, low-latitude ramp sequences in the Illinois basin, United States, suggests that geographically extensive continental glaciation of Gondwana actually began in the late Visean. An abrupt change from carbonate-dominated sequences bounded by disconformities with little evidence of erosion to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequences bounded by unconformities with deep incised valleys was likely produced by a three-fold increase in the magnitude of eustatic sea-level fluctuations. The increase in the magnitude of sea-level fluctuations was likely driven by an equally abrupt increase in ice volume and marks the onset of the geographically extensive late Paleozoic glaciation of Gondwana. A possible explanation for the rapid onset of glaciation is the closing of the equatorial seaway between Laurussia and Gondwana. Closing of this seaway would have led to an abrupt change in oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns that could have initiated major continental glaciation in the Southern Hemisphere.
Keywords: eustasy; incised valley glaciation; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic; sequence stratigraphy

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1721.51.121, New Construction of a Connector Exit between I-87 and World Road and I-87 and the Albany Airport - J. Sopko; Kahn, B. (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Pre-Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1721.51.121, I-87 Exit 3, Town of Colonie, Albany County - J. Sopko; Kahn, B. (2000)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Farmstead Archaeology and the Impact of Agrarian Change at Three Sites in Eastern New York - J. Sopko (Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Domestic Site Archaeology in New York State, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

Bulge Migration and Pinnacle Reef Development, Devonian Appalachian Basin - C. A. Ver Straeten; C. Brett (Journal of Geology, 2000)
Detailed stratigraphic analyses of Late Emsian and Early Eifelian (Lower to Middle Devonian) carbonate‐dominated strata in the northern Appalachian Basin indicate anomalous, locally varying relative sea level changes and inversions of topography. The distribution of a major basal‐bounding unconformity, basinal pinnacle reefs, local absence of parasequences, and eastward migration of shallow marine carbonate lithofacies and related biofacies in the Onondaga Limestone and underlying strata mark the retrograde migration of an elongate, northeast‐southwest‐trending area of positive relief, bordered on its cratonward side by a similarly migrating basin of intermediate depth. These features are thought to represent the forebulge and back‐bulge basin of the Appalachian foreland basin system as it developed during a time of relative quiescence within the Acadian Orogeny. However, the relatively small size of the bulgelike feature (ca. 80–100‐km‐wide, 20–50‐m positive relief), its great distance from the probable deformation front (>400 km), and the lack of a well‐developed foredeep immediately adjacent to the bulgelike feature may indicate that it represents a smaller‐scale flexural high (“flexural welt”) superposed over the cratonward edge of the larger‐scale classical forebulge of the basin. Development of shallow‐water reefs on the crest of the bulge during sea level lowstand, followed by migration of the bulge and widespread transgression, permitted growth of economically significant pinnacle reefs in the deep basin center. Further subsurface reef exploration should concentrate along the projected position of the bulge during the basal Onondaga lowstand.
Keywords: carbonate‐dominated strata; Early Eifelian; Late Emsian; Lower to Middle Devonian; northern Appalachian Basin; stratigraphic analyses

Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas - Webster, L.; P. B. Drooker (Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas, 2000)
Keywords: anthropology

Lower Cambrian (Branchian) Trilobites and Biostratigraphy of the Hanford Brook Formation, Southern New Brunswick - Westrop, S. R.; E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 2000)
Keywords: Avalonia; Cambrian; Hanford Brook Formation; North America; trilobites

Distributions of Lake Fish in the Northeast: II. The Minnows (Cyprinidae) - Whittier, T.R.; Halliwell, D. B.; R. A. Daniels (Northeastern Naturalist, 2000)
We discuss the distribution and native status of 24 minnow species (family: Cyprinidae) collected at 203 randomly selected lakes in the northeastern USA (New England, New York, New Jersey) by the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). Twenty-four species were collected during the summers of 1991–96. Only golden shiner was frequently collected, occurring in 71% of the sampled lakes. Fallfish, creek chub, and common shiner were also common. The remaining species were taken in <10% of the lakes. Physical (surface area, depth, elevation), chemical (pH, total phosphorus), and watershed disturbance characteristics of the lakes show distinct species-specific patterns. Evidence suggests that native minnow biodiversity has declined over the last 150 years as a result of changing biotic, physical, chemical, and watershed characteristics.
Keywords: distribution; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program; lakes; minnow Cyprinidae; native status; northeastern USA

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8019.01.101, Tomahawk Street, NY 118 from US 202 to US 6, Town of Somers, Westchester County and Hamlet of Baldwin Place, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York. - Black, A.; M. Pickands; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8019.01.101, Tomahawk Street, NY 118 from US 202 to US 6, Town of Somers, Westchester County, New York - Black, A.; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Trip to Secret Caverns and Fossil Collecting, Schoharie County, NY - D. H. Cadwell; W. M. Kelly; L. VanAller Hernick (1999)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Comparison of Artifact Collections from the State Street Blockhouse Site: Albany, New York - J. S. Cardinal (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8756.77.101, Oniontown Road At-Grade, Railroad Crossing Elimination, Town of Dover, Dutchess County, New York - J. S. Cardinal (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Status of Fishes of the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State - Carlson, D. M.; R. A. Daniels; Eaton, S. W. (Northeast Naturalist, 1999)
The Allegheny River drainage in southwestern New York supports a diverse fish fauna that i ncludes reports of 95 species. Of these, nine species are classified as endangered, threatened, or of special concern in New York; this number represents 38% of the listed species in the state. Thirteen of the 95 species are reported only from the Allegheny River drainage and have not been found in other New York drainages. Eleven species are introduced, and four may have migrated into the drainage recently. Individual waters with high species richness, 46-67 species, include the Allegheny River, French Creek, Olean Creek, and Chautauqua Lake. The ichthyofauna of the Allegheny River drainage is important because of the number of rare fish species present in the drainage (26) when compared to other New York drainages.
Keywords: Allegheny River Drainage; Fish; species; status

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.13.101, Route 29 over the Kayaderosseras Creek, Town of Milton, Saratoga County, New York. - N. L. Davis (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3042.09.121, NY 26 over Mead Brook, Town of Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York. - N. L. Davis; M.S. LoRusso; J. S. Cardinal (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3102.19.121, NY 41 over Maybury Brook, Town of Solon, Cortland County, New York. - N. L. Davis; M.S. LoRusso; J. S. Cardinal (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1085.27.101, NY 146 from River Road to Glenridge Road, Towns of Niskayuna and Clifton Park, Schenectady and Saratoga County, New York. - N. L. Davis; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 3057.44.121/BIN 1-01045-0, Route 13 over Albright Creek, Village of East Homer, Town of Homer, Cortland County, New York. - R. Dean; J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso; C. L. Fisher (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1116.12.101, Route 9N Bridge Replacement over Silver Brook, Town of Keene, Essex County, New York - R. Dean (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1132.12.101, Route 155 and 85A to Route 20, Towns of New Scotland and Guilderland, Albany County, New York - R. Dean; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2016.53.101, Route 12 Realignment, Town of Paris, Oneida County, New York. - R. Dean (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2236.24.121, Route 29 and CR 920C from Cayadutta Creek, East to the Proximity of Harrison Street, City and Town of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York. - R. Dean; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3057.44.121/BIN 1-01045-0, Route 13 over Albright Creek, Village of East Homer, Cortland County, New York - R. Dean; J. S. Cardinal; M.S. LoRusso (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9086.00.101--Addendum II, Route 443 Retaining Wall along the Fox Creek, Town of Wright, Schoharie County, New York. - R. Dean (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 1132.12.101, Route 155, Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York - R. Dean (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Exotic Ceramics at Madisonville: Implications for Interaction - P. B. Drooker (Taming the Taxonomy: Toward a New Understanding of Great Lakes Archaeology, 1999)
Keywords: anthropology

Fabric Impressed Sherd from the Rose Hotel Site. Appendix D - P. B. Drooker (Archaeological Investigations at the Rose Hotel (11Hn-116), Hardin County, Illinois, 1999)
Keywords: anthropology

Makers and Markets: A New Exhibit Introduces an Important Collection and a Renovated Gallery at the Peabody Museum - P. B. Drooker (Symbols, 1999)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS 40506-C, Proposed Lotion of DOT Maintenace Subhead Quarters, Town of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York - A. Gore (1999)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Age of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the Northeastern United States - J. P. Hart; Scarry, C. M. (American Antiquity, 1999)
A radiocarbon date of A.D. 1070±60 was linked to the remains of maize (Zea mays), beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), and squash (Cucurbita pepo) at the Roundtop site in the Susquehanna River valley of New York by William Ritchie in 1969 and 1973 publications. This date established the presence of beans in the Northeast at an earlier time than in most other areas of the eastern United States, w here they are generally rare before A.D. 1300.  Subsequently beans have been reported in pre-A.D. 1300 contexts from at least eight other sites in the Northeast. Recent calibrated A MS dates on beans f rom Roundtop are no earlier than A.D. 1300 (Hart 1999a). Given that the original Roundtop date was responsible for the acceptance of early beans in the Northeast, the AMS dates suggested that beans may not become archaeologically visible there until ca. A.D. 1300. AMS dates on beans from four other sites, reported here, substantiate the Roundtop results. Beans and by extension maize-beans-squash intercropping are not evident in the Northeast before ca. A.D. 1300.
Keywords: AMS dating; Archaeology; common bean; crop history; maize-bean-squash agriculture; northeastern North America; Phaseolus vulgaris

Another look at Clemson's Island - J. P. Hart (Northeast Anthropology, 1999)
Archaeological sites assigned to the “Clemson’s Island” complex have great potential to be used to address issues of early Late Prehistoric (c. A.D. 750 – A.D. 1250) subsistence and settlement evolution in the Susquehanna River basin. During the 1980s and into the 1990s much effort was expended in attempts to identify a coherent set of common stylistic and functional attributes to define the Clemson’s Island taxon and adaptive type. These efforts culminated in a state plan for Clemson’s Island by Hay and associates (1987) and a widely read and referenced synthesis by Stewart (1990, 1994). Despite these efforts, Clemson’s Island remains somewhat enigmatic; there is much stylistic and functional variation that defy ready classification within the constructs of a culture-historic taxon or adaptive type. This variation, however, is critical to the identification and explanation of subsistence and settlement evolution. Future Clemson’s Island research should be geared toward identification of variation rather than the search for commonalties.
Keywords: archaeological history; Archaeology; Clemson's Island; systematics

Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany - J. P. Hart (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1999)
Keywords: anthropology

Dating Roundtop's Domesticates: Implications for Northeastern Late Prehistory - J. P. Hart (Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany, 1999)
Keywords: anthropology