Abstract
The University of Massachusetts identified, evaluated, and completed a data recovery survey in 2006 and 2007 of the Vergennes Substation site in advance of construction of an electrical substation. The excavations documented a series of lithic work areas and 1 burn episode in association with several postmolds and over 14,000 lithic artifacts. Levanna projectile points predominate the diagnostic artifacts, which also include a Meadowood perforator. The site is interpreted as representing a hunting camp with ongoing tool reworking. The project highlights the dangers of writing off a site in CRM contexts based on limited Phase I finds, as well as the amount of information that can be gathered from primarily plow zone contexts, using tight sampling procedures.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.