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For those of you that are interested, there's a nice article (an interview with Bud Wilson) in the latest ASNJ (Archaeological Society of New Jersey) journal. It talks about the 1960's excavations at Martha and has photographs of the site before it was all stripped away.

Happy Holidays to All! I hope you all have safe and happy holidays! I'm looking forward to spending a few days away from a computer :) Maybe I'll be getting my first GPS for Christmas. We'll see. Last year, I asked for a pet monkey and I sure didn't get that.

Someone on this list (sorry, I don't recall who it was) once asked me how archaeologists find charcoal kilns in the pines. I don't think I ever responded, but for no apparent reason I was thinking about charcoal kilns on the way to work today. Often, finding them is incidental; we were...

So, I spend about 50 percent of my life outside -- in rain, snow, extreme heat, etc, for 8 to 10 hours at a time. After awhile, you start to learn what products work the best for you. Since there are so many hikers and the like on this site, I was curious to know what people would pick as...

Hey all. I was wrapping up some research I’ve been doing on Hanover Furnace, and came across a tale of murder in the archives of the Burlington Mirror. I figured I’d post it, since it seems spooky enough for upcoming Halloween… July 4, 1861 Local Facts and Fancies. / HOMICIDE. A...

For those of you interested, there are several interesting maps at this site from the Rutgers University special collections which show the boundaries of Camp Dix in 1917 and 1918, as well some of the towns "swallowed up" by the base. Most of you have probably already seen this link, but I...

Sorry for another off-topic post, but the announcement for the CNEHA annual meeting is out now and I thought some members may be interested. The Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology is holding its annual meeting in Trenton, NJ this year, and the topics of discussion include local Rev...

In a somewhat off-topic piece of news, October is Pennsylvania Archaeology Month. For history lovers, there may be things of interest even though its not Jersey or pinebarrens related material. During the whole month, the archaeology laboratory at the old visitor's center in Philadelphia (at...

Please contact Ariadne at ariadne.moore@gmail.com for the reasons for this change of posting. Someone made a posting in my name, in the honest belief of being helpful, but is not entirely correctly informed on the situation.

I've posted some historic photos and maps of Harrisville paper mill at http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/index.php?cat=10322 if anyone is interested. You may have already seen these, but I didn't find them in other galleries so I figured I'd post them. -- Ariadne

I'm sorry for not getting back to all of you sooner; this week has been full of conferences for me, so I've not been spending much time online. As for the most recent round of questions regarding Saturday's Hanover Furnace visit, all of the following apply: Anyone who wants to come can...

I'm sorry for any cross-posting, but I wanted to let anyone who is interested know that I will be giving an on-site tour of the recent archaeological monitoring work done at Fort Dix-Hanover Dam, the area in which the now lost Hanover Furnace sat. I will bring along a sample of artifacts...

For those that have been concerned, I have a PhD in historical archaeology and have worked as a professional archaeologist for nearly a decade, and was contracted to monitor the work being done at Hanover Furnace during the dam construction and lead remediation project. No damage has been done...

As promised to some, here are a few of the photos from the Hanover Furnace archaeological project that I'm working on at the moment. --Ariadne

I am an archaeologist working on compiling a folk history of Hanover Furnace, a "forgotten town" of South Jersey located within what is now Fort Dix. There are several tales of the Jersey Devil being sited there, as well as a certain "Jerry Munyhon." I'm particularly interested in hearing ANY...