Fieldnotes
An Archaeology and CRM Blog
On Earth Day last year, I was thinking about the health of our planet, but also about its age and the changes it has been through. I also thought, as I sometimes do on Earth Day, of the scientists who have been documenting the evolving nature of our airy, watery, rocky world that has the moving parts of a fired-up dynamo below its crust.
Last summer I wrote about ancient forest clearing practices of American Indians in the Eastern Woodlands region, particularly in reference to the Mohawk and Hudson valleys of New York State. I focused especially on sites of archaeological and geological data recovery in New York’s Capital District, such as the Goldkrest site in East Greenbush and Collins Lake near Schenectady.
