Projects

Archaeology projects conducted by HAZEx staff supporting our MISSION follows:

Historic American Building Survey of the Buffalo Waterfront Complex with Norstar USA, Buffalo (2009)

History Tours & Mausoleum Repair for the Friends of the Ithaca City and Lakeview Cemeteries with Historic Ithaca of Ithaca (2009)

Phase I survey of Cayuga Waterfront Trail Phase 3 for the City of Ithaca and Schuyler and Tompkins County bridge and intersection replacements for NYSDOT with Fisher Associates of Rochester (2008-2009).

Phase I survey of Catskill Recreation Center & Onondaga-Tioga County Well sites with RETTEW Engineering and Surveying of Libertyville, Pennsylvania (2008).

Creation of the Haunted History Tour of downtown Ithaca, New York as part of the City-wide Ithaca Is Gory celebrations in partnership with the History Center in Tompkins County and Historic Ithaca (2008).

Development of a preservation plan for the Ithaca City Cemetery including restoration workshops for for Cornell University’s Department of Landscape and Design (2007-2009).

Analysis of the entire Amer-Indian collections for the Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, New York (2008).

Phase I-II investigations at the Whitaker Store Site in Steuben County, New York for Fisher Associates (2008).

Preliminary research and avoidance recommendation at the El Dorado Garoga Village Site in Canajoharie, New York for APD Engineering (2007).

Phase II testing and evaluation of the Gifford/Wild Rose Barn Site H-1 and early farmsteads within the turn-of-the-century Village of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York with Norstar USA (2007).

Phase I-III investigations of the pre-contact Dey and Sey Sites including contributions to the Granby Town Historian and the Oswego County Fair, Granby, New York (2006).

Mitigation of Portions of the multi-component pre-contact Wellhouse Site for the Town of Erwin, Steuben County, New York for Hunt Engineering (2006).

Testing of the butchery and machine shop at the Betts Farmstead Site in Brunswick, Rennselaer County, New York (2005).

Relocation and analysis of the Person’s Cemetery consisting of some of the earliest immigrants to the Catskill Region in Delaware County, New York (2004).

Delineation and survey of the Parker Cemetery and a possible potion of the Shacksville Battlefield dating from the Rent Wars of the Catskill Region, Delaware County, New York for URS Corp (2004).

Data recovery investigations of Site 40SV51 within the Forks of the Little Pigeon River Baptist Church Cemetery and the new alignment of SR 448, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee prepared for TDOT (2003).

Archaeological investigations of the 8,000 year old multi-component prehistoric Site 40PY207, Perry County, Tennessee prepared for the USACOE (2000).

Mitigation and immediate reburial of commingled remains from the Mississippian Period Browns Farm Site (40MU260), Maury County, Tennessee prepared for the TDOA (1999).

Other Projects of Interest
Phase I Archaeological Investigations of thousands of acres covering several tracts of land for the clients of APD Engineering (Rochester, NY) in Erie, Fulton, Genesee, Jefferson, Montgomery, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Rensselaer, Steuben, and Wayne Counties New York (2004-2007).

Phase I Archaeological Investigations of tracts of land for the clients of Norstar Development USA (Albany, NY) in Jefferson & Niagara Counties in New York (2006-7).

Phase I Archaeological Investigations of tracts of land for the clients of Hunt Engineering (Horseheads, NY) in Steuben County New York (2006).

Phase I Archaeological Investigations of tracts of land for Fisher Associates (Rochester, NY) in Steuben, Schuyler & Tompkins Counties in New York (2007).

Involvement in the legal protection of unmarked and abandoned cemeteries including the restoration of the Connecticut Hill Cemetery in Tompkins County, New York for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (2004-present).

Phase IA Archaeological Sensitivity Assessment and surveys of Robert Wehle State Park, Coles Creek State Park, and Grass Point State Park within Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties, New York. HAZEx report prepared for NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, 1,000 Islands Region (2004-5).

Phase II testing at Site 33PK210, PORTS Facility, Piketon, Ohio. PI for report for the Pro2Serve, Inc. and Bechtel-Jacobs, Piketon, Ohio (2003).

Phase II testing at the Alexandria Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia. Supervisor for Windwalker Corporation report prepared for the City of Alexandria, Virginia (1996).

Phase I survey of the proposed gas pipeline for the USDOE PORTS Facility, Piketon, Ohio. PI for report for Pro2Serve, Inc. and Bechtel-Jacobs, Piketon, Ohio (2002).

Phase I survey at the Samples Mine, Mingo County, West Virginia. PI for report for the Catenary Coal Company, Charleston, West Virginia (2002).

Phase I survey of the realignment for Lagoon Road within the Y-12 ORNL Facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Supervisor for report for Bechtel-Jacobs, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (2001).

Phase I survey of the Grayson State Park Golf Course, Grayson, Kentucky. PI for report for the Kentucky Department of Parks and Recreation, Frankfort (2001).

Phase I survey of the Open Fork Mine, Cumberland County, West Virginia. PI for report for the Open Fork Mine Company, Charleston, West Virginia (2001).

Phase I survey of the Fidelio Industrial Park, Christian County, Kentucky. PI for report for Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc, Nashville (2000).

Phase I survey of the Elkton transmission line, Christian County, Kentucky. PI for report for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris, Tennessee (1999).

Phase I survey of the Smoky Hill ANG Gunnery Range, Salina, Kansas. Associate PI for report in preparation for the U.S. Air National Guard (1998-1999).