paul R huey
From 1969 to 2010 I developed and directed the historical archaeological resource management and research program for the State Historic Sites maintained and operated by the State of New York. I wrote reports on this work and edited reports written by staff. I have a Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. My projects have included discovery and excavation of a part of the site of Dutch Fort Orange (1624-1676) in Albany, N.Y., excavations at other Dutch 17th- and 18th-century sites, and excavations at Crown Point State Historic Site (locations of French and then British colonial sites of the 18th century).
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Unit of the Bureau of Historic Sites, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, was continued during August 2009 (see the NYSAA Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2009). A "French village" site half a mile southwest of the French fort would have been just out of sight from the fort but was easily accessible to Bulwagga Bay, which was the known route used by smugglers illegally carrying English goods from Albany to Canada. For the French inhabitants, perhaps the high-quality English white salt-glazed stoneware, delft, white salt-glazed stoneware, fine lead glass wine glasses, and other goods were thus more readily available than goods from France.
Unit of the Bureau of Historic Sites, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, was continued during August 2009 (see the NYSAA Newsletter, Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2009). A "French village" site half a mile southwest of the French fort would have been just out of sight from the fort but was easily accessible to Bulwagga Bay, which was the known route used by smugglers illegally carrying English goods from Albany to Canada. For the French inhabitants, perhaps the high-quality English white salt-glazed stoneware, delft, white salt-glazed stoneware, fine lead glass wine glasses, and other goods were thus more readily available than goods from France.
archaeological sites. These small blobs of glass were applied to the necks or shoulders of bottles. They were
embossed with initials, shields, and other insignia. They bear dates, as well as the initials and names of
individuals and families, taverns, vineyards, schools, retailers, and military units. Archaeologists seriating
blown glass bottles from colonial sites in North America have employed them as important dating tools. They
have also been interpreted as status markers. This paper provides a gazetteer of bottles with seals from eastern
North America. It also argues that private seals, bottle seals employed by individuals rather than organizations,
served as indicators of economic, social, and cultural capital in early America. They provide insights into
various aspects of colonial culture, including the creation and maintenance of male identities, membership in
elite groups, and knowledge of proper etiquette. Furthermore, the geographic disparities in their distribution serve to highlight the development of distinctive regional cultures. These simple seals provide a window into lifeways in colonial America and the aspirations, behaviors, and connections between the owners of vintages consumed long ago.
However, archaeological evidence from strata pre-dating the Fort’s construction and Bayesian analysis of a series of radiocarbon dates from these strata establish a probable location of Dutch activities. These results suggest that the Fort was sited at a place of established Dutch-Native American interactions, a location utilized by Native Americans for centuries prior to the arrival of
the Dutch.