Cultural Resource Site Examination Report of The Henry Stacy Site (NYSM #12283) for PIN 3805.44.121 (3 of 5), Culvert Replacement, 104-3406-3094, Towns of New Haven (MCD #07510), Oswego County, NY

The goal of this project is to complete a Site Examination for the Henry Stacy Site (NYSM #12283) so that information can be collected to assess the site’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places prior to the completion of NYSDOT PIN 3805.44.121 (3 of 5) in the Town of New Haven, Oswego County, New York. Cultural deposits at the Henry Stacy Site cover the entire project area and there were no negative Phase II excavation units. Depth of cultural deposits varied between 25 and 117cm below ground surface.

The archaeological component of the Henry Stacy Site is related to the occupation and use of this house lot as a 19th century farmstead. It was run by several families, notably the Davis’ from probably the 1840s to around 1860, the Morgan’s from 1866 to 1874, and the Stacy’s from 1874 to 1922. The artifact assemblage is from a 19th century sheet midden and subject to several interpretive restraints related to mixing and indiscrete temporal and functional deposits. The principal goal of Phase II analysis in determining eligibility for the Henry Stacy Site is to associate any remains recovered from this sheet midden with individual households or household types.

In total, 8m² of excavation (1.5% of the Project Area) was performed at the Henry Stacy Site including 13 50cm² units on a 5 meter grid and four 1m² test units to further investigate areas of interest identified during by the grid units. One of the larger units, Unit 15, was extended a further 1 x .75m² to expose more of a feature. All together the excavations produced a total of 1592 artifacts, mostly domestic artifacts including ceramics and vessel glass, and architectural debris.
The site could be potentially impacted by replacement of the culvert but based on the lack of temporally and functionally discrete strata and the inability to exactly date the creation of the soil features or the construction of the house, the Henry Stacy Site is considered to have limited future research potential and is not eligible for the National or State Register of Historic Places. No further work is required.

本项目的目标是完成亨利·斯塔西遗址（Henry Stacy Site，NYSM #12283）的场地勘察，以便在纽约州奥斯威戈县纽黑文镇的纽约州运输部（NYSDOT）PIN 3805.44.121（第3/5项）完工前，收集相关信息以评估该遗址是否符合《国家史迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places）的入选资格。亨利·斯塔西遗址的文化遗存覆盖整个项目区域，且第二阶段发掘的所有单元均发现文化遗存。文化遗存的埋藏深度介于地表以下25厘米至117厘米之间。

亨利·斯塔西遗址的考古遗存与该宅地作为19世纪农场的居住与使用历史相关。该农场先后由多个家族经营，其中主要包括19世纪40年代至1860年左右的戴维斯（Davis）家族、1866年至1874年的摩根（Morgan）家族，以及1874年至1922年的斯塔西（Stacy）家族。本次出土的遗物组合来自19世纪的片状贝丘（sheet midden），且受遗存混杂、时间与功能边界模糊等多重解释限制。第二阶段分析的核心目标是将该片状贝丘中出土的全部遗存与具体家庭或家庭类型建立关联，以此评估遗址的入选资格。

本次在亨利·斯塔西遗址共开展了8平方米的发掘工作（占项目区域的1.5%），包括在5米网格下布设的13个50厘米见方的发掘单元，以及4个1平方米的探方，用于进一步探查网格单元中发现的疑似区域。其中一个较大的发掘单元——15号单元——被进一步扩方至1×0.75平方米，以揭露一处遗迹现象。本次发掘总计出土1592件遗物，以陶器、容器玻璃器等家用器物及建筑遗存为主。

该遗址可能受到涵洞更换工程的潜在影响，但鉴于地层在时间与功能上缺乏明确分界，且无法精确测定土壤遗存形成年代或房屋建造时间，亨利·斯塔西遗址被认为仅具备有限的未来研究价值，不符合国家或州级史迹名录的入选资格，无需开展后续工作。