A Cultural Resource Survey Report, Archaeological Pre-Reconnaissance and Architectural Survey of PIN 0757.46.121, Grangebel Park Improvements in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York

This is a report on the results of a cultural resources pre-reconnaissance survey for PIN 0757 .46. 121, the proposed improvements to Grangebel Park, located in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York (MCD 10306). The survey was conducted in Winter of 2005 by the staff from the Cultural Resource Survey Program at the New York State Museum, as part of an interagency agreement between the New York State Department of Transportation and the New York State Education Department. All field notes and photographs generated by this
survey are curated at the New York State Museum. The purpose of the study is to assess the sensitivity of the project area for the presence of prehistoric and
historic period archaeological resources, and make recommendations for further archaeological testing within the project limits. All aspects of this study were conducted according to the guidelines and specifications outlined in the New York State Education Department Cultural Resources Survey Program Work Scope Specifications for Cultural Resource Investigations on New York State Department of Transportation Projects (NYSED 2004). According to these guidelines: Phase IA investigations are intended to gather information concerning the environmental/physical setting of a specific project area as well as its cultural setting. It is the interrelationship of the physical environment and the cultural/historical setting that provides the basis for the sensitivity assessment. The information and the analyses performed should assist reviewers in understanding and evaluating the importance of environmental and
cultural/historical resources within and surrounding the project area. Finally, it should also provide the rationale for developing the research design, the sensitivity assessment, and for selecting appropriate Phase IB field methodology
as well as for evaluating project impacts. The survey consists of documentary research and field investigations to locate all known archaeological
sites within the project area, and to access the potential for the presence of additional sites. In addition, all map documented and standing structures older than fifty years within the project area are identified.

本报告为编号PIN 0757 .46. 121项目的文化资源预勘查（cultural resources pre-reconnaissance survey）成果汇报，该项目为纽约州萨福克县河头镇格兰奇贝尔公园（Grangebel Park）的拟议改造工程，对应编号MCD 10306。
本次勘查由纽约州博物馆（New York State Museum）文化资源勘查项目组职员于2005年冬季完成，系纽约州交通运输部（New York State Department of Transportation）与纽约州教育部（New York State Education Department，简称NYSED）跨部门合作协议项下的工作内容。本次勘查产生的全部野外记录与影像资料，均典藏于纽约州博物馆。
本研究的核心目的为：评估项目区域内史前与历史时期考古资源的存在敏感性，并针对项目范围内的后续考古勘探工作提出相应建议。本研究所有环节均严格遵循《纽约州教育部针对纽约州交通运输部项目的文化资源勘查工作范围规范》（NYSED 2004）中列明的指南与细则。
根据该指南，IA阶段勘查（Phase IA investigations）旨在收集特定项目区域的环境/物理背景与文化背景相关信息。物理环境与文化/历史背景的相互关联，构成了敏感性评估的核心基础。所获信息与开展的分析工作，将协助评审人员理解、评估项目区域内外的环境与文化/历史资源的重要性。此外，该成果还应为研究设计制定、敏感性评估、选取合适的IB阶段（Phase IB）野外方法，以及评估项目影响提供理论依据。
本次勘查包含文献研究（documentary research）与野外调查（field investigations）两项核心内容：一是定位项目区域内所有已发现的考古遗址，并评估新增遗址存在的潜在可能性；二是识别项目区域内所有有地图记载且建成年限超过50年的现存构筑物（standing structures）。