Data Recovery Plan, The White Site, SUBi 1475, PIN 9041.13.121, Route 17c Over Nanticoke Creek, Town of Union, Broome County, New York

This data recovery plan outlines historical data relevant to the White site, its potential importance in understanding immigrant Irish lifeways and suggestions for the recovery of data from the site. Based on the available documentary evidence, it appears that the White Site was inhabited for most of the mid to late 19th century by Irish immigrant laborers who were associated with the nearby New York and Erie railroad. The majority of Irish immigrants came from a landed, farming class until famine forced those lower on the Irish economic ladder to flee their homeland during the 1840s. it is this period of the site’s occupation that is of primary research interest, as Irish laborers represent a group that is seldom discussed in traditional historical narratives of rural America. The integrity of the site appears to be excellent; only the western section of the original parcel appears to have been disturbed. The soil stratigraphy of the excavated STPs indicated that intact A horizons were present overlying intact B horizons; 20th century material was minimally present. While the available information regarding the temporal affiliation of the site is limited, the deposits appear to date to the mid 19th century, concurrent with a secession of occupations of Irish immigrant laborer families. The available documentation, and limited archaeological collections, indicate that the site has a high data potential on the consumption and disposal patterns for rural immigrant labor groups during the 19th century. The author argues for the following steps to be taken in the study of the White Site. Associating archaeological remains with historically known occupants of the property, which requires spatial and temporal control of archaeological deposits and identifying differences in use of space, consumption, and class in the material record.本数据恢复方案梳理了与怀特遗址（White Site）相关的历史资料，阐明了其在解析爱尔兰移民生活方式方面的潜在研究价值，并提出了该遗址的数据恢复建议。 根据现有文献证据显示，怀特遗址在19世纪中后期的大部分时段内，均有与附近纽约-伊利铁路（New York and Erie Railroad）相关联的爱尔兰移民劳工居住。彼时绝大多数爱尔兰移民均来自拥有土地的农耕阶层，直至19世纪40年代的饥荒迫使爱尔兰经济阶层中处于底层的人群逃离故土。该遗址的居住时期正是本研究的核心兴趣所在——爱尔兰劳工群体在传统美国乡村历史叙事中极少被提及。 该遗址的保存状况极佳，仅原地块的西部区域曾受到扰动。已发掘的STPs的土壤地层学分析显示，完整的A层（A horizons）覆盖于完整的B层（B horizons）之上，且仅含有极少量20世纪遗存。尽管现有关于该遗址年代归属的资料较为有限，但出土遗存的年代可判定为19世纪中期，与爱尔兰移民劳工家庭在此持续居住的时期相契合。 现有文献资料与有限的考古馆藏均表明，该遗址在揭示19世纪乡村移民劳工群体的消费与废弃物处理模式方面具有极高的数据研究价值。本方案提出了开展怀特遗址研究的以下步骤：将考古遗存与历史记载中的该地产居住者相关联，这需要对考古遗存进行时空管控，并识别物质记录中空间使用、消费模式与社会阶层的差异。