The Data Recovery Plan, The Thomas Creek Site, SUBi-1546 (NYSM #10135), PIN 9002.09.101/BIN 1-00981-0, Route 12A Over Thomas Creek, Town of Chenango, Broome County, New York

The Thomas Creek Site (SUBi-1546, NYSM #10135) was identified in 1994 during a cultural resource management reconnaissance survey in NYSDOT Region 9 (Loren, Rafferty and Kastl 1994). Following the completion of the survey and review of the findings by the New York State Museum (NYSM) and NYSDOT, a site examination was performed. In 1995 the Thomas Creek Site was declared eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and a Data Recovery was requested by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPR&HP) and preparation of a DRP was authorized by the NYSDOT and NYSM. Reconnaissance and site examination indicated that the Thomas Creek Site is likely to yield information important to interpreting the Middle Woodland period in the Susquehanna and Chenango Valleys of central New York state. The site probably represents a temporary camp or resource processing area along a tributary stream of a major drainage. The research here is proposed to address several topics including Intra-site structure, feature analysis, stratification of deposits, lithic technology, pottery technology, as well as a synthesis of those data in relation to modes of Middle Woodland regional organizational land use.

托马斯溪遗址（SUBi-1546，纽约州博物馆编号NYSM #10135）于1994年在纽约州运输部（New York State Department of Transportation, NYSDOT）第9区域的文化资源管理踏勘调查中被发现（Loren、Rafferty与Kastl，1994）。在该调查完成后，纽约州博物馆（New York State Museum, NYSM）与纽约州运输部对调查结果开展评审，并随即实施了遗址勘查工作。1995年，托马斯溪遗址被认定符合《国家历史遗迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places）收录标准；纽约州公园、娱乐与历史保护办公室（NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OPR&HP）提出考古数据抢救申请，纽约州运输部与纽约州博物馆则授权编制数据抢救计划（Data Recovery Plan, DRP）。踏勘与遗址勘查结果显示，托马斯溪遗址有望提供有助于解读纽约州中部萨斯奎哈纳与切南戈河谷地区中伍德兰时期（Middle Woodland period）的重要信息。该遗址大概率为一处依托大型水系支流形成的临时营地或资源加工场所。本次拟开展的研究将涵盖多项课题，包括遗址内部结构分析、遗迹特征解析、堆积层理研究、石器技术与制陶工艺研究，以及结合上述数据综合探讨中伍德兰时期的区域组织性土地利用模式。