Phase IA Archaeological Sensitivity Assessment of Selective Locations and Phase II Investigations of East Meadow Site (27-HB-0233), Wells Bog Site (27-HB-0234) and Tree Throw Site (27-HB-0404), New Boston Space Force Station Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Creators: name: Marcucci, Derrick
name: Benn, David W.
name: Gade, Susan
name: Shnaider, Phillip
Publisher: name: Landmark Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: New Boston Air Force Station, New Hampshire
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/86364/new-boston-air-force-station-new-hampshire
subject: Pre-Contact
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3098/pre-contact
subject: Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/13/woodland
subject: Early Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/14/early-woodland
subject: Late Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/16/late-woodland
subject: 27-HB-0550
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135885/27-hb-0550
subject: 27-HB-0551
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135886/27-hb-0551
subject: 27-HB-0545
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135871/27-hb-0545
subject: East Meadow Cairn Field
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135872/east-meadow-cairn-field
subject: Wells Bog Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93248/wells-bog-site
subject: East Meadow Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93247/east-meadow-site
subject: Joe English Hill Cairn Field
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135870/joe-english-hill-cairn-field
subject: 27-HB-0234
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92770/27-hb-0234
subject: 27-HB-0553
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135875/27-hb-0553
subject: 27-HB-0233
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92769/27-hb-0233
subject: Bear Rock Cairn Field
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135876/bear-rock-cairn-field
subject: 27-HB-0552
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135873/27-hb-0552
subject: Petroglyph Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135874/petroglyph-site
subject: 27-HB-0555
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135879/27-hb-0555
subject: Tree Throw Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135880/tree-throw-site
subject: 27-HB-0554
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135877/27-hb-0554
subject: Tree Throw Cairn
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135878/tree-throw-cairn
subject: 27-HB-0404
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104042/27-hb-0404
subject: 27-HB-0548
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135883/27-hb-0548
subject: 27-HB-0549
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135884/27-hb-0549
subject: 27-HB-0546
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135881/27-hb-0546
subject: 27-HB-0547
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/135882/27-hb-0547
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Pedastled Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4814/pedastled-stone
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Cairn
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/341/cairn
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
subject: Rock Art
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/361/rock-art
subject: Petroglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/363/petroglyph
subject: Stone Enclosure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1916/stone-enclosure
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Squibnocket Stemmed point
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3619/squibnocket-stemmed-point
subject: cobble tool
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3620/cobble-tool
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Flake
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2810/flake
subject: Biface
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/699/biface
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: A Phase IA archaeological sensitivity assessment of75.54-acres and Phase II archaeological investigations of three previously recorded precontact sites were conducted at the New Boston Space Force Station (NBSFS) for Argonne National Laboratory by Landmark Archaeology, Inc. The investigations resulted in the identification of 11 new archaeological sites; six sites are interpreted to be precontact habitation sites and five sites are stone features sites that may be ceremonial Native American sites representing ceremonial stone landscapes (CSL). The presence of potential CSL sites indicate ritual behavior may be an important aspect of Native American land use within NBSFS lands. Based on Phase II investigations, all three precontact sites (East Meadow Site, 27-HB-0233; Wells Bog Site, 27-HB-0234; and Tree Throw Site, 27-HB-0404) are recommended individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D. National Register of Historic Places eligibility for each newly discovered site is presented in the report, as are future avenues of research at NBSFS. The current investigations demonstrate the need to revise the New Boston Air Force Station Archaeological District nomination to accommodate new archaeological and historical information including, but not limited to, site associations and themes, and cultural chronologies, and to develop research questions related to Early Woodland and Late Woodland cultural development within interior upland valleys in south central New Hampshire.