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David Staley

CRSP Principal Investigator

david.staley@nysed.gov

518-473-5026

M.A., Anthropology, 1990, Washington State University
B.A., Anthropology, 1981, University of New Mexico

Lithic analysis, historic archaeology, 19th-century farmsteads, transportation and industry, mortuary analysis, Contact-period material culture, Upland Aleutian Sites, and St. Lawrence Island subsistence diggers.

Current CRSP Projects:

Data Recovery of 1026-1028 Lincoln Ave. Utica, New York.
Site Examination of John Olive’s Blacksmith Shop Site, Springfield Center, New York.
Archaeological Monitoring of the Utica North-South Arterial Reconstruction Project, Utica, New York.

Current Research Projects:

Lithic resource exploitation at the Goodyear Site, Springfield, New York.
Industrial Archaeology at the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company’s Upper Works, Essex County, New York.
History and Archaeology of the Thayer Homestead, Springfield, New York.
Roadside Garbology: Archaeological Lessons from Adopt-A-Highway Clean-Up Data.

Publications

2021

Staley, D., 2021. Archaeological Data Recovery Report, PIN 2134.41.321, NY 5, 8, & 12 North-South Arterial Reconstruction, 1026-1028 Lincoln Avenue Historic Archaeological Site (06540.001693), City of Utica (MCD 06540), Oneida County, New York, Cultural Resource Survey Program. New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

2018

Staley, D., 2018. Visitors and Vandals — The Post-Abandonment Archaeological Record at the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company’s “New Furnace”, in: Pickands, M. (Ed.), Iron In New York. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 128-146.

Staley, D., 2018. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of Cove Road at Pools Brook/Erie Canal Boat Launch Site Town of Verona, (MCD 06522), Oneida County, New York. New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

2017

Staley, D., 2017. Antacids for the Archaeological Soul: A Pre-Accessioning Culling Experiment. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter Spring, 20-22.

Staley, D., 2017. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Addendum to PIN 9806.81.101 Replacement or Repair of Culvert C950108, NYS Route 80, and Site Examination of John Olive’s Blacksmith Shop Site, Hamlet of Springfield Center, Town of Springfield, Otsego County. New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

Staley, D., 2017. Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report, Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area Timber Harvest, Town of Whitestown and City of Rome, Oneida County, NY. New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

Staley, D., 2017. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 2754.38.121 Higginsville Road Bridge (Bin 4426080), Town of Verona (MCD 06522), Oneida County, New York. Archaeology 17PR01982. New York State Museum, Albany, New York.

2016

Staley, D., 2016. Last Gasp: The Construction, Operation, and Dissolution of the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company's "New Furnace". Northeast Historical Archaeology 45, 171-199.

Staley, D., 2016. Guilty Thrills: Sparks from the Past. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter Fall, 4-7.

Staley, D., 2016. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 2004.11.101, NYS Route 51 Bridge over Erie Canal/CSX/NYS Route 5, (BINS 4051180, 405118A, and 405118B), Village of Ilion (MCD 04340) and Town of Herkimer (MCD 04306), Herkimer County, New York. New York State Museum.