David Staley

CRSP Principal Investigator
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

2023

D. Staley 2023, Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of PIN 5814.65.101, Windfall Road over Thorpe Hollow Creek (BIN 6600230), Town of Carrollton, Cattaraugus County, New York. Cultural Resource Survey Program. Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York

2022

D. Staley 2022, Addendum Archaeological Survey of PIN 2023.34.101, New York State Route 69 over Sauquoit Creek, Town of Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York. Cultural Resource Survey Program. Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York
D. Staley 2022, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey, Archaeological Data Recovery and Construction Monitoring, PIN 2805.32.322, Safety Project 12 NY 5S: Broadway to Broad Street, City of Utica, Oneida County, New York. Cultural Resource Survey Program. Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York

2021

D. Staley 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. Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York

2018

D. Staley 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. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York
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.

2017

D. Staley 2017, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report, Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area Timber Harvest, Town of Whitestown and City of Rome, Oneida County, NY. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York
D. Staley 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. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York
D. Staley 2017, Antacids for the Archaeological Soul: A Pre-Accessioning Culling Experiment. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter Spring, 20-22

2016

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