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

2016

D. Staley 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. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum,
D. Staley 2016, Cultural Resources Survey Report for PIN 2805.66.101, Traffic System Project 15, Route 26 and Route 46 Intersection, Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York
D. Staley 2016, Guilty Thrills: Sparks from the Past. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter Fall, 4-7

2015

D. Staley 2015, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9806.81.101, Replacement or Repair of Culvert C950001, NYS Route 7, Town of Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Staley 2015, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9806.81.101, Replacement or Repair of Culvert C950090, NYS Route 51, Town of Exeter, Otsego County, New York. . Presented at the ,New York State Museum, Albany, New York

2014

D. Staley, P. Mills, S. Lundblad 2014, ’I trust there will be no failure...’: The Importance of Bricks and Brickmaking at the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company’s Upper Works, IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology 38, 4-26.

2012

D. Staley 2012, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report of the Deansboro Creamery Co. Site, Town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York, New York State Museum Cultural Resource Survey Program Series The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York
D. Staley, V. Schmitt 2012, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1043.44.101, U.S. Route 9 over the Schroon River, BIN 1005820, Town of North Hudson, Essex County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Staley, M.S. LoRusso 2012, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1223.16.101, Route 28N, Towns of Johnsburg and Chester, Warren County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Staley 2012, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1808.92.101, Route 443 Slope Failure Repairs, Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York