NYSAA Bulletin No. 107 — Dogan Point Archaeological Site — Passage 30 (part 7)

[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Deer bone will be tested for the fluoride content in an effort to study site disturbance. Oysters will undergo oxygen isotope analysis for information about the aquatic habitat and chemical analysis for additional habitat information. A core of the offshore sediments needs to be extracted. Dogan Point and other shell-matrix sites in the Haverstraw Bay area of the lower Hudson River are unique in the eastern United States. They alone can provide us with a view of the aquatic adaptation of humans in the Middle and Late Archaic periods. As such, they deserve renewed professional attention and community protection. Other Age Indicators There are several aspects of the Dogan Point materials and stratigraphy aside from the Middle and Late Archaic projectile points and Late Archaic radiocarbon dates that suggest this site is quite old.

These are the 36 Spring 1994 No. 107 References Cited Little, Elizabeth 1994 Apples and Oranges: Calibrating Shell Dates. Paper presented at the Archaeology of the Hudson Valley Conference, Albany. Brennan, Louis A. 1981 Pick-Up Tools, Food Bones and Inferences on Lifeway Function of Shell Heap Sites Along the Lower Hudson. Archaeology of Eastern North America 9:42-51. Nichol, R.K. and C.J. Wild 1984 "Numbers of Individuals" in Faunal Analysis: the Decay of Fish Bone in Archaeological Sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 11:35-51. Claassen, Cheryl 1990 The Shell Seasonality Technique in the Eastern United States: A Reply to Lightfoot and Cerrato.