What does an archaeologist do on their vacation? Volunteer on someone else's archaeological excavation! On Sunday I drove to the Watchung Reservation in New Jersey to help out with the ongoing Feltville Archaeology Project. Excavations have been undertaken here for several years as part of a university field school and public archaeology project. This site lies within the Deserted Village of Feltville/Glenside Park, a National Register district.
This particular site had a foundation of a structure dating back to the 1700s. Other extant buildings within the park include other residences, a general store/post office, church, and barn. This area has been inhabited for over 300 years and had served as a farming community, a quasi-utopian mill town, and a summer resort. Today the village is protected as part of Union County's 2,000 acre Watchung Reservation.
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