Webinar: The Phase III Data Recovery of the Abraham Preble Garrison with Jessica Cofelice

Begun as a family homestead in 1642, the Abraham Preble Site was later fortified to serve as a militia garrison and place-of-refuge during King William’s War (1688-1697), a destructive frontier conflict that pitted the English Colonists against the native Wabanaki and their French allies. Intensive archaeological excavations in 2021 and 2022 revealed at least nine buildings stood in and adjacent to successive palisade lines, marking the site’s evolution. Cofelice summarizes the results of the 2021-2022 Phase III excavations, providing historical context and focusing on the physical layout of the site. She discusses the architectural evidence for the buildings that stood within the complex, an area that housed not only the Preble family, but the militia garrison and as many as 100 refugees from nearby farmsteads.

Jessica Cofelice has two decades of combined field/laboratory experience and has been employed at Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC, of Dover, New Hampshire since 2009. She is currently a Principal Investigator at IAC, a woman-owned small business. IAC provides a full range of archaeological assessment services to clients in Northern New England, assisting civil engineers, planners, and developers to meet state and federal regulations and guidelines by providing archaeological assessments (e.g., the identification of significant below-ground historic resources, site location studies, and environmental impact studies) required to obtain permits for development or expansion. In addition to conducting field work and artifact analysis, Ms. Cofelice also performs historical and archival research related to the archaeological investigations, as well as report preparation. Ms. Cofelice is proficient in laboratory techniques related to the processing of cultural material recovered from archaeological contexts.

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