Tim Abel - Second Battle of Sackets Harbor, May 29, 1813

We welcome back Tim Abel! In this episode we are at the end of May 1813. With the American fleet away supporting amphibious assaults on York and and Fort George, the British decided to mount an assault. For a map of the area around Sackets Harbor, please go to: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-947/wcl001041 You can also look at our poster! Tim is from Carthage, New York (near Sackets Harbor). Tim has a PhD in Anthropology. - 33 years experience in archaeological field methods. - 30 years experience in laboratory methods. - 30 years supervising work crews on surveys and excavations. - 27 years as project director on surveys and excavations. - 17 years as principal investigator - 10 years as an instructor of anthropology. Author or coauthor of 34 professional articles, 2 theses, 4 book reviews and a monograph. - Author or coauthor of more than 50 conference presentations. - Author or coauthor of more than 160 cultural resource management reports. Specialties and Interests Ceramics, Great Lakes Prehistory and Ethnohistory, Late Archaic/ Early Woodland political economy, the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, War of 1812. Recording date: May 28. 2026