The construction of a road extension of Park Avenue through the Pennsylvania State University’s agricultural fields offered an opportunity to reinvestigate, in more detail, the Tudek jasper quarry site (36CE238). The original investigation was led by Dr. James Hatch and graduate students from the University’s Department of Anthropology. Initial studies yielded in excess of 27,000 artifacts that were used in this analysis. Our reinvestigation resulted in the construction of a detailed outline of the quarry site and the pattern of usage of the materials from the site. Additionally, radiocarbon dating indicated that the site was intensively utilized for a long period of time (3500 BC to 1500 AD) and confirmed that, like many quarry sites, the activities included primary materials collection and testing, reduction of the lithic materials for transport to another location where the final finishing of tools took place. Moreover, the availability of raw material likely changed through time and across the quarry. Observed color changes in the jasper suggest some heat treatment on site, primarily during later time periods.

通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学的农田建设公园大道的延伸路段，为重新研究塔德克·贾斯珀采石场（36CE238）提供了机会。最初的调查是由詹姆斯·哈奇（James Hatch）博士和大学人类学系的研究生领导的。初步研究产生了用于该分析的27,000多件文物。我们的重新调查导致对采石场进行了详细的轮廓设计，并使用了采石场的材料。此外，放射性碳测年表明该场地已被长期大量使用（公元前3500年至1500年），并证实，与许多采石场一样，该活动包括原始材料的收集和测试，减少用于运输到工具最终精加工位置的石板材料。此外，原材料的可用性可能会随着时间的推移以及整个采石场的变化而变化。碧玉中观察到的颜色变化表明在现场进行了一些热处理，主要是在后期。