Virginia (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)
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This project investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials.
611th Air Support Group Resources
Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
Additional Cultural Resource Investigations, Proposed Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range, Fort A. P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed additional cultural resource investigations at nine archaeological sites identified during a recent cultural resource survey of a proposed Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The EOD Range has been proposed as a result of Base Realignment and Closure activities at Fort Lee, Virginia. During...
Additional Cultural Resource Investigations, Archaeological Sites 44CE0591, 44CE0596, and 44CE0597, Proposed 1200-Meter Range, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed additional cultural resource investigations at three archaeological sites in the project area for a proposed 1200-meter range at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The Survey Area consists of three sites (44CE0591, 44CE0596, and 44CE0597) that were originally identified and recommended potentially eligible for inclusion in the...
Alexandria, Virginia Historic Period Fauna
These databases are from on-going archaeological research in the city of Alexandria, Virginia on eighteenth and nineteenth century occupations, directed by Dr. Pamela Cressey, City Archaeologist.
The Antiquities Act
This project includes documents related to the history and historical background of the Antiquities Act and its implementation during the century since its enactment. The Antiquities Act was signed into law in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The history of American conservation often is told in terms of legal milestones, and rightly so. An environmental activist working to expand a local park, a historic preservationist trying to save a cherished old building, a volunteer working on a...
Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone‐Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re‐house the archaeological material...
Archaeological and Historical Survey and the Archaeological Evaluations of Significance, Fort Lee (FL1985.001 & FL1987.001)
Documents from archaeological work conducted as part of the Archaeological and Historical Survey of Fort Lee (see collection FL1985.001 http://core.tdar.org/collection/23721) and the Archaeological Evaluations of Significance (see collection FL1987.001 https://core.tdar.org/collection/23722). Both projects were part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic...
An Archaeological and Historical Survey, Fort Lee (FL1985.001)
An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...
Archaeological Collection Sampling and Discard Protocols (Legacy 16-789)
This project developed guidance on how to slow the growth in volume of materials requiring long-term curation and allow for future efficient management of collections of undetermined, little or no research potential. Guidance is given to relate collection management plans to associated project research designs. These guidelines should be distributed to DoD cultural resources subject matter experts and cultural resources managers for implementation. The best practices presented would be...
Archaeological Evaluations of Significance, Fort Lee (FL1987.001)
A total of 17 archeological evaluations of significance were completed as part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations In situations where planned development projects would adversely affect identified archeological resources. Of the 17 properties evaluated during this study, six were classified as significant and for...
Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977
This collection is referred to as "Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) linear inch. The documents date from 1977 to 1979. The investigation primarily occurred in 1977, which explains the date in the project name. The range of dates includes additional archaeological catalogs dating to 1979. The majority of the documents were...
Archaeological Investigation of Site 46SU633 1997
Gray and Pape, Inc., a cultural resource management firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio, conducted fieldwork at site 46SU633 in the Bluestone Reservoir in the Huntington District of West Virginia in September and October 1997. The fieldwork consisted of shovel testing and unit excavation. There is no report available for this investigation so it is not known why the investigation was initiated for site 46SU633. Due to the lack of information for the investigation it was named after the site number...
Archaeological Investigations, Site 44HT27, Fort Monroe (FM2004.002)
Phase II evaluation studies were conducted at four loci at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The entire property of Fort Monroe, a National Historic Landmark, has been assigned the State site number of 44HT27. The loci studied in this report are Locus 1, Locus 15, Locus 18 and Locus 20 and a Phase III monitoring of portions of Locus 16. Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Inc. (TAA), Woodstock, Virginia, conducted the archeological research for Environment and Engineering, Inc., of Virginia...
Archaeological Investigations, Windsor Plantation (Site 44CE0110), Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.002)
As part of a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Army Environmental Command, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. was tasked to complete the archaeological excavations at Site 44CE0110. The site is the probable core of Woodford Plantation (Windsor Plantation) with occupation from the 1700s to the mid-1900s. The location of a non-extant house is defined by a cellar depression. The brickwork suggests a construction date of the 1800s. Brick fragments and artifacts indicative of the occupation...
An Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture
Using detailed comparisons of the archaeological assemblages from 18 early sites in the Chesapeake, this project explores the material conditions of culture contact, plantation development and organization, the rise of slavery, and consumer behavior. Comparable artifact databases have been created for the 18 sites, and analysis of artifact distributions has provided great insight into differences and similarities.
Archaeological Subsurface Surveys, Fort Lee Military Reservation, Prince George County (FL2011.018)
This investigation addressed the location of an unmarked cemetery on property currently owned by Prince George County, adjacent to U.S. Army Fort Lee Military Reservation in eastern Virginia. Historical research indicated that the burial ground was associated with the laboring Sisters of the Vine Burial Association who used it as a cemetery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Relic fences and property boundary markers indicated where the probable cemetery property boundaries...
Archaeological Survey of Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2011.001)
The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG), on behalf of EEE Consulting, has completed an archaeological survey of the route of the proposed Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main at Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County, Virginia. The survey entailed background archival research, pedestrian reconnaissance, and subsurface testing. LBG conducted the fieldwork from April 18 to 28, 2011. For most of its approximately 6-mile length, the proposed water line runs parallel to the eastern edge of Windsor Drive. At...
Archaeological Survey of Training Facilities at Powers Road Corner, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed development of training facilities at Powers Road corner at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The objective of the archaeological survey was to identify any historic properties that may be located within the APE and evaluate the potential eligibility of any such...
Archaeological Survey Proposed Forestry Activities Training Areas 21, 23, 24, and 30, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed forestry activities in 10 forestry blocks located in Training Areas 21, 23, 24, and 30, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed forestry activities will include two pine selection cuts (Blocks 24A06PS and 30A06PS), four pine thinnings (Blocks 21A06TH, 23A06TH,...
Archaeological Survey, Airfield Clearing, Fort A. P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed clearing and grubbing at an airfield at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed airfield clearing will include the removal of trees and vegetation, grubbing, and seeding along the edges of an existing airfield. The Area of Potential Effect for the project includes...
Archaeological Survey, American Water Administrative Building, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with the construction of a new administrative building for American Water at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The project includes lot leveling and grubbing and the construction of an office/garage building. The area of potential effect for the undertaking includes 0.5 hectares (1.3...
Archaeological Survey, Bridge Replacements Perrin Road and Gregg/Lent Road, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with the replacement of two existing bridges at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The project includes (1) the removal of two extant wood bridges on Mill Creek, one located at Perrin Road and one at Gregg/Lent Road, and (2) the construction of two concrete bridges at those same...
Archaeological Survey, Burma Road Bridge Replacement, Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with the replacement of an existing bridge at Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The project includes the removal of an extant steel beam bridge with wood deck and timber piles on Mount Creek and the construction of a new bridge at that same location. The area of potential effect for...
Archaeological Survey, Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security, Fort A. P. Hill (AP2012.001)
The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase I archaeological survey in association with proposed tree removal at the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. The proposed tree removal will include pine thinning in the vicinity of the existing DPTMS facilities and grubbing along A.P. Hill Drive. The Area of...