Site Stabilization (Investigation Type)

An activity that involves the rehabilitation of eroding, slumping, subsiding or otherwise deteriorating archaeological resources, including structures and building materials.

551-575 (920 Records)

Memorandum (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas D. Mulhern Jr..

This document discusses the need to backfill areas of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument


Memorandum for the Regional Director, Region 3 (1948)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles R. Steen.

The document is a summary of the stabilization efforts at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. This includes those involved in stabilizations, the costs involved and materials used.


Merchant Site Southeast New Mexico
PROJECT Myles Miller.

The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct remedial archaeological data recovery excavations at the Merchant site (LA 43414), a complex village settlement in southeastern New Mexico. The Merchant site was excavated by the Lea County Archaeological Society (LCAS) from 1959 to 1965, but the results of the excavations were never fully reported. The site was fundamental to the definition of the Ochoa phase, but the nature of the phase had remained poorly known since the excavations...


The Merchant Site: A 14th Century Village in Southeast New Mexico (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

Public outreach brochure for investigations at the Merchant site.


The Merchant Site: A Late Prehistoric Ochoa Phase Settlement in Southeastern New Mexico (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct remedial archaeological data recovery excavations at the Merchant site (LA 43414), a complex village settlement in southeastern New Mexico. The Merchant site was excavated by the Lea County Archaeological Society (LCAS) from 1959 to 1965, but the results of the excavations were never fully reported. The site was fundamental to the definition of the Ochoa phase, but the nature of the phase had remained poorly known since the excavations...


Mission of San Gregorio De Abo: a Report On the Excavation and Repair of a Seventeenth-Century New Mexico Mission (1949)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph H. Toulouse, Jr..

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Modified Compound B Profiles (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This image is a mapping of profiles of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.


Monitoring of Bluff Contouring: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven E. Daron.

The purpose of the archeological work conducted at the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site was to monitor the removal of excess fill material from the bluff south of Fort Union. Sometime after Fort Union was abandoned, a large gravel pit was dug west of the Fort. This pit removed a section of the bluff in front (south) of the Fort and part of the Fort’s southwest Bastion. After the establishment of Fort Union as a National Historic Site efforts were made to fill the eastern part of...


Monticello 1994 Site Monitoring & Assessments (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only L. Hunt.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Murray Ranch Restoration Plan (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Kirk.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Plan of Action for Discovery of Human Remains within the Parcel N Debris Area, Munitions Response Site XU403a (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text URS Corporation.

This plan of action was prepared pursuant to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-601; 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013; 104 Stat. 3048-3058) to define a strategy for treatment of human remains inadvertently discovered during munitions removal from the Munitions Response Site (MRS) XU403a within the Parcel N Debris Area at the former Williams Air Force Base (AFB). Williams AFB was built in 1941 southeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, and operated...


OCHOA PHASE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MESCALERO PLAIN (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller. Timothy B. Graves. Charles Frederick. Mark Willis. John D Speth. J. Phillip Dering. Susan J. Smith. Crystal Dozier. John G. Jones. Jeremy Loven. Genevieve Woodhead. Jeffery Ferguson. Mary Ownby. Amanda Castañeda.

This report presents a summary of the results of the Blanket Purchase Authority (BPA) 10 project sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. The BPA 10 project included six cultural resource projects, including survey inventories, site evaluations, and excavations.


Old Gulch Fire; Archeological Damage Assessment (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Gilbert.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Ossabaw Island
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Black

Ossabaw Island State Land Files


Ossabaw Island Comprehensive Management Plan (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David Waller.

Development and Management Plan for Ossabaw Island


Ossabaw Island Tabby Quaters Conditions Assessment and Recommendations for Interpretation and Treatment (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Black

In November 2003, the Ossabaw Island Foundation was awarded a $400,000 grant from Save America's Treasures to restore three former slave cabins on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, located at the North End Plantation. Save America's Treasures (SAT) is a national program to protect the country's historic and cultural treasures and it operates as a public­ private partnership between the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Among its stated goals are the fostering of...


Ossabaw Island: Archaeological Investigations at 9CH155: November 2008 (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel T. Elliott.

This report documents emergency archaeological data recovery and survey efforts performed in late 2008 at site 9CH155 on Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia. The project included salvage excavation of an eroding human mortuary feature (Burial 1), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of selected portions of the site, topographic mapping, and a minor surface collection from a rarely exposed mud flat in Newell Creek. Each of these phases was completed successfully and provided new...


Ossabaw Island: Monitoring Bluff Erosion at the Newell Creek Site, 2002 - 2005 (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

DNR Archaeologists returned to 9CH155 on July 25, 2002 to monitor grading for a barge landing. Grading was done within the area previously marked by DNR archaeologists after close-interval shovel testing indicated that the specified area had low potential for encountering undisturbed cultural deposits. Due to the known presence of features, including burials, elsewhere on the site, a decision was made to have archaeologists present during grading...


PALYNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT DEBEQUE ROCKSHELTER (SME82) IN WESTERN COLORADO (1979)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

Palynological analysis at the DeBeque Rockshelter (SME82) in western Colorado was undertaken in conjunction with archaeological mitigation of the site. The pollen samples were taken from most of the levels identified in the fill from four grid locations within the rockshelter, and are combined to form a composite pollen diagram. The pollen samples were taken from both cultural and sterile levels, but no pollen samples were taken in direct association with cultural features such as hearths. ...


Perishable: Bark Coil AZRU20-2806 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Bark Coil, Accession AZRU-00020, Catalog #2806. Other No: [Unknown]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Coil of probable willow bark strips wrapped crosswise with same. Measurements: D 15.0 (outer), 8.0 (inner) CM. Image: AZRU20-2806A: coil of willow-bark strips wrapped crosswise with same. Recovered from Room [Unknown], Aztec West Ruin. Artifact from Aztec Ruins National Monument but of unknown provenience.


Perishable: Basket Base AZRU61-9872 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Basket Base, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog #9872. FS 167. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Base of coiled basket attached to large rock, plus frags. Measurements: 6.0 L, 6.0 W (piece fused to stone). Images: AZRU61-9872 A: basket base fused to stone. AZRU61-9872 B: basket base fused to stone, closer view. AZRU61-9872 C: coiled basket fragment, 2-rod-and-bundle foundation. Recovered from Room 225, 80-100 CM bel 2nd datum, Aztec West Ruin.


Perishable: Bifurcated Basket AZRU25-3353 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Bifurcated Basket, Accession AZRU-00025, Catalog #3353. Other No: [Unknown]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. A bifurcated basket in very poor condition. Collected by George Pearson, Farmington, NM, from cliff house near Oljato (Utah-Arizona border) in 1938-39. Not analyzed further. Measurements: Not measured. Image: AZRU25-3353A: bifurcated basket from site near Oljato, AZ. Recovered from a site near Oljato, Arizona. Artifact from the Four Corners region donated by Mr. and Mrs. George...


Perishable: Bone Tube AZRU20-3072 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Bone Tube, Accession AZRU-00020(?), Catalog #3072. Other No: [Unknown]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Polished bone tube strung on piece of 2S-Z yucca cordage, which extends from tube. Measurements: L 9.0, W 1.5 CM (tube only). Image: AZRU20-3072A: bone tube strung with 2sZ yucca cordage. Recovered from Room [Unknown], Aztec West Ruin. Artifact from Aztec Ruins National Monument but of unknown provenience.


Perishable: Carved Wood AZRU20-2559 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Carved Wood, Accession AZRU-00020, Catalog #2559. Other No: [Unknown]. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Small piece of carved wood, cylindrical shaft with knobbed end. Measurements: L 6.0, D 3.0 (knob), 2.0 (shaft) CM. Image: AZRU20-2559A: upper end of stick with knobbed end, possible prayer stick. Recovered from Room [Unknown], Aztec West Ruin. Artifact from Aztec Ruins National Monument but of unknown provenience.


Perishable: Cedar Braid AZRU3-283 (2006)
IMAGE Laurie Webster.

Cedar Braid, Accession AZRU-00003, Catalog #283. Other No: H-75. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. 6-strand braid of probable cedar bark fiber made with 2Z-S elements. Measurements: L 46.0, W 0.6 CM (approx). Images: AZRU3-283A: square braid of cedar bark. AZRU3-283B: detail of square braid. Recovered from Room [unknown] , Aztec West Ruin. Artifact donated by Sherman Howe.