Site Stabilization (Investigation Type)

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

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Pueblo III kiva in renovated rooms AZRU-G02-10 (2000)
IMAGE Gary Brown.

Aztec West, Sector 3, Kiva G (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Kiva was built in front rooms during reorganization. No publication exists on the kivas excavated by AMNH (but see unpublished Morris kiva notes). Image AZRU-G02-10: View of second story looking east from kiva enclosure toward Room 49. Image AZRU-G02-12: Overview of kiva looking west from second story Room 49. Image AZRU-G02-13: Overview of kiva interior looking south. Image AZRU-G02-14: Close-up of south recess...


Pueblo on the Plains: The 2019 Investigations at the Merchant Site of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

Poster presentation describing the 2019 investigations at the Merchant Site (LA 43414)


Pueblo on the Plains: The Merchant Site (LA 43414) of Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Myles Miller.

Public education and outreach brochure describing the survey and excavation projects at the Merchant site and Mescalero Plain of southeastern New Mexico


PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 1 (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.

This report presents the results of the second season of investigations at the Merchant village site (LA 43414) in southeastern New Mexico. The excavations and analyses were sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. Excavations focused on sections of room blocks in two areas of the main village, the agricultural fields, and midden deposits.


PUEBLO ON THE PLAINS: THE SECOND SEASON OF INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MERCHANT SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO Volume 2 (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.

This report presents the results of the second season of investigations at the Merchant village site (LA 43414) in southeastern New Mexico. The excavations and analyses were sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. Excavations focused on sections of room blocks in two areas of the main village, the agricultural fields, and midden deposits.


The Racetrack Project
PROJECT Will Russell. Katherine Spielmann. David Abbott. Arizona State University (ASU).

Between A.D. 1250 and 1450, a large number of ceremonial racetracks were built at and between villages in north-central Arizona. This assemblage began as a relatively dispersed collection, stretching from the Sedona area down to Cave Creek and from the Bradshaw Mountains to the Mazatzal Wilderness. Over time, the racetrack network grew in intensity but became spatially focused atop Perry Mesa, along the middle Agua Fria River. In conjunction with the Legacies on the Landscape Project and...


Recent Archaeological Investigations on Dataw Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brockington and Associates. Eric C. Poplin. Gwendolyn Burns. Andrew Agha.

Archaeologists with Brockington and Associates, Inc., undertook limited investigations of the B. B. Sams Plantation Complex (38BU581) and the Cotton Dike Cemetery (38BU508) on Dataw Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. These investigations include ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey of the Sams Family Cemetery at 38BU581 and the Cotton Dike Cemetery, an African- American cemetery, and limited excavations at the reported location of the former well in the B. B. Sams Plantation complex....


Recovery of a WW II aircraft on Sapelo (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lewis H. Larson, Jr..

Site Visit for Documentation of exposed WW II aircraft


The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin (1894)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Cosmos Mindeleff.

This report discusses the repairs done to the Casa Grande Ruin in 1891. There are various pictures and a topographical map of the Great House in Compound A. Mendeleff discusses the condition of the Ruins and his vision for repair including metal rods and wooden beams for the stabilization of the south wall. There is also an inventory of artifacts found at the site.


Report of Four New Compound Villages in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (1968)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roy Reeves III.

This report regards to discovery of additional compound villages at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The report indicates the unusual growth patterns of grass that led to this discovery and it maps out the postion of the villages and those features found therein.


Report on Stabilization Efforts at Archaeological Site LA 53672 (AR-03-03-05-358), Cibola National Forest Withdrawn Lands, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Dello-Russo. George Laskar.

This report represents an addendum to an earlier report in which the extent of mechanical damages to archaeological site LA 53672 (USFS No. AR-03-03-05-358) were evaluated and suggestions for stabilization of the damaged portions of the site were provided. As such, the present report documents efforts by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and Escondida Research Group (ERG) to construct a stabilization structure at archaeological site LA 53672 in order to...


The Restoration of the Spanish Wall, Completion Report (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Emensio Eperiam. Suzanne Finney.

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.


Results of Cultural Resource Monitoring for the Westward Ho Hotel and Apartments Rehabilitation Project, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda M. Schilling. Douglas R. Mitchell.

Central and Fillmore Associates, LP oversaw improvements to the Westward Ho building and infrastructure. Rehabilitation required replacement and realignment of sewer pipelines below the property courtyard and the replacement of sidewalks in the courtyard. A total of 170.9 cubic meters were excavated from 32 units associated with rehabilitation activities in the courtyard area of the Westward Ho Hotel and Apartments. All of the units were excavated to locate and expose existing underground...


Results of Cultural Resources Monitoring of Two Proposed New Fiber Optic Lines and Associated Duct Banks at Sky Harbor International Airport within the Site of Pueblo Salado [AZ T:12:47 (ASM)] Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Andrew B. Bockhorst. Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new fiber optic lines and associated duct banks and manholes at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) extends within the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) in this area of Pueblo Salado uncovered...


Rev. Whittmore (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This document is an article regarding Rev. Whittmore's experience first custodian of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument


Revegetation: The Soft Approach to Archeological Site Stabilization (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Thorne.

This Technical Brief is the third in a series that addresses the issues of archeological site stabilization and protection. Each Technical Brief in the series describes a potentially useful technique for maintaining the integrity of an archeological deposit. This series, and the complementary Technical Notes assembled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station in its Archeological Sites Protection and Preservation Notebook, are designed to provide baseline data for the...


River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 7 Archaeological Investigations in the Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, 1950-51 (1954)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald J. Lehmer.

The accompanying report on Archeological Investigations in the Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, is Paper No.7 in the River Basin Surveys Papers and constitutes the second Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin to be devoted to results of the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program. It is the first detailed, technical report to be issued covering a completed series of excavations carried on by the Missouri Basin Project of the River Basin Surveys of the Smithsonian Institution. The area where the...


Rosemary Center for Natural and Cultural Resources Rehabilitation and Treatment Plan (Section 106 Review), Rosemary Fire Tower Complex Electronic Warfare Range, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Beth Behr. Headquarters Air Combat Command.

In 1994 Shaw Air Force Base acquired the unused Rosemary Fire Tower site in the former Manchester State Forest in Sumter County, South Carolina. Currently the area is part of the natural area surrounding the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History determined the Rosemary Site eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places on April 7th 1995. According to Air Force Instruction 32-7065, Section 2.5.3, cultural resource managers...


Rosemary Fire Tower National Register of Historic Properties Eligibility and Registration Form (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine J. Roxlau. Andrew W. Chandler.

This document contains both the South Carolina Department of Archives and History preliminary information form to determine National Register eligibility and the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Rosemary Fire Tower Complex.


Ruins and Restoration on the Colorado Plateau: Earl Morris and the PWA (Public Works Administration) (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelly Pool.

In 1934, the Carnegie Institution "loaned" archaeologist Earl Morris to the National Park Service to supervise the repair of ruins in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico. The NPS had received funding in 1933 for long-term development projects through New Deal emergency work relief programs, one of which was the Public Works Administration. The PWA provided money for physical improvements in parks and monuments, including funding for restoration and...


San Miguel de Guevavi: The Archeology of an Eighteenth Century Jesuit Mission on the Rim of Christendom (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

I n the eighteenth century, Jesuits pioneered Spain's attempts to colonize and missionize the northern Pimeria Alta. Guevavi, first established by Father Eusebio Kino at a populous Piman village in 1691, was to be the first and principal mission of Spain's northern frontier in what is now Arizona. Beginning in 1701 tenacious Jesuit and later Franciscan missionaries attempted to establish permanent residency at the village. But the cumulative effects of Apache raids, food shortages, Piman...


Sandal House (5MT. 12071) Stabilization 1994 (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Chris Zeller.

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.


Sandal House (5MT.12071) Stabilization 1994 (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Chris Zeller.

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.


Santa Cruz River Stabilization at Valencia Road: Archaeological Testing at the Valencia Site (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Allen Dart.

On April 15 through 17, 1985, the Institute for American Research conducted emergency archaeological testing and mitigation for a bank stabilization project along the Santa Cruz River in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. It encompasses both banks of the Santa Cruz River, from Project Station 37+00 to Station 57+00. Elevation ranges from 2438 to 2462 feet. Locations to be affected by construction consist mostly of floodplain silt and sand deposits, overlying a sand and gravel river terrace stratum....


Sapelo Island
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Black

Sapelo Island Project