Environment Research (Investigation Type)

These are studies that examine aspects of the present or past natural environment to provide a context, often off-site, for interpreting archaeological resources. Sometimes reported in stand-alone volumes representing significant research, such investigations may include geomorphological, paleontological, or palynological work.

126-150 (2,079 Records)

Archaeological Investigations Along Paleoshorelines of Three Dry Lakes on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John Lindemuth. Bretton Somers.

This document presents a research design for investigating the archaeological nature of three relict pluvial lake basins on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) (Figure 1) for cultural resources potential. This research is in support of the mission of Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) to provide combat air training on the largest Air Force land based training facility in the United States (U.S.).


Archaeological Investigations at Antelope House (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Don P. Morris.

Reported in this volume are excavations at Antelope House, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. The project, under the direction of the senior author and financed by the National Park Service, spanned the field seasons of 1970 through 1973. Our report proceeds from a general discussion of our excavation goals and other background material to a detailed discussion of the architecture of the site and the internal site chronology derived from this study. Sections of the report dealing with...


Archaeological Investigations at Sites AZ BB:9:105 and 179 (ASM) Within Rancho Vistoso, Oro Valley, Arizona: The Stone Canyon Data Recovery Project (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas D. Yoder. S. Jerome Hesse.

On June 30 through July 15, 1999, archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted archaeological data recovery at two sites, AZ BB:9:105 and 179 (ASM), in Rancho Vistoso, Oro Valley, Arizona. Vistoso Partners proposes to build custom homes there as part of the Stone Canyon development. The archaeological resources on the parcel are to be treated according to the provisions of the Rancho Vistoso Planned Area Development agreement between Vistoso Partners and the Town of Oro...


Archaeological Investigations at the La Bajada (LA 9500) and La Bajada Annex (LA 9501) Sites; 1966, 1967, and 1970 (1982)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: David M. Plaza

The following pages describe the work conducted by members of Eastern New Mexico University Anasazi Origins Project at two archaeological sites, LA 9500 (La Bajada) and LA 9501 (the La Bajada Annex), located approximately 27 kilometers southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Cynthia Irwin-Williams served as Principal Investigator for the Anasazi Origins Project, while the actual fieldwork discussed herein was conducted under the direction of Marshall Gettys and R. Bruce Grove. This report has...


Archaeological Investigations at the Proposed International Wastewater Treatment Plant Site: Cultural Resource Indentification and Geotechnical Test Monitoring (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Howard C. Higgins.

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Archaeological Investigations at the White Castle Gap Revetment (M-196-R), Iberville Parish, Louisiana (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles E. Pearson. Bryan L. Guevin.

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.


Archaeological Investigations at the Yarborough Site (22Cl814), Clay County, Mississippi (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carlos Solis. Richard Walling.

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.


Archaeological Investigations for the City of Mesa Sound Barrier on McKellips Road at the Mesa Terrace, Mesa, Arizona (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

This report describes an archaeological data recovery effort conducted by Northland Research, Inc, for the City of Mesa. The project area was located within the construction site of a sound barrier wall along the north and south sides of McKellips Road in Sections 2 and 11, T1N, R5E. The purpose of the investigation was to locate and record historic and prehistoric features, specifically canals, that crossed the McKellips Road Sound Barrier project area. Northland recorded four canals and...


Archaeological investigations in Mývatnssveit 2007 (Field Report) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Tol Cherry

In 2006 a campaign of major archaeological excavations in Mývatnssveit, the area around Lake Mývatn in NE-Iceland, wound to a close with the completion of fieldwork at Hrísheimar and Sveigakot. Together with the excavation of Hofstaðir, which was completed in 2002, these formed the backbone of extensive archaeological fieldwork focused on the Lake Mývatn area which had begun in 1991, and which became subsequently known as the Landscapes of Settlements project. In addition to the three large...


Archaeological Investigations in Support of the South Phoenix Loop Street and Landscaping Projects: Data Recovery at AZ T:12:231 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and data recovery program conducted by EcoPlan for COP on approximately three acres of land in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. These archaeological investigations were conducted in advance of the COP Neighborhood Services Department’s South Phoenix Village Loop Street and Landscaping project (COP Cost Center Numbers ND30010010 and ND30010011). Because project activities associated with these projects were deemed likely to...


Archaeological Investigations in the Forest Grove / Big Rock Areas North-Central Texas (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas H. Guderjan. Others.

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Archaeological Investigations in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways 1982-1983 (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James E. Price. Others.

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Archaeological Investigations in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 1981-1982 (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James E. Price. Others.

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Archaeological Investigations in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 1983-1984 (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James E. Price. Others.

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Archaeological Investigations on the Northern Border Pipeline, Montana Segment, Volume 2: Analytical Techniques (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ken Deaver.

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Archaeological Investigations On the Outer Continental Shelf: a Study Within the Sabine River Valley, Offshore Louisiana and Texas (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles E. Pearson. Others.

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Archaeological Investigations within Florida Power & Light Company’s 115-KV Transmission Line Right-Of-Way, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Randy V. Bellomo.

Archaeological investigations within Florida Power & Light Company's transmission line ROW located on eastern Brevard County were conducted to mitigate the impact of construction activities associated with the proposed FPL 624A Substation-South Cape 115-kV transmission Line Rebuild project at Cape Canaveral.


Archaeological Investigations Within the Proposed Argosy Lawrenceburg Casino Expansion Project Area in Dearborn County, Indiana (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Barber.

Between December 2006, and March 2007, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., personnel conducted a phase III mitigation of Sites 12D508, 12D520, and 12D585, located in the historic Germantown neighborhood of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. The mitigation was conducted at the requests of Randee Bach, Vice President of Design and Contract Administration of the Argosy Gaming Company and Michael McGrew, Vice President of Construction of the Penn National Gaming Company, Inc. Three historic sites...


Archaeological Investigations Within the Proposed Argosy Lawrenceburg Casino Expansion Project Area in Dearborn County, Indiana (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jonathan Kerr. Paul Bundy.

Under contract with Randee Bach, Vice President of Design and Contract Administration of the Argosy Gaming Company and Michael McGrew, Vice President of Construction of the Penn National Gaming Company, Inc., archaeological investigations were conducted by Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., in conjunction with the Argosy Lawrenceburg Casino Expansion Project (consisting of planned new parking facilities, roadway alterations, and new boat slip) in Dearborn County, Indiana. The archaeological work...


Archaeological Investigations, Salt Creek Reservoir, Ohio: Season II, Drake Site (33-VI-2) and Brown Village Site (33-Ro-107) (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John Edward Blank.

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Archaeological Investigations, Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station Project, State, Federal and Private Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Archaeological Data for Coronado Generating Station Plant Site, Access Road, Ash Disposal, Wellfields, and Pipeline for Federal Environmental Impact Statement (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

Acting as an archaeological consultant under contract with Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology, has prepared and submitted this report as part of the total input to the Federal Environmental Statement for the Coronado Generating Station Project. Information contained in this report is based primarily on Museum investigations conducted in 1974-75 during various phases of the Coronado Generating Station Project while under contract with both the Bechtel...


Archaeological Investigations, Southern California Edison, Palo Verde - Devers 500 kV Transmission Line Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to the Colorado River, Maricopa and Yuma Counties, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management, Private, and State: Final Report for Archeological Survey of Alternate Transmission Line Corridors between Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station and the Colorado River (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Claudia Berry.

From September 13 to December 13, 1976, an archeological crew from the Museum of Northern Arizona surveyed the Arizona portions of two alternate corridors proposed for a 500 kV transmission line by Southern California Edison Company. The two routes are located in southern Arizona stretching from the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Buckeye to the Colorado River near Ehrenberg. The purpose of this survey was to locate all archeological sites along the two corridors and to assess the...


Archaeological Mapping and Testing of Harris Site and Adjacent Cultural Resources Tentaive Parcel Map 12725 (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Ezell.

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Archaeological Mitigation at 41Bx300, Salado Creek Watershed, South-Central Texas (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul R. Katz.

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Archaeological Monitoring for Geotech Bores Drilled Along the Center Runway, Taxiways, and Turnouts, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text E. Melanie Ryan. Michael Droz. Shirley Powell. Richard Boston.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) of Tempe, Arizona completed archaeological monitoring of geotech coring and boring on the existing center (7L-25R) runway and its taxiways and turnouts at Sky Harbor International Airport. ACS carried out the monitoring as a subcontractor to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., who, under contract to the City of Phoenix—Sky Harbor International Airport, are designing reconstruction of the west and east taxiways, replacing asphalt with concrete, and...