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.

1,751-1,775 (2,079 Records)

Silica in Sediments: Nodular and Bedded Chert (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Earle F. McBride.

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Site 222+50: Palynological Analysis (1964)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Pilot study of 3 pollen samples allows vegetation pattern reconstruction for period of occupation and suggests successful maize farming required water control technology.


Site and excavation forms (2008 Fieldwork) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Natalia Slobodina

This pdf file is a compilation of survey and excavation forms from the 2008 field season of KBP. Survey forms describe the new sites found and the testing performed. Excavation forms describe the test excavations performed at Ekarma 1 (on site forms as Ekarma 3, see 2008 report for explanation) and Rasshua 1.


Site Characterization Report for the Fitiuta Airport Runway Extension (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only G.M.P. Associates, Inc..

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Site Form and Maps for the Burke Property Archaeological Investigation, Travis Air Force Base (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Site form and maps from the Burke Property archaeological investigation conducted on Travis Air Force Base. The site consists of a scatter of ceramic sherds, bottle glass sherds, metal fragments, tractor tires, collapsed fencing, a possible well, a wind mill or water wheel, and a concentration pf bricks in a burned area which might be the remains of a burned house. A grove of Eucalyptus trees and a single apricot tree are probably the legacy of the home site occupation also.


SKOPE: Bringing Continent-scale, Local Paleoenvironmental Data to Researchers and the Public (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Kyle Bocinsky. Adam Brin.

This is a copy of the PowerPoint presentation from the SAA Annual Meeting symposium. Interest in the impacts of environmental change on human societies is increasing—and, given the latest IPCC projections, without a moment to spare. Archaeologists are engaging this interest by interpreting past human experiences with environmental change, often by reconstructing environments at local spatial and temporal resolutions most relevant to humans. Crucial tasks ahead include generalizing the plethora...


The Sky Harbor Project, Early Desert Farming and Irrigation Settlements, Archaeological Investigations in the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center, Volume 4: Special Studies, Synthesis, and Conclusions (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: system user

This volume, which presents the results of special studies, a project synthesis, and overall conclusions for the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center archaeological investigations, is the last of four. The City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Department sponsored the project, which was coordinated by Mr. Robert J. Wojtan of the City of Phoenix and David H. Greenwald of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants. The project area, approximately 800 acres located immediately west of Phoenix Sky...


Sloop Island Canal Boat Study: Phase III Archaeological Investigation in Connection with the Environmental Remediation of the Pine Street Canal Superfund Site (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Adam I. Kane. Joanne M. Dennis. Scott A. McLaughlin. Christopher R. Sabick.

This report presents the results of a Phase III archaeological investigation of the Sloop Island Canal Boat submerged in the Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont waters of Lake Champlain. The archaeological study was undertaken as an off-site mitigation in connection with the Pine Street Canal Superfund site, located in Burlington, Vermont. The archaeological fieldwork at the Sloop Island Canal Boat was conducted during ten weeks in 2002 and 2003 by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and...


The Slusher Estate Historical Park: Palynological Project (1981)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Assessment of the character of site stratigraphy and advice on pollen sampling strategy for the 1981 excavation season.


Small Mammal Remains From the Wittrock Mill Creek Culture Site (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Holmes A. Semken, Jr..

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Small Sites on the Santa Cruz Flats: The Results of the Investigations Along the Santa Rosa Canal in the Distribution Division of the Central Arizona Project (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Lauren Jelinek

This report is about 58 archaeological sites located in and around an expansive desert basin known as the Santa Cruz Flats, located south of the Gila River. None of these sites are large. The biggest among them had only three, widely separated houses. Most of them had no houses, and the majority lacked material remains except for a mere scattering of artifacts now perched on the modern ground surface. Several of the sites included occupations dated to the modern, Historic, Euro-American era,...


Soil Geomorphic Investigations at the Bug Hill Site (34Pu-116) Clayton Lake, Oklahoma (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only D. L. Johnson.

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Soil Survey of Alcorn County, Mississippi (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Karl H. Miller.

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Soil Survey of Amite County, Mississippi (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Allen C. Milbrandt.

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Soil Survey of Autauga County, Alabama (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dwight M. Harris, Jr.. Cleo Stubbs.

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Soil Survey of Baldwin County, Alabama (1964)
DOCUMENT Citation Only E. H. McBride. L. H. Burgess.

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Soil Survey of Beaufort and Jasper Counties, South Carolina (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only W. M. Stuck.

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Soil Survey of Blount County, Alabama (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles D. Bowen. Bobby C. Fox. David E. Lewis. E. H. McBride. H. C. Buckelew.

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Soil Survey of Bolivar County, Mississippi (1958)
DOCUMENT Citation Only G. E. Rogers.

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Soil Survey of Bullock County, Alabama (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Cleo Stubbs.

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Soil Survey of Butler County, Alabama (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bobby C. Fox.

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Soil Survey of Calhoun County, Alabama (1961)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William V. Harlin. Henry T. Wingate. W. S. Hall. Horace O. White. James A. Cotton. William B. Parker. Robert B. McNutt.

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Soil Survey of Calhoun County, Alabama (1910)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lewis A. Hurst. Philip H. Avary.

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Soil Survey of Calhoun County, Mississippi (1965)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. W. McMullen. J. S. Huddleston. Charles Bowen. R. E. Davis.

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Soil Survey of Chambers County, Alabama (1959)
DOCUMENT Citation Only O. R. Carter. E. A. Perry.

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