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.

1,976-2,000 (2,079 Records)

Travis Air Force Base, California
PROJECT Uploaded by: Francis McManamon

This project contains general information about Travis Air Force Base.


Travis Air Force Base, Historical Maps (1976)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Historical maps of Travis Air Force Base noting the location of possible historical and archaeological sites at the base.


Travis Air Force Base, Miscellaneous Historical Maps (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Miscellaneous set of maps of the Travis Air Force Base.


Tree Ring Specimens / Original Timbers in Casa Grande Ruins (1964)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David Wilcox. Richard Howard. Gordon Vivian. A. H. Schroeder. Aubrey F. Houston.

These documents are a series of memorandums from both 1964 and 1976 regarding wooden timbers found in the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The memos discuss the removal of the timbers and shipment for the purpose of dendrochronology. The condition of the timbers is discussed regarding the possible difficulting in dating them due to burning.


Tree Ring Studies In North Dakota (1946)
DOCUMENT Citation Only G. F. Will.

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.


Tree-Ring Dating and Reconstructed Variations in Central Plains Climate (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Harold Fritts.

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Trip Report: Torwa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 5-12 September 1989 (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dirk H. R. Spennemann.

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.


Tripp Bajada Canal Preliminary Field Notes (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Don Lancaster.

Preliminary field notes for the Trip Bajada Canal, the westernmost of many dozens of newly distovered Safford area prehistoric canals. Includes links to other field notes and key papers.


Trudnaya 1 Artifact Photographs (2006)
IMAGE Uploaded by: Natalia Slobodina

Artifact photos from Trudnaya 1.


Tucson Aqueduct Project Phase A
PROJECT Donald E. Weaver, Jr.. Donald E. Weaver, Jr.. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

Reaches 1 and 2 of the Tucson Aqueduct portion of the Central Arizona Project extend from the terminus of the Salt-Gila Aqueduct just east of Picacho Reservoir (12 km southeast of Coolidge) south along the western flanks of the Picacho Mountains, east along the southern flanks of the Picacho Mountains through Picacho Pass, and then south to the vicinity of Red Rock. A Class III archaeological survey of the aqueduct corridor and associated areas was conducted by Arizona State Museum...


Tucson Aqueduct Project Phase B
PROJECT Lynn S. Teague. Jon Czaplicki. John C. Ravesloot. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Tucson Aqueduct Phase B Project represents the first substantial archaeological investigations and excavations to be conducted in the Avra Valley. Prior to the 1983 intensive survey of the Phase B alignment by archaeologists from the Arizona State Museum, archaeological investigation of the Avra Valley had been limited primarily to occasional clearance surveys and test excavations. The identification of 47 prehistoric sites during the 1983 survey (Downum and others 1986) and the...


The Turkey River Winnebago Subagency (13Wh111), 1840-1848: An Archaeological Investigation of Locus a and Surrounding Subagency Era Sites (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Cynthia L. Peterson.

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Twelfth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1890-91 (Iowa Section) (1894)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. W. Powell.

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U.S. Air Force Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Travis Air Force Base.

This Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) was developed to provide for effective management and protection of cultural resources. It summarizes the history and prehistory of the Travis Air Force Base (AFB) , and reviews past historical and archaeological survey efforts. It outlines and assigns responsibilities for the management of cultural resources, discusses related concerns, and provides standard operating procedures (SOPs) that will help to preserve the cultural resources...


U.S. Air Force Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan Wake Island Air Field, Koke'e Air Force Station, Kaua'I, Hawai'I; and Mount Ka'ala Air Force Station, O'ahu, Hawai'I (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 15th Civil Engineer Squadron.

The purpose of this Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) is to clearly define the goals and objectives for natural resources management on Wake Island Air Field (WIA); Kōkeˋe Air Force Station (AFS), Kauaˋi, Hawaiˋi; and Mount (Mt.) Kaˋala AFS, Oˋahu, Hawaiˋi. This INRMP was prepared in accordance with the Sikes Act Improvement Act (SAIA) as amended through 2013; Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32 7064, Integrated Natural Resources Management (United States Air Force [USAF] 2014a);...


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, New Hogan Geological and Seismological Investigation, Calaveras and Amador Counties, California (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only L. Foster.

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.


U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Press Releases [Oct. 29, 1998 - Sept. 25, 2000] (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon. Stephanie Hanna.

The U.S. Department of the Interior released these 13 press releases about the examination and determination of cultural affiliation for the Kennewick Man remains.


U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Geologic Map of the Anchorage B-8 SE and Part of the Anchorage B-8 Quadrangles, Alaska (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ernest Dobrovolny. Yehle Lynn A.. Henry R. Schmoll.

This document consists of a report on the Anchorage B-8 SE quadrangle and part of the Anchorage B-8 NE quadrangle that lies along the southeast side of Knik Arm, one of the two upper extensions of Cook Inlet. The map area is located in south-central Alaska mainly within the Municipality of Anchorage. The northwestern part of the map area, entirely within Knik Arm, is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Knik Arm, together with a broad embayment, Eagle Bay, occupies about one quarter of the map...


U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Geologic Map of the Anchorage B-8 SW Quadrangle, Alaska (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ernest Dobrovolny. Lynn A. Yehle. Harry R. Schmoll.

This resources is a report on the Anchorage B-8 SW Quadrangle, Alaska. The area of this map is located in south-central Alaska mainly within the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The southeastern part is within the Municipality of Anchorage. Knik Arm, one of the two upper extensions of Cook Inlet. bisects the map area north to south. All land east of Knik Arm is included within Elmendorf Air Force Base and is substantially occupied by various facilities connected by a road network. Most of the area...


U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Surficial Geologic Map of the Anchorage A-8 NE Quadrangle, Alaska (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ernest Dobrovolyn. Henry R. Schmoll. Yehle Lynn A..

This report details the Anchorage A-8 NE quadrangle series of maps created on a 1:25,000 scale in the upper Cook Inlet-Knik Arm region for which geologic and surficial geologic maps have been published. The quadrangle lies entirely within the Municipality of Anchorage. Suburban Anchorage extends from the west into the map area in two prongs; the west-central prong is the more densely populated of the two and includes local commercial and educational centers, whereas the southwestern prong has...


U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Surficial Geologic Map of the Anchorage B-7 SW Quadrangle, Alaska (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Henry R. Schmoll. Lynn A. Yehle.

The Anchorage B-7 SW quadrangle is located in south-central Alaska within the Municipality of Anchorage; the community of Eagle River is centered in the map area which is traversed north to south by Glenn Highway and the Alaska Railroad. The quadrangle is one of a series in the Anchorage-Knik Arm region for which surficial geologic maps have been completed recently at a scale of 1:25,000 (Daniels, 1981a,b; Reger, 1981a,b,c,d; Yehle and Schmoll, 1987a,b;1988; fig.2). The map area includes parts...


Under White Haven: An Archeological Overview and Assessment of Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott. Karin M. Roberts. Vergil E. Noble.

This archeological overview and assessment for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site describes the multiple episodes of archeological investigation that began in the park in the 1990s. The assessment discusses what is known about the park’s archeological resources and the potential for future research in the park and at sites related to the Dent and Grant occupations in the surrounding area. The overview and assessment concludes with a series of recommendations for future archeological...


United States Congressional Record Honors the Discovery of Hernando De Soto's 1539 Encampment and the Lost Native American Town of Potano (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only United States Congress.

United States Congressional Record 115th Congress, 1st Session Issue: Vol. 163, No. 193 US Congressional Record honors the discovery of Hernando de Soto's 1539 Encampment and the lost Native American town of Potano, by the University of Florida professors, Dr. Fred A. White and Dr. Michele C. White, and University of Florida Anderson Scholar and History Honors Graduate, Ethan A. White. This newly discovered archaeological site is the oldest confirmed New World contact site in the United...


United States Penitentiary, Martin County, Kentucky: Final Environmental Impact Statement. (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

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Upland Mesolithic Britain: A Systemic Perspective (1982)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Reports successful extraction of pollen from Mesolithic archaeological site-context deposits at moor locations using swirl flotation technology. Integration with previously obtained pollen records from Central Pennines Mesolithic sites suggests alternative to conventional archaeological interpretation.