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.

651-675 (2,079 Records)

Enivironmental Impact Report: Villas at Stallions Crossing (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only City of San Diego.

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Enlargement of Lake Cachuma and Bradbury Dam Safety Modifications (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only California Department of Water Resources.

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Enviornmental and Cultural Resources Within the Trinity River Basin (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James V. Sciscenti.

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Environment and Settlement On the Southwestern Louisiana Prairies: a Cultural Resources Survey in the Bayou Mallet Watershed (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard A. Weinstein. Others.

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Environment and Subsistence in the Classic Period Tonto Basin, The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine Spielmann. Marc Baker. Judi Cameron. J. Philip Dering. Suzanne K. Fish. Michael Waters.

This volume serves two purposes. It summarizes the subsistence data from the RPMS project and explores what we have learned from the subsistence-related data from the RMPS investigations, as well as the related Roosevelt Rural Sites Study and the Community Development Study. The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RMPS) research design was particularly concerned with Classic period sociopolitical organization. Because platform mounds similar to those of the Hohokam were built across the basin...


Environment and Subsistence of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Frances Joan Mathien.

This paper is conceived as a summary and review of recent paleoenvironmental research in Chaco. While the orientation is toward reviewing information of potential significance in modelling past human adaptations, discussion of archeological evidence of past adapt ions is minimal. The focus is on characterizing the general climatic and environmental framework, which confronted human populations at different times in the past, and on suggesting revisions of previous interpretations where...


Environment of the Valley of Oaxaca, Past and Present (1967)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter. Michael Kirkby. Anne Kirkby.

Discusses the physiography, phytogeography and botany of the Valley of Oaxaca today; how effective moisture level variations are reflected in surface sample pollen records; and how prehistoric effective moisture variations are reflected in archaeological-context pollen records. Includes a supplemental report on economic pollen types observed in Archaic Period archaeological-context samples.


Environmental Analysis of Native American Settlement Patterns in the Late Archaic and Early Woodland Periods in Northern Indiana (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kaitlyn Davis.

This project explores environmental differences in site distribution between the Late Archaic and Early Woodland periods in LaPorte and St. Joseph Counties of Indiana. Comprehensive maps of sites were created using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (with layers displaying topography, satellite imagery, soil type and quality, and drainage patterns) to analyze trends in settlement pattern. Individual sites were examined through surface surveys to determine what features of the environment...


Environmental Archaeology of the Peckforton Hills (1983)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Schoenwetter.

Report of a project integrating magnetic minerals analysis and pollen studies of two Cheshire meres. Landuse reconstructions for the Peckforton Hills district from the third millenium B.C to the 18th century A.D. explain the apparant lack of archaeological remains of populations related to the Bronze and Iron Age occupations of Beeston Castle and Maiden Castle hillforts. 35 p. Research results summarized in Schoenwetter, J., 1982, "Environmental Archaeology of the Peckforton Hills," "Cheshire...


Environmental Assessment Excavation, Removal, and Installation of Underground and Above Ground Storage Tanks Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

An Environmental Assessment for a project to improve existing fuel storage facilities at 36 sites across Andrews Air Force Base. The assessment found no effect cultural resources in the proposed action areas.


Environmental Assessment for Demolition of Buildings 5303 and 5312, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

This report details the proposed action of demolishing building 5303, the bioenvironmental (BE) Storage and Civil Engineering Environmental (CV) Facility, and Building 5312, the Natural Resources Element and SABER offices, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), as part of the effort to consolidate installation operations by demolishing underutilized facilities. The direction guiding this effort share the overreaching goals of reducing the physical footprint of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and...


Environmental Assessment for Explosive Test Facility at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Maryland (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.. Base Consolidation, Realignment and Reuse Consortium.

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Environmental Assessment for New C-130 Drop Zone (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Environmental assessment (EA) to determine potential environmental consequences of establishing and operating a Drop Zone for C-130 aircrafts at Dyess AFB, Texas.


Environmental Assessment for Renovations to the POL Bulk Storage Area, Construction of the Motor Pool Wash Rack, Basewide Landscaping, Demolition of Buildings 2326, 3459, 3611, 3719, and 3723, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Proposal for several projects at Andrews Air Force Base including construction, modification, and demolition of structures. Due to the highly developed area, no cultural resources were affected.


Environmental Assessment for the Construction of a Medical Modified Urban Assault Course (MUAC) Facility on Camp Bullis Training Site, Texas (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Directorate of Safety, Environment and Fire, Fort Sam Houston.

The US Army has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction of a Medical Modified Urban Assault Course (MUAC) facility on Camp Bullis Training Site (CBTS), located in San Antonio, Texas. Based on the following summary of effects (and as discussed in the accompanying EA), the US Army has determined that the Proposed Action (as described below and in Section 1.0 of the EA) is not a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, within the...


Environmental Assessment for the Implementation of an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan at Camp Bullis, Texas (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Duane Peter. Melissa Green. Victoria Green Clow. Ed Salo.

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with the implementation of an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) at Camp Bullis Training Site (CBTS) in Bexar and Comal counties, Texas. The location and mission of CBTS are presented in this chapter along with the purpose and need for the Proposed Action and alternatives to the Proposed Action, the decisions to be made, the organization of this EA, and any permits...


Environmental Assessment for the Implementation of an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan at Fort Sam Houston, Texas (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Duane Peter. Melissa Green. Victoria Green Clow. Ed Salo.

The ICRMP has been prepared to serve as the primary management tool for cultural resources at Fort Sam Houston. The ICRMP will guide the installation’s management of any potential historic properties which are present on the facility. The ICRMP will include those properties identified as part of the Nation Historic Landmark District (NHLD) or the potential NHLD, any archaeological properties known or predicted, Cold War era properties, or other properties potentially eligible for listing on the...


Environmental Assessment for the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Edwards Air Force Base, California (Draft Final) (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The 95th Air Base Wing (95 ABW) Commander of Edwards AFB, in coordination with the United States National Park Service and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation proposes to manage the cultural resources on Edwards AFB by developing and implementing an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP). The ICRMP emphasizes a continued cultural resources management approach by coordinating cultural resources management activities on Edwards AFB...


Environmental Assessment for the North Mission Valley Interceptor Sewer Phase II- City Contract (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kinnetic Laboratories Incorporated.

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Environmental Assessment for the US West Communications' Bailey to Rifle, Colorado Fiber Optic Cable Project. (BLM - GSRA #1165) (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Unspecified.

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Environmental Assessment HUD Formatt III (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Ulibarri.

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Environmental Assessment Report 1978 Laguna Mountain Recreation Resource Plan (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only USDA Forest Service.

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Environmental Assessment, Travis Air Force Base, Burke Property Housing
PROJECT Uploaded by: Grant Snitker

This project contains draft versions of a complete environmental assessment for the construction of new base housing on Travis Air Force Base, as well as a stand-alone archaeological report related to the project.


Environmental Assessment, Travis Air Force Base, Burke Property Housing (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Engineering Field Activity West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

In support of previously reviewed, approved, and implemented Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, Travis Air Force Base (AFB) proposes to construct military family housing on the 101-acre Burke Property on the north side of the base. The use of the property for that purpose was previously reviewed and approved along with the other BRAC actions in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), from which this Environmental Assessment (EA) is tiered (40 CFR 1502.20). To meet the BRAC-related...


Environmental Background For the Northern Border Project. In Archeology of the Northern Border Pipeline, North Dakota: Survey and Background Informaiton (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan L. Brown. Jeffery R. Hanson. Michael L. Gregg.

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