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.

701-725 (2,079 Records)

Environmental Initial Study for the Carmel Mountain Ranch Community Plan Amendment and Master Rezoning (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Westec.

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Environmental Management Program Project - Pool Slough Habitat Rehab and Enhancement Project on the Lowlands of the Mississippi River Near Albin, Iowa. (1999)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert J. Whiting.

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Environmental Problems (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dan F. Morse.

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Environmental Secondary Study Diegan Hotel (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce McIntyre.

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Environmental Secondary Study for the Music Village Mixed Use Project (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Lettieri-McIntyre.

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Environmental Setting; Site Description and Investigation; and Artifacts of Non-Native Manufacture (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Darrell G. Creel.

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An Environmental Statement of A Proposal to Construct Two 500 kV Powerlines Across National Forest Land by the Arizona Public Service Company (1971)
DOCUMENT Full-Text U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

Arizona Public Service Company, a member of the Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates (WEST), is responsible for the construction and maintenance of two 500,000 volt transmission lines from the Navajo generating plant (now being constructed 4 miles east of Page, Arizona) to Phoenix, Arizona. The Company submitted a proposed right-of-way location for the transmission line route to the Forest Service for study and review. Upon receipt of this proposal Southwestern Regional Forester...


Environmental Study of Site Locations in Southeast Arkansas (1973)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles M. Baker.

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Environmental Survey, Camp Bullis Reserve Training Area, Texas (1973)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ormsby H. Williams.

This survey was conducted at the request of 5th Army Headquarters for the purpose of assessing the utilization of government owned lands designated as reserve training areas. An effort was made during the conduct of this assessment to consolidate training requirements, proper natural resource management (AR 420~74) and environmental consideration as set forth by the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (PL 91-190). This survey is being conducted by reserve officers with training as...


Erickson Creek Drainage: a Preliminary Report of Geological, Pedalogical, and Archaeological Potential of the Area (1975)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Larry R. Abbott. E. Arthur III Bettis.

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Establishing phytolith analogs for four forest formations of lowland Ecuador: Results and applications to archaeological and paleoenvironmental interpretation (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah M. Pearsall. Meghann O'Brien. Robert A. Benfer. Robin Kennedy.

As part of the Phytoliths in the Flora of Ecuador Project (PFE) (Pearsall 2016), phytolith assemblages from 82 surface soil samples from four distinctive vegetation formations, xerophytic coastal forest (Chanduy valley), mixed deciduous/evergreen forest (Jama region), coastal evergreen forest (Bilsa Biological Reserve), and Amazonian lowland forest (Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve) were studied, with the goal of establishing phytolith vegetation signatures to facilitate archaeological and...


An Ethnoarchaeological Survey of West Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test and Training Range (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Hohmann.

The results of this survey is the first attempt to create such a model which attempts to empirically identify, measure, analyze, and then interpret the cultural resources discovered within a portion of the south-central Great Basin region. This survey will be undertaken within an ethnoarchaeological approach.


Ethnobotanical Report Sheet (1959)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lowell Bean.

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EVALUATING MOBILITY, MONUMENTALITY, AND FEASTING AT THE SAPELO ISLAND SHELL RING COMPLEX (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Victor D. Thompson. C. Fred T. Andrus.

Two of the most salient anthropological questions regarding Southeastern shell ring sites are related to the season(s) that they were occupied and whether or not the deposits represent monumental constructions and/or feasting remains. This paper addresses these questions through the analysis growth band of clams (Mercenaria spp.) and stable oxygen isotope ratios of clam and oyster shells (Crassostrea virginica) at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring complex located on the Georgia coast, USA. The...


Evaluation of Archaeological Resources at Aquilla Lake (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only S. Alan Skinner. Others.

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An Evaluation of the Archaeological Resources at Lake Whitney, Texas (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Alan Skinner. Joseph Gallagher.

The archaeological resources around the edge of Lake Whitney in Central Texas were inventoried in order to determine the impact that an increase in lake level will have upon the resources. It was determined that testing should accompany site survey in order to insure a realistic evaluation of archaeological sites. Testing determined that several sites have been eroded away by lake edge wave action. Extensive excavation was conducted at two prehistoric sites. The sites (Bowling Pin site and...


Evaluation of the Archaeology at the Proposed Cooper Lake (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only K. Doehner. D. Peter. A. Skinner.

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Evaporite Deposits In the Minnelusa Formation In the Sundance-Beulah Area, Crook County, Wyoming (1958)
DOCUMENT Citation Only F. H. Brady.

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Everglades Headwaters Conservation Partnership: Final Environmental Assessment for the Establishment of the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Kissimmee River Basin in south-central Florida is a unique and biologically diverse landscape that is home to rare and unique habitats and wildlife found nowhere else, and an agricultural way of life that is slowly disappearing. With Florida’s population expected to double to 36 million from 2010 to 2060 (Zwick and Carr 2006) and many major development projects in the works, the time is now to conserve what is left. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) helped initiate...


Evidences of Early Occupation in Sandia Cave, New Mexico, and Other Sites In the Sandia-Manzano Region (1941)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Frank C. Hibben.

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Evolution and Diversification of Native Land Use Systems on the Olympic Peninsula: a Research Design (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Randall Schalk. David Yesner.

The objective of this study is the development of an archaeological research design and a plan for segmenting Olympic National Park into research/management units. In addition, the project involved an archaeological reconnaissance in one of the management units. The results of this study are intended to provide a dynamic and long-term framework for archaeological research, compliance, and management by NPS. Adaptive Management, currently being used in a variety of environmental management...


The Evolution of a Wild Landscape and Its Persistence in Southern California (1959)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Homer Aschmann.

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An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58 (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather Trigg. Jessica Bowes.

Seventy-nine flotation samples from an 18th century Mashantucket Pequot homestead in Connecticut were submitted to the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research for paleoethnobotanical analysis in order to examine both the maintenance of and changes in subsistence practices during the reservation period. Wood, nutshells and nutmeat, seeds, and other plant parts were among the thousands of botanical remains recovered. These plant remains came from a variety of ecozones, and may show evidence for...


Excavations At 29SJ627, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Volume I. The Architecture and Stratigraphy (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Marcia L. Truell.

Site 29SJ 627 is located on the west side of Chaco Canyon, directly opposite the Park's Visitor Center and just north of the Chaco and Fajada (Vicenti) wash confluence (Figures 1.1-1.3). The site is situated in the middle of an alluvial plain in an area referred to as Marcia's Rincon, bounded on the west by South Mesa and limited on the north and south by two, low, unnamed ridges (Figure 1.4). During the Chaco Project's 1974 and 1975 excavations, 25 rooms, portions of seven pit structures,...


Excavations at Four Archaic Sites in the Lower Ohio Valley, Jefferson County, Kentucky (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael B. Collins.

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