Historic Background Research (Investigation Type)

These are investigations of the past using written records and other documents. Evidence from the records are compared, judged for veracity, placed in chronological or topical sequence, and interpreted in light of preceding, contemporary, and subsequent events.

26-50 (6,883 Records)

1939 Felton Water Tower Historic Structure Report (1997)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward F. Heite. Louise B. Heite.

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.

1948 Stabilization photos of Compound A (1948)

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These images display the 1948 stabilization efforts on outer walls and buildings of Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are photographs of pre-stabilization, during stabilization and post stabilization. The photographs indicate the poor condition of structures prior to stabilization. The photographs also show the use and application of chicken wire to the structures.

1957 Gladwin, Harold Sterling, A History of the Ancient Southwest (1957)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Harold S. Gladwin.

This book regards the histories of the Southwest and its peoples from approximately 200 A.D. to 1450 A.D.

1960 Graffiti correspondence (1960)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natt Dodge.

This document is a memorandum from the Regional Archaeologist of Santa Fe to the Superintendent of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It regards the April 1876 historic graffiti of Sheldon Jackson located in the Great House. It mentions a biography of Mr. Jackson written by a Mrs. Dodge.

1966 Richert Compound B (1966)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roland Richert.

This document includes observations and recommendations from Roland Richert concerning the preservation of Compound B, a Hohokam compound site containing two platform mounds.

1968 Stabilization Record, Compound B, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (1968)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martin T. Mayer.

This report references the stabilization of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument done in April of 1967.

1971 Archaeological Investigations at Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma (1972)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kenneth E. Lewis.

The 1975 Excavation of Tijeras Pueblo (1977)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda S. Cordell.

The results of the 1971-1975 University of New Mexico's field school. The research undertook ceramic analysis and set out the goal of understanding when the initial utilization of the Tijeras Canyon began. Ultimately further survey is needed to confirm and expand on this and other theses presented.

1977 Architectual documentaiton of the Casa Grande Great House by David R. Wilcox and Lynette O. Shenk

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This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk for the National Park Service. These documents were prepared as a deliverable under P.O. no 810060035. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Shenk’s The Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.

1977 Architectural Documentation, Wilcox & Shenk, Great House East ext. (1977)