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.

401-425 (6,892 Records)

Archaeological Monitoring Plan: Archaeological Monitoring and Sampling, Bellows OU7 UST Removal Project Interim Remedial Action, Phase I Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Ko`olaupoko District, O`ahu Hawai`i (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text H. David Tuggle. J. Stephen Athens.

At the request of the Pacific Ocean Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc. (IARII) has prepared an Archaeological Monitoring Plan (AMP) for archaeological monitoring and sampling related to proposed actions for underground storage tank (UST) and pipeline removal at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS), O'ahu to take place in the nine areas shown in Figure I. The AMP is prepared according to the requirements and specifications of (I) the...


Archaeological Monitoring Report for a City of Phoenix Waterline Improvement Project in an Area Bounded by 17th Avenue, Maricopa County, Arizona (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Heilman.

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring programs implemented for a City of Phoenix (COP) water line improvement project (COP Cost Center No. WS85500270). Through B & F Contracting, the COP Street Transportation Department installed water mains, fire hydrants, and residential water laterals. Archaeological monitoring failed to uncover any prehistoric or historic remains. No further archaeological investigation is recommended.


Archaeological Monitoring Report, Hanover Lake Dam Restoration Project, Fort Dix, Burlington County, NJ (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kise Straw & Kolodner, Inc..

This report documents the results of archaeological monitoring activities conducted between October 2004 and March 2005 at Hanover Lake Dam, located within the boundaries of the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Dix (USATCFD), Burlington County, New Jersey. Hanover Lake Dam is also the location of an archaeological site known as the Hanover Furnace Complex (28BU512), which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service 1974). A base initiative to restore the dam and...


Archaeological Monitoring within AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/the Dennis Addition, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted for the installation of granite ground cover within the boundaries of NRHP-eligible site AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and recommended NRHP-eligible AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/ the Dennis Addition in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource...


Archaeological Monitoring within AZ U:9:67 (ASM)/La Lomita, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations to expose a water meter connection in eastern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with AZ U:9:67 (ASM)/La Lomita. For this...


Archaeological Monitoring Within the Area Bounded by 12th Street for the Replacement of a Water Main and Fire Hydrants, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner. Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in an August 20, 2008 Archaeological Assessment. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that the eastern edge of the project area located in an area that has been disturbed by prior utility installations. Several prehistoric canals have been previously recorded within the project area. In addition, segments of the Maricopa Canal and the South Branch of the Maricopa Canal are located along the northeastern and southern...


Archaeological Monitoring within the Area Bounded by 7th Avenue for a Water Main Replacement and Fire Hydrant Installation Project in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in a November 27, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that AZ T:12:142 (ASM) / Canal Laveen, a prehistoric canal, crosses through the southern portion of the project area. Site number AZ T:12:145 (ASM) was applied to two exposed areas of a prehistoric canal that may or may not represent Canal Laveen within the project area (Hackbarth 2000). In addition, AZ T:12:387 (ASM) / Punta de Ambar, an...


Archaeological Monitoring Within the Area by Broadway Road for a Water Main Replacement and Fire Hydrant Installation Project in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the APE and provided recommendations in a November 28, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that historic Salt River Project Lateral 6.0, a segment of the San Francisco Canal, is located within the eastern half of the APE. A historic structure, the Progressive Builders Association building (listed on the City of Phoenix Historic Property Register), is adjacent to the southwestern corner of the APE. In addition, prehistoric canals cross the APE,...


Archaeological Monitoring within the Fowler Ruin, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Cox. Cassandra J. Albush. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix (City) Street Transportation Department made improvements, including new storm drains [up to 1.5 meters (m) (5 feet) in diameter], catch basins, paving, and landscaping. In October 2007, the City Archaeology Section assessed the proposed project and documented that the eastern part of the project area overlapped the mapped location of the archaeological site known as the Fowler Ruin. That site was recorded more than a century ago and has been described as a Hohokam village...


Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for PIN 1805.81, Construction Monitoring, Lake Champlain Bridge Replacement, Crown Point, Essex County, New York (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christina Rieth. Aaron Gore.

In 2010, New York State Department of Transportation requested a monitoring plan for areas where deposits associated with the prehistoric and historic occupation of the property may be encountered within the PIN 1805.81 project area. previous investigations indicated it is likely that the depth of these deposits may range from a few centimeters below ground surface to a meter or more depending upon the topographic conditions and historic occupation of the area. The archaeological monitoring and...


Archaeological Overview and Assessment of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem, Massachusetts (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. N. Leith Smith. Jack Gary. Gregory Dubell. George Schwartz. Starla Lane.

The Salem Maritime National Historical Site was created in 1937 to commemorate the maritime history of the early American nation. Salem played a primary role in the American international maritime trade from the colonial period to the mid nineteenth century, and it is this legacy that the park seeks to interpret and preserve. The site today encompasses nearly nine acres bordering on the Salem waterfront that contain a variety of historic structures, including seventeenth- through...


Archaeological Overview and Assessment, Bunker Hill Monument: Charlestown, Massachusetts (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen Heitert.

PAL completed an Archaeological Overview and Assessment (AOA) of the Bunker Hill Monument located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The project methodology included primary and secondary-source archival research; a walkover survey of the park; pre- and post-contact cultural context development; the summary and critical evaluation of previous archeological surveys, geotechnical studies, and artifact assemblages; and the development of recommendations for future research and National Register...


Archaeological Overview of San Sabastain Village, Imperial County, California (4-IMP-1141) (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jay von Werlhof.

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.


An archaeological overview of the Tombigbee River Basin, Alabama and Mississippi (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Eugene M. Futato. Alabama State Museum of Natural History Division of Archaeology.. United States Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District..

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.


Archaeological Phase I and Phase II Data Recovery at Portions of AZ U:10:60 (ASM)-The In-Between Site-Williams Gateway Airport, Maricopa County, Arizona (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster.

Under contract to the Williams Gateway Airport Authority, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted Phase I and Phase II data recovery at AZ U:10:60(ASM)—the In-Between Site. The site is thought to represent a plant food procurement and process locus on the Queen Creek Delta. AZ U:10:60 (ASM) has been the subject of extensive archaeological testing and data recovery. A total of 4440 m of trenches have been excavated at the site resulting in the identification of 13 features, including 2 possible...


Archaeological Reconnaissance of Aubrey Reservoir (1973)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Britt Bousman. Linda Verrett.

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.


An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Selected Areas on Yap, Western Caroline Islands (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John L. Craib. Samuel T. Price.

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An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the 1800 Acre Partin-Bennett Project, San Marcos, California (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian Smith.

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An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Beach and Marine Terraces of the King Range National Conservation Area, Humboldt County, California (BLM) (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Fredrickson.

An archaeological reconnaissance survey to identify fragile or endangered sites on the coast in the King Range Conservation Area in Southern Humboldt County, California.


Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Salt Plains Areas of Northwestern Oklahoma (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Reid Ferring. Others.

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.


Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey and Management Plan of Fort McAllister State Historic Park, Bryan County, Georgia (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel T. Elliott.

In early 1999 Southern Research completed an archaeological resources reconnaissance survey of the Fort McAllister State Historic Site for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This examination of approximately 1700 acres, which is located in rural Bryan County, Georgia on a series of marsh islands in the Ogeechee River delta, identified seven archaeological sites and one isolated find. One of these sites, 9Bn27 (Fort McAllister), is presently listed in the National Register of...


Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey and Management Plan of Fort McAllister State Historic Park, Bryan County, Georgia (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel T. Elliott.

In early 1999 Southern Research completed an archaeological resources reconnaissance survey of the Fort McAllister State Historic Site for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. This examination of approximately 1700 acres, which is located in rural Bryan County, Georgia on a series of marsh islands in the Ogeechee River delta, identified seven archaeological sites and one isolated find. One of these sites, 9Bn27 (Fort McAllister), is presently listed in the National Register of Historic...


Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey and Soils Inspection of Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha K. King. Edna Feighner. Duncan Ritchie.

In November 1991, The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., under contract with The Benham Group, Inc., conducted a historic and prehistoric archaeological reconnaissance survey and soils inspection of Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts. The reconnaissance survey included extensive background research, walkover survey, and limited subsurface testing. The major goal of this effort was to locate areas of intact soils and assess their potential for containing...


Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of Ngardmau State, Republic of Palau (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Vincent Blaiyok. Thomas Techur. Jeff Blaiyok.

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Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of Pikes Peak State Park (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only R. Clark Mallam. E. A. III Bettis. Robert Peterson.

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