Town / City (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Settlements

Larger settlements with more dwellings and a wide variety of other kinds of structures. These settlements typically have internally organized infrastructure of streets or walkways and water and waste-disposal systems. Typically occupied for decades or centuries.

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3D Scanning and Documentation of Rockart Features on Petroglyph Trail at Chaco Culture National Historical Park
PROJECT Uploaded by: Angie Payne

In this project, the Leica C10 and Breuckmann SmartScanHE were used to document petroglyphs and the associated cliff face located on Petroglyph Trail between Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Leica Scanstation C10 scanner was used be to scan the lower cliff wall along the petroglyph trail (approximately 1 km long) at an average resolution of 0.5 – 3 cm. Moderate resolution data for the panels was also captured using a Leica C10 scanner at a resolution...


625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY
PROJECT Uploaded by: Justin DiVirgilio

Phase III data recovery at various contexts ranging from a 17th-c. trader's hut to 19th-c. industrial and commercial contexts at 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, in advance of the construction of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters. Topics covered in the analysis include 17th-c. colonial trade and contact, production of wampum, evidence of a city-wide fire in 1797, a dump of painted pearlware from about 1797, analysis of the early 19th-c. Albany Female Academy,...


Additional Figures and Maps for Connected Communities (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Peeples.

Geologic map of the greater Cibola region showing locations of sites sampled for INAA. Map of major sites mentioned in the text. Chronological schemes for the greater Cibola region. All figures pertain to: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ.


Aegina Ceramics: Photographs (2011)
IMAGE Matthew Boulanger. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

These images show the individual sherds from Aegina, Greece analyzed by neutron activation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Photographs were taken at LBNL and scanned by the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR. Individual files were named according to the official catalog numbers of each image assigned by the Graphic Arts Department at LBNL.


Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at  Ancient Gordion
PROJECT Uploaded by: Page Selinsky

This book publishes the results of 220 botanical samples from the 1993–2002 Gordion excavations directed by Mary Voigt. Together with Naomi Miller’s 2010 volume (Gordion Special Studies 5), this book completes the publication of botanical samples from Voigt’s excavations. The book aims to reconstruct agricultural decision making using archaeological and paleoenvironmental data from Gordion to describe environmental and agricultural changes at the site. Different political and economic systems...


An Analysis of a Prehistoric Skeletal Population, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico (1968)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert A. Benfer.

The Casas Grandes skeletal sample contains approximately 654 individuals. This excavated number represents one quarter or less of the probable total number of remains at the site. The collection arrived at The Physical Anthropology Laboratory of The University of Texas at Austin in 332 cardboard boxes. Many of the boxes were partitioned so that more than one individual was alloted to a box.


Andrews Air Force Base Environmental Assessment: Programmatic Evaluation of Proposed Building Demolitions (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The Environmental Assessment of the potential environmental consequences that could result from the planned demolition of several buildings at Andrews Air Force Base. This report contains a cultural component listing only potential impacts to cultural sites that can be properly mitigated by coordinating with the Maryland Historic Trust (MD SHPO).


Apalachicola Ecosystems Project Fauna
PROJECT Thomas Foster. Roger Brown. National Science Foundation.

This project presents the results of zooarchaeological analysis of faunal specimens recovered from two sites (1RU18 and 1RU27) excavated as part of a multidisciplinary NSF-funded Collaborative Research Project titled the “Apalachicola Ecosystems Project”, as well as a reanalysis of a zooarchaeological assemblage from the nearby site of Spanish Fort. The Apalachicola Ecosystems Project was co-directed by Thomas Foster, Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, and Roger Brown. The objectives of the...


Appendix 1 (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy.

Appendix 1, a text document, presents the structure of the combined artifact and provenience databases of 19 variables. Note that lot number and special deposit number are common to both the artifact and provenience databases.


Appendix 1.1: Furniture and Furniture Ornaments by Field Number, Object, Material, Location, Building (2011)
DATASET Maude de Schauensee.

Dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 1.1 includes over 300 furniture and furniture ornaments recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes five worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (HAS No., Object, Material, Location, Building).


APPENDIX 10: Reconstruction of Tikal Caches Excavated Prior to 1956 (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 10 is an incomplete draft of the reconstruction of Tikal caches excavated prior to 1956. It includes an inventory of all monuments known to have undergone excavation before 1956 and describes associated caches. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added text in brackets. Present-day usage substitutes the term “chert” for Coe’s “flint” and “prismatic blade” for A. V. Kidder’s “flake-blade.”


APPENDIX 11: Typology and Description of Flint and Obsidian Eccentrics and Incised Obsidians (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 11 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of flint and obsidian eccentrics and incised obsidians. Objects included here are either representational or symbolic, figural, and non-figural, and are organized in this typology in three categories: Eccentric Flints, Eccentric Obsidians, and Incised Obsidians. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added the texts in brackets. Present-day usage has substituted the...


APPENDIX 12: Typology and Description of Shell Charlie Chaplin Figurines (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 12 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of shell Charlie Chaplin figurines. These are anthropomorphic, small, usually of exteriorly worked Spondylus shell, with incising, notching, grooving and drilling the technical repertory. However, many are plain, that is, the human form is silhouetted. A total of 538 shell figurines exist in the Tikal collection. With very few exceptions (notably Burial 10) these occur in cached offerings. Shell figurines are an outstanding...


Appendix 14 (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy.

Appendix 14, presents all of the 246 figures referred to in TR. 27A. The figures listed in italics on the Figure list in the front matter of this volume are also printed in it, while the others appear only on the CD-ROM.


Appendix 2 (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy.

Appendix 2, a text document, provides the codes used for the artifact and provenience database variables.


Appendix 2.1: Catalogue of the Hasanlu IVB Textiles (2011)
DATASET Nancy Love.

Textile dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 2.1 includes data pertaining to 124 textile specimens recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file is organized by accession number, and includes columns with information on color, condition, description, dimensions, field number, material, negative number, and number of fragments.


Appendix 3 (2008)
DATASET Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 3, a text document derived from a relational database, gives the proveniences of all defined lots that produced material other than potsherds. This database is an updated version of Appendix C on the CD-ROM accompanying TR. 27B, and it includes proveniences of artifacts reported in that volume. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).


Appendix 3.1: Hasanlu IVB Textiles (2011)
DATASET Maude de Schaunsee.

Dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 3.1 includes data pertaining to 125 textile specimens recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes five worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (Location, Building, Level, Skeleton Number, and Description).


Appendix 4 (2008)
DATASET Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 4, a text document derived from a relational database, gives the proveniences of all lots defined as special deposits, that is, burials, caches, and problematical deposits. This database is an updated version of Appendix D on the CD-ROM accompanying TR. 27B, and it includes proveniences of artifacts reported in that volume. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).


Appendix 5 (2008)
DATASET Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 5, a text document derived from a relational database, lists all of the artifacts reported in TR. 27A ordered by catalogue number. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).


Appendix 6 (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hattula Moholy-Nagy. William R. Coe.

Appendix 6, PDF versions of excel spreadsheets, consists of tables generated from Appendix 5, which summarize artifact traits, proveniences, and dates for artifact types and varieties. These tables should be regarded as a sample of the informative associations that the reader can make. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).


Appendix 6.1: Database of Arrowheads from Hasanlu IVB (2011)
DATASET Christopher Thornton.

Arrowhead dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 6.1 includes data for over 300 arrowheads recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes four worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (HAS No., Type, Material, Context).


Appendix 6.2: Database of Spearheads from Hasanlu IVB (2011)
DATASET Christopher Thornton.

Dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 1.1 includes over 300 spearheads recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes four worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (HAS No., Type, Material, Context).


Appendix 6.3: Database of Swords/Daggers from Hasanlu IVB (2011)
DATASET Christopher Thornton.

Dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 6.3 includes over 70 swords and daggers recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes three worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (HAS No., Hilt Type, and Context).


Appendix 6.4: Concordance of Artifacts (2011)
DATASET Christopher Thornton.

Dataset from Hasanlu Special Studies IV Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Appendix 6.3 records HAS No., Location, and Object type for over 600 daggers, swords, arrowheads, and spearheads recovered from excavations at the Iron Age mounded settlement of Hasanlu, Iran. The attached Excel file includes two worksheets, each ordering the data based on a different column heading (HAS No., Location).