Water-Related (Site Type Keyword)

The locations and/or archaeological remains of ships, boats, or other vessels, or the facilities related to shipping or sailing.

451-475 (770 Records)

The new gold discoveries on the Isthmus of Panama (1859)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Fessenden Otis.

This 1859 newspaper article briefly describes the then new findings in Chiriqui. It concentrates on the gold figurines and artifacts presumably looted from graves.


New route through Chiriqui (1861)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Meagher.

Public Domain Article: Chronicles his first hand account of an expedition to Chiriqui in the 1850's (spans almost the entire decade). This magazine article provides a good first hand account, more as an ethnohistorical piece, in a fantastical adventuristic tone.


New Underwater Excavating System for the Archaeologist (1968)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carl J. Clausen.

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.


New-Granada: The Chiriqui Diggings Completed (1859)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This newspaper clipping from 1859 briefly describes what was found in Chiriqui and the estimated dollar amount.


Newspaper Articles - Geologic and Archaeological Evidence for Climate Change
DOCUMENT Full-Text [NFM] Various.

General references concerning how climate change has effected sea levels, coasts, and marine life.


Nominating Historic Vessels and Shipwrecks to the National Register of Historic Places (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James P. Delgado. National Park Service Maritime Task Force.

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.


North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO)
PROJECT CUNY Northern Science and Education Center. Thomas McGovern.

This project file contains NABO publications. NABO was founded over 20 years ago to attempt to cross-cut national and disciplinary boundaries and to help North Atlantic scholars make the most of the immense research potential of our damp and lovely research area. NABO has worked to aid in improving basic data comparability, in assisting practical fieldwork and interdisciplinary ventures, in promoting student training, and in better communicating our findings to other scholars, funding...


Note on Stone Celts, From Chiriqui. (1863)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Blake.

This article describes the five stone "celts" that were submitted to Charles Blake in 1860 from the collections of antiquarian objects from Chiriqui. These objects were obtained from the graves in the area. These "celts' exhibit what the author calls a "well-known" scalpriform sharpening. Four of the celts are composed of "porphyritic" stone and the fifth celt is made of "indurated" clay.


Note on the Aboriginal Races of the North-Western Provinces of South America (1884)
DOCUMENT Full-Text R White.

This 1884 article by White refers to a strip of country about 600 miles in length and 250 miles in width on the west of the pacific ocean. The author describes his interpretation of the cultures and provides regional/locational differences. He also describes past and present burial rituals and techniques.


Note on the Archaeology of Chiriqui (1913)
DOCUMENT Full-Text George MacCurdy.

This brief 1913 article argues that the "...faunal environment of a given region is apt to be reflected in its primitive art, especially when the art is primarily of local origin." The region of interest is Chiriqui Panama. The author, George MacCurdy, describes the animal forms of the ceramic art found in the region to illustrate his argument.


Note sur les sepultares indiennes du department de Chiriquí, Panamá (1866)
DOCUMENT Full-Text A. De Zeltner.

This article is in Spanish and describes the tombs in Chiriqui, Panama


Notes on an Archaeological Tour of the Scheible Property (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Garry Wheeler Stone.

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.


OAHP Inventory, Building 6213 Reservoir, Camp Bullis, Texas (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

An inventory form by the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for Building 6213 at Camp Bullis, Texas. The structure was built in 1931 as a reservoir.


OAHP Inventory, Building 6218 Water Pumping Station, Camp Bullis, Texas (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

An inventory form by the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for Building 6218 at Camp Bullis, Texas. The structure was built in 1953 as a potable water pumping station.


Of Sailing Ships and Sidewheelers: the History and Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin Crisman.

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.


Operation Lodestone: A Marine Archaeological Exploration Off Cape Canaveral and the Florida Keys Utilizing the Varian M-49A Proton Magnetometer to Determine the Locations of Early Shipwrecks (1962)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles B. Harnett.

This report describes a marine archaeological project to locate certain of these wrecks in the above-mentioned areas and the information obtained from that survey.A proton magnetometer was employed in the survey to detect ferrous masses that would be present in the sunken remains of old shipwrecks. Operation Lodestone resulted in the discovery of one modern wreck, the possible discovery of some five early wreck sites, and the examination of the remains of a known early wreck, from which...


Oral Traditions and the Archaeological Record of a Wabanaki Maritime Society (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brettan L. Deweese.

This thesis examines prehistoric watercraft documented in the region now inhabited by the Wabanaki, an indigenous maritime society living in New England and the Canadian Maritimes, from archaeological and oral traditions perspectives. Archaeological research has been slow to accept oral traditions as valid, independent sources of evidence. The paucity of prehistoric watercraft and associated tool kits in this study requires exploring Wabanaki prehistory through alternative sources. I gathered...


Ossabaw Island
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Black

Ossabaw Island State Land Files


Ossabaw Island: Monitoring Bluff Erosion at the Newell Creek Site, 2002 - 2005 (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

DNR Archaeologists returned to 9CH155 on July 25, 2002 to monitor grading for a barge landing. Grading was done within the area previously marked by DNR archaeologists after close-interval shovel testing indicated that the specified area had low potential for encountering undisturbed cultural deposits. Due to the known presence of features, including burials, elsewhere on the site, a decision was made to have archaeologists present during grading...


Oversized Materials Spreadsheet, Archaeological Survey of East Lynn Reservoir 1964-1965 (2019)
DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

This is the oversized material spreadsheet for the Archaeological Survey of East Lynn Reservoir 1964-1965 collection.


P.C. in the PIII: Ceremonial Racing as an Integrative Stategy in the PIII-PIV Communities of Central Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Hoski Schaafsma. Katherine A. Spielmann.

Throughout the Southwestern United States and Mesoamerica, prehistoric people used running and racing as a means of religious expression, personal sacrifice and community cohesion. In such context, the physical location of racing was often unimportant and constructed facilities were relatively rare. In the Perry Mesa region of Central Arizona, however, manufactured “racetracks” were highly formalized and represent the only form of communal architecture in this area. We studied these features...


The Pacific Coast: Arrival of the Northern Light: Four Days from the Isthmus of Panama: The Chiriqui Gold Fever: Rush of the Population for the Indian Burial-Places: Two Weeks Later From South America (1859)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This August 12, 1989 newspaper article covers the Chiriqui Gold Fields and the intense excitement that created a rush of gold hunters to Panama. It also covers news from Puru, South America, and Chilli.


PALYNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT MV1936 (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda J. Scott.

During the archaeological inventory of Mesa Verde National Park by the University of Colorado a possible reservoir was designated MV 1936. The physical location of the "reservoir" on Navajo Mesa caused some speculation as to the function of the site, as it did not appear that much water could be collected naturally by the "reservoir", so test excavation was undertaken to clarify the situation.


Panama_Hydro Shapefile (2010)
GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...


Pato Pueblo Agave Data, with Means and Medians (2016)
DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Measurements taken from agave plants at Pueblo Pato, Perry Mesa.