20th Century (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Adrian T. Myers.

A planned 30 km long paved path connecting the towns of Tofino and Ucluelet through Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, prompted an opportunity for an archaeological assessment of a cross section of this coastal Canadian National Park. The survey recorded over 25 historic sites that together illustrate a multi-layered past of historic settlement and use of the area which included homesteading, mining, logging, Second World War and Cold War...

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Under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Reclamation, the New Waddell Dam Borrow Areas Mitigative Data Recovery Project, more simply known as the Waddell Project, performed data recovery at 17 sites in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant, Arizona. Supplemental surveys conducted under the same contract added two sites to the inventory slated for investigation. The project area, composed of multiple survey areas, was spread across two drainages, the Agua Fria and New River, in what is considered the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jacob R. Edwards. Tamra Walter.

In 2012, Texas Tech University conducted archaeological excavations at Peaceable Kingdom Farm, in Washington, Texas.  The 300-acre property was part of land owned in 1824 by one of Stephen F. Austin’s 300 original colonists, William S. Brown. Later the property was sold to John D. McAdoo, a Texas Supreme Court justice who operated a plantation here in the 1850s. After emancipation, tenant farmers occupied the property and in the 1960s and 70s the property served as a Hippie colony known as...

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Archaeological investigations associated with the Shade Tree Tract, also known as Cane Slash Plantation on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.

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This is an Arizona Site Steward file for The Shaman Intaglio, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site consists of a prehistoric shaman intaglio, cleared areas, and lithic scatter, as well as historic glass and metal artifact scatter and possible stone structural foundations. The file consists of a site data form.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul R. Mullins. Timo Ylimaunu.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“And in his needy shop a tortoise hung”: Construction Of Retail Environments And The Agency Of Retailers In Historical Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Ku Klux Klan is best-known for theatrical public events and subterranean violence, but in the 1920’s it was Indianapolis, Indiana’s most popular social organization, and it aspired to be viewed as a prosaic feature of everyday social life....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Elizabeth J. Cole.

Correspondence from the Maryland Historical Trust offering their recommendations on Argonne National Laboratory's 1994 draft report, "An Archaeological and Historic Resources Inventory at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland."

DOCUMENT Citation Only Adrian T. Myers.

Hotel Ware is a highly durable, vitrified ceramic tableware introduced by American potters in the late nineteenth century. The ware became tremendously popular in the first half of the twentieth century, with production peaks in the late 1920s and again in the late 1940s. Hotel Ware was prized for its toughness and cost-effectiveness, and was the ware of choice in nearly every commercial and institutional setting of that period. Excavations at trash middens at the site of Riding Mountain Prison...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Louise Akerson.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

Site form for Site 3PU0420. Site 3PU0420 is a historic site found on a raised terrace in a grassy pasture. This site appears to be severely disturbed by bulldozing, which probably occurred during the construction of Little Rock Air Force Base in 1954. Given this fact, 3PU0420 is not eligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for Site 3PU0421. Site 3PU0421 is the remnants of a historic structure found on the northern periphery of a terrace in a horse pasture in the east central part of Little Rock Air Force Base. The remnants of this structure consists of large, dressed sandstone slabs, which are up to 90 cm in length, found in bulldozed piles. Because of the disturbance to the site it is ineligible for inclusion to the NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for Site 3PU0425. Site 3PU425 is a possible historic homestead found on top of a ridge top/terrace. The site may date to the 1930s and 1950s. Four features were observed at the site. Due to extensive disturbance it is considered ineligible for inclusion to the NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for Site 3PU0429. Site 3PU0429 is located on the southeastern bench of a knob, just below the crest. The site appears to be a historic homestead, probably dating back to the 1930s to the 1940s. Considering the limited integrity and artifact density of the site it is ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0431. Site 3PU0431 consists of several structural remnants and is thought to date late in the historic period. No function could be determined for the site, which appears to have suffered from extensive disturbance, with only an estimated 10% remaining intact. Therefore, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0433. Site 3PU0433 appears to be a site dating to late in the Historic period, late 19th/20th centuries. The site area appears to have been clear cut in the past. Any standing structures were razed, with only a few rubble piles of sandstone remaining. In view of the extensive bulldozing identified at the site, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0435. Site 3PU0435 is a historic site, probably a residence which may date to the 1930s. The site is highly disturbed, with many dozer piles containing sandstone slabs and cobbles and bulldozer scars and has only an estimated 3-5% contextual integrity. Due to high degree of disturbance observed at the site, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0439. Site 3PU0439 is a historic site, probably occupied during 1930s to 1950s. The remnants of two structures were found at the site. The area has been clear cut in the past, and site integrity is estimated at 10% or less. In view of the limited integrity and the fact that the site does not appear to be particularly old or unique, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0443. Site 3PU0443 is a Historic site of unknown function dating to the 1940s or 1950s. Site integrity is estimated at 10% or less. There are two foundation, a small trash pile, a metal spring from a mattress, and a refuse pile of lumber and plywood. There is also some evidence of bulldozing in the area, such as small piles of soil and debris. Due to the extensive disturbance noted at site 3PU0443, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

Site Form for 3PU0444. Site 3PU0444 appears to be a 1940s to 1950s farmstead, probably associated with either the 1945 Ordnance Plant or the town of Taneyville. It consists of six features as well as an intact set of cement steps and a moderately dense subsurface artifact scatter. Unfortunately, the late occupation of the site and the disturbance noted are considered to make it ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0445. Site 3PU0445 appears to be a historic residence or homestead estimated occupation in the 1940s and 1950s. The site appears to have been leveled with heavy machinery and, considering the melted glass and burned sandstone, was also burned. In view of the extensive disturbance noted at the site and the late date of occupation, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0446. Site 3PU0446 appears to be a residential site, probably dating to the 1940s or 1950s. The structure has been highly impacted, as it appears to have been leveled by heavy machinery and the rubble removed, leaving the site with an estimated 3-5% contextual integrity. Given the extremely limited contextual integrity and the apparent late date of occupation, the site is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and nor further work is required.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0447. Site 3PU0447 is a historic site dating from the 1940s to 1950s. The site area appears to have been clear cut, which may have promoted erosion and thus explaining the lack of soils at the site. The site consists of a rock-lined pathway, a badly collapsed depression, and a surface scatter of artifacts. Overall site integrity is estimated to be 2 to 5 percent. In view of the lack of contextual integrity and the late period of the site, it is considered to be ineligible for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0448. Site 3PU0448 has multiple structures and may be multifunction, probably dating to the 1940s or 1950s. The site area appears to have been clear cut at some time and then kept clear. All structures have been leveled to ground level and mostly removed. These disturbances appear to have left the site at most 10 percent contextual integrity. The site may be part of Toneyville. Given the extensive disturbance noted at the site and presumed late date of occupation, it is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0449. Site 3PU0449 appears to have been occupied late in the historic period and may not be of an age to make it eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. The remnants of two structures were found, along with a moderately dense surface scatter of trash. There is a lot of evidence for bulldozing in the area, leaving the site with only 5-10% contextual integrity. In view of the high degree of disturbance at the site and its apparent late date of occupation, it is considered to be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

Site form for 3PU0450. Site 3PU0450 historic site which appears to date between 1920 and 1954. There is a low density artifact scatter at the site, mainly on the surface, with ca. 90% of the artifacts found in an old road bed that is oriented north-south. This road is still in use. There is also a reported cemetery at the site, but there was no surface indication and the names and dates of individuals interred is unknown. The site has been heavily impacted by bulldozing, and appears to have been...