Historic (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

Archeological testing and mitigation was performed on the Old Commissary, HS 5, at Fort Lamed National Historic Site in partial compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as amended. The structure, built in 1866 and the oldest original structure at the fort, requires extensive foundation and stabilization work to preserve its condition (Figure I). Archeological field work was carried out between July 11 and 17 by Douglas Scott, Melissa Baier, and Thomas Thiessen. Fort...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

Archival and archeological research was conducted in support of the planned rebuilding of Route 10, the tour road, from Last Stand Hill to the Reno–Benteen defense site parking lot at Little Bighorn Battle-field National Monument. Archival research in the National Archives and at the park provided back-ground information on the nature and extent of road construction by the U. S. Army in the mid-1930s that now constitutes the tour road right-of-way. Close-order metal detecting in a corridor 20...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay Sturdevant.

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction Period, African-Americans struggled to find equal opportunity in the southern states. As a result of the Homestead Act of 1862 and continuing racial oppression, African-Americans began migrating westward during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in search of new economic and social opportunities. The “Exoduster” migration into Kansas and Nebraska caused a significant ethnic transformation that is still evident to the present day. This report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt.

This document focuses on the excavation of a backhoe trench (Figures 1 and 2) from July 22 through August 6, 1996 at Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC). The purpose of this trench was to allow subsurface installation of a IO-in waterline, the first step in the eventual installation of a fire suppression system in all FOSC buildings. Monitoring followed the construction crew's work schedule, which utilized a work week of four lO-hour days followed by a three-day weekend. Because of FOSC's...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eva J. Harris. James M. Wojtala. John A. Turner. Leslie McFaden. R. Christopher Goodwin.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Carol J. Poplin. R. Christopher Goodwin.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Stadler.

From April 1997 to January 1998 trenchlng for the installation of a fire suppression system was undertaken at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas. The excavations were monitored to determine if cultural features or artifacts were located in the areas of disturbance. Monitoring revealed historic features and artifacts relating to the military and post-military hlstory of the fort.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce A. Jones.

This archaeological overview and assessment for Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve describes the multiple episodes of archeologocial research that have occurred in the Flint Hills region, and documents the presence of archeological materials reflecting 12,000 years of American Indian occupation and use of the lands around the preserve. Paleoindian and Archaic remains in this portion of the Great Plains are relatively few in number, and may reflect the effects of intensive Altithermal-age...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

This archeological overview and assessment for Wilson's Creek national Battlefield describes the multiple episodes of archeological investigation that have occurred in the park since the 1960s. The report discusses the 50 recorded archeological sites in the park and their relation to the over 8,000 years of documented human use and occupation of the park lands. The assessment discusses what is known about the park's archeological resources, but makes particular note that the main archeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John R. Bozell.

This document provides an archeological overview and assessment of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Sioux County, Nebraska. The study was completed under the terms of a purchase order and scope-of-work issued by the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service in Lincoln, Nebraska. Archeological investigations began at the park in the 1960s and have continued through the present. All fee title land within the park has been examined on at least one occasion by professional...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roger E. Coleman. Douglas D. Scott.

This overview and assessment revises the 1990 parkwide assessment of archeological resources at Fort Smith National Historic Site. An archeological assessment is a document that describes the extent of previous archeological investigations in a park and provides substantive data for park planning needs. The document serves as a source of information for production of cultural resource management proposals, land acquisition, and park development, interpretation, and maintenance activities.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert K. Nickel.

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Vincennes, Indiana, contains the archeological remnants of Fort Sackville and probably all or portions of the eighteenth-century French post established by Francois-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, as well as small portions of the adjacent civilian community. The significant remains date from 1733 to 1780. During the 1930s, state and federal groups collaborated on the construction of the George Rogers Clark Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Bridge...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John R. Bozell.

This document provides an archeological overview and assessment of Homestead National Monument of America in Gage County, Nebraska. The study was completed under the terms of a purchase order and scope-of-work issued by the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service in Lincoln, Nebraska. Archeological investigations began at the park in the late 1940s and have continued through the present. All fee title land within the park has been examined on at least one occasion...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dawn Bringelson. Jay Sturdevant.

The Indiana Dunes area along the southern Lake Michigan shore holds a unique and unsurpassed set of natural resources. The exceptional nature of this area’s topography and resulting biological diversity attracted the attention of scientific and conservation communities by the turn of the 20th century. This appreciation, coupled with severe and ongoing impact by industry to the southern Lake Michigan dunes, sparked activism that ultimately contributed to the formation of Indiana Dunes National...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan J. Osborn.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site is located in urban Springfield, Illinois. It preserves the residence of the Abraham Lincoln family before the Civil War, as well as several other residences dating to the mid-19th century. A number of property lots within the park also formerly contained mid-19th century houses and ancillary buildings. Lincoln’s residence and nearby properties have been the subject of intermittent archeological investigation since 1951. This archeological overview and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred A. Finney.

This document presents an archeological overview and assessment for the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (HEHO), Cedar County, Iowa. Specific report sections review and describe the local and regional environment, past archeological investigations, known archeological resources and repositories, primary and secondary data sources, reviews the park's archeological database, and concludes with a series of management recommendations for future archeological research. HEHO is located in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Gardner. James L. Nolan. Edward Otter. Joel I. Klein.

This archeological overview and management plan provides a tool which can be used by DARCOM and decision makers at the Harry Diamond Laboratories - Blossom Point Test Site to assist in complying with regulations and procedures relating to historic preservation (Technical Manual 5-801-1, Technical Note No. 78-17, Resource Management; 32 CFR 650.181-850.193; Army Regulation 420-40; Army Regulation 200-1; Army Regulation 200-2; 36 CFR 800). This document summarizes data relating to the area's...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Parsons Engineering Science.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Parsons Engineering Science.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Parsons Engineering Science.

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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Basin Project.

This is the tenth in a series of annual reports summarizing current field activities within the Missouri River Basin. Twenty-two field parties, representing one federal and five state agencies, participated in the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program within the Missouri Basin during the summer of 1965. Thirteen parties were fielded by the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution, nine of which worked within the Garrison, Oahe, Big Bend, Fort Randall and Gavins Point...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Smithsonian Institute, Missouri River Project.

This is the eleventh in a series of annual reports summarizing current field activities within the Missouri River Basin under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program. Twelve field parties, representing one federal and four state agencies, participated in the Missouri Basin program during the summer of 1966. Seven parties were fielded by the River Basin Surveys of the Smithsonian Institution, four of which operated along the mainstem in the Upper Oahe and Big Bend...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Smithsonian Institution. Missouri Basin Project.

The 1957 summer field season began the twelfth year of continuous operation of the Missouri Basin Project and of the Inter-Agency Archeological and Paleontological Salvage Program. The first eleven years have been outstandingly productive despite several setbacks. The twelfth year began with an even more encouraging prospect than many of the previous years. The areas within the Missouri Basin that have been or soon will be lost forever to scientific archeological investigation due to dam...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Basin Project, Lincoln, NE.

The primary purpose of these informal reports is to outline the current work in the Missouri Basin and discuss some of the general problems involved. Response to such reports in the past has been encouraging and helpful, even aiding in the settling of some future policies. We hope we will, with this report, continue to receive response and constructive criticisms that will assist in getting the most out of the Salvage Program. This is one of the most crucial periods in the entire Inter-Agency...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Smithsonian Institute, Missouri Basin Project, Lincoln, NE.

This is a brief summary of field work and a preliminary statement of results for the seventeenth consecutive summer field season of the Missouri Basin Project. In the past this progress report has elicited many constructive comments. We hope that it will continue to do so - but there is also an additional purpose. As the result of a number of circumstances, excavation has far out-shipped the publication of results. Of course, such a lag is often inevitable, however as a stop-gap, this summary is...