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Wood from a shingle on the top 15 feet and spire of the Second Meeting House was identified as part of a major conservation effort of the Burying Ground of The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. Several of the shingles from the steeple need to be replaced. The wood was identified so that replacement shingles can be constructed from the same type of wood as the original.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED WHALING SHIPWRECK SITE NEAR THE PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL, NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (2005)
Wood samples were recovered from an unidentified whaling shipwreck site near the Pearl and Hermes Atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Samples are believed to represent the keel and garboard strake of the site where wood was buried beneath approximately five inches of sand. Wood samples were submitted for identification.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE CITY CEMETERY SITE, LOS ANGELES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL #9, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (2010)
A total of 25 wood samples from the fill of 18 features at the City Cemetery Site in Los Angeles County, California, were submitted for identification to provide information concerning types of wood used as coffin wood for the interments represented by these features. AECOM encountered the features during mitigation activities related to the construction of Los Angeles Central High School #9. This cemetery served as the official city cemetery for the city of Los Angeles between 1850-1890....
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE CLARKSBURG FERRY, CLARKSBURG, CALIFORNIA (2010)
Nine fragments of wood from various portions of the Clarksburg Ferry were submitted for identification. This ferry is the second ferry that operated at Clarksburg, California, across the Sacramento River. The second ferry is noted to have been built in 1920 and was in operation until it sank in 1928. Fragments of wood were recovered from the floor, outer hull plank, longitudinal bulkhead, chine clamp, futtock, end/transverse chine log, lower deck planking, and upper deck sheathing of the ferry.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE HEADWORKS CAMP SITE, 24DW447, MONTANA (2011)
Three wood samples from the Headworks Camp site, 24DW447, were submitted for identification. This site was a historic work camp used by workers of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation project in the early 1900s. Samples were submitted from a board or cut piece of lumber found beneath the floor of the camp Mess House, from a wooden wall that lined a cellar, and from the general area of a former stable location.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE JOHN YOUNG HOMESTEAD SITE, HAWAII (2005)
Pieces of wood from an in situ threshold at the John Young Homestead Site, Hawaii, were submitted for identification. John Young was a British sailor who was stranded in Hawaii in 1790. Young became King Kamehameha's military advisor and trading agent, and was made governor of the island from 1802 to 1812. The threshold is within the entrance located in the western wall of the main residence. The John Young residence and several features on the site were constructed in 1798, and might have...
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE NOSTRUM SPRINGS STAGE STATION (48HO375) AT RED CANYON RANCH, WYOMING (2010)
The Nostrum Springs Stage Station, located on the Red Canyon Ranch near Thermopolis, Wyoming, is designated part of site 48HO375. This stage station was built by the Nostrum family sometime after 1897 and serviced the stage line between Ft. Washakie on the Wind River Indian Reservation and the town of Thermopolis. The stage line operated until 1927, when a railroad went through Red Canyon. The wooden structure of the stage station was exposed by clearing vegetation in the summer of 2010. Wood...
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE SALMON RIVER ESTUARY, OREGON (2011)
A single wood sample from an area believed to be the possible site of the Three Rox shipwreck was submitted for identification. This site is located in the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon. The wood is speculated to be part of an ancient shipwreck. “Amateur British historian Bob Ward has hypothesized the vessel is a Spanish Barque, pirated by Francis Drake on his famous voyage while in Costa Rica, and piloted by Rodrego Tello” (Kutsch 2011).
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE WRECK OF A STEAMBOAT, POSSIBLY THE NORTH ALABAMA, IN THE MISSOURI RIVER (2005)
Fourteen wood samples were submitted for identification from a steamboat that wrecked and sank in the Missouri River between Vermillion and Yankton, South Dakota (site 25CD82). This steamboat is believed to be the North Alabama, which sunk on October 27, 1870. Wood samples were identified to determine types of lumber used in construction of the steamboat.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM TWO COFFINS FROM THE EARLY FORT BOISE MILITARY CEMETERY, IDAHO (1997)
Two samples of wood from coffins were sent for identification. These coffins appear to be from the early Fort Boise military cemetery in Boise, Idaho, used between 1865 and 1890. These coffins represent both a simple rectangular box and the more "traditional" tapered form.
Illinois Archaeological Site Forms from the 1992 Archaeological Assessment of Scott Air Force Base (1992)
Site forms for sites found during the 1992 archaeological assessment of Scott Air Force Base.
Illinois Historic American Building Survey, Facility 58 and Facility 59, Scott Field Historic District, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (1997)
Historic American Building Surveys (HABS) of Facility 58 and Facility 59, two contributing buildings in the Scott Field Historic District at Scott Air Force Base.
Illinois Historic American Buildings Survey Building 45 (Former Building 13/Central Heating Plant) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (2006)
Illinois Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) for Building 45 on Scott Air Force Base.
An Illustrated History of Scott Air Force Base, 1917-1987 (1987)
As Scott Air Force Base begins its 70th year, it is fitting that a history honors its achievements. In addition to commemorating Scott Air Force Base, another intent was to write an official history based upon original source materials which would eliminate long-standing discrepancies or provide at the very least the interested reader with a primary reference source.
Images, Exterior Door Post Chapel Building 102, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1992)
Two color photographs of the exterior doors of the Post Chapel, Building 102, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Images, Medal of Honor Memorial, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (2010)
The memorial wall at Randolph Air Force Base commemorating Randolph's Medal of Honor recipients from the Korean War (1950-1953) and Vietnam War (1964-1975). Photographs include images of the memorial's walls and plaques.
Impacts to Historic Properties in Drawdown Zones at Corps of Engineers Reservoirs (1996)
This report deals with the nature and occurrence of impacts to historic properties along the shorelines and in the drawdown zones of Corps of Engineers reservoirs. It presents the survey questionnaire responses obtained from all Corps Districts and describes the management practices observed in field visits to nine Corps reservoirs. This report describes the scope of the "drawdown problem" and the variety of adverse impacts from erosion, biochemical effects, and vandalism. An overview of...
The Importance of Cultural Resource Management to Industrial Archaeology (2019)
Cultural resource management (CRM) and industrial archaeology are newer fields to the broad scope of archeology. CRM and industrial archaeology both have methods on identifying and processing cultural resources, but CRM can provide valuable methods on preserving, reusing or identifying industrial heritage. This paper will display how CRM and industrial archaeology are needed together to fully understand the cultural importance and physical important of the building in the past and present.
The Importance of Plow Zone Archaeology (2004)
In the last 25 years, a number of studies have emerged demonstrating that, while vertical stratigraphy is indeed destroyed by plowing, the horizontal or spatial distribution of materials is affected only minimally. Artifacts recovered from plow zone contexts are usually found close to where they were both used and discarded, with important implications for examining the spatial layout of archaeological sites. Distributions of plow zone artifacts and soil chemicals have been used to identify room...
In from the Cold: DoD Cold War Cultural Resources Newsletter (1996)
A newsletter aiming to provide a forum to share findings, questions and concerns, to assist one another in resolving issues, and to provide cultural resources personnel within the DoD a regular update on Cold War- related projects, legislation, meetings and other key events. Article features list of Cold War Era-related studies and projects at DoD installations across the United States.
In Memory Of: The Memorialization of Lackland's Streets (1990)
A publication commemorating the streets of Lackland and the men they were named after. The young enlisted and officer trainees marching the streets of Lackland today were born decades after those men in whose honor the streets are named. This study is being published primarily for them in hopes of keeping alive the memory of these aviation pioneers and war heroes, many of whom gave their lives for their country, and of ensuring their contributions to the United States Air Force, both great and...
. . . In Search of DeSoto's Trail (1986)
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In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
In 2003, University of Kentucky archaeologists initiated field investigations just north of the famous Sapelo Shell Ring Complex (Site 9Mc23). The purpose of the excavations was to investigate the site’s Late Archaic component; however, test units and shovel probes placed north of Shell Ring II yielded several items of European origin, including several majolica and olive jar fragments and part of a small brass bell. Associated with these European artifacts were hundreds of Native American...
In Search of Mission San Joseph de Sapala: Mission Period Archaeological Research on Sapelo Island, Georgia 2003-2007 (2009)
In 2003, University of Kentucky archaeologists initiated field investigations just north of the famous Sapelo Shell Ring Complex (Site 9Mc23). The purpose of the excavations was to investigate the site’s Late Archaic component; however, test units and shovel probes placed north of Shell Ring II yielded several items of European origin, including several majolica and olive jar fragments and part of a small brass bell. Associated with these European artifacts were hundreds of Native American...
In The Wake of Malouin Fishermen : Ceramic Evidence of the Transatlantic Triangular Cod Trade, 17th-18th centuries. (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "From the Bottom Up: Socioeconomic Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological collections in Canada from the 17th and 18th centuries contain North-Mediterranean ceramics, in contexts related to Saint-Malo fisheries. This paper retraces the route of Mediterranean ceramics to study triangular Atlantic trade and ceramic diffusion routes. To link these ceramics...