African American (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert K. Nickel. William J. Hunt, Jr..

In 1999, the Midwest Archeological Center undertook historical research and geophysical survey at Monroe School, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas. Monroe was a segregated school within a historic African American community. It was the focus of a 1951 lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education to end public school segregation. The suit played an important role in the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence S. Alexander. Jefferson M. Thomson. Virginia L. Walgren. Emily Williams.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text New South Associates, Inc. .

This is an addendum to a previous project (Matternes et al. 2010) that addressed the location of an unmarked African-American cemetery on property owned by Prince George County and adjacent to U.S. Army Fort Lee Military Reservation in Prince George County, Virginia. The purpose of the addendum project was to determine whether cultural features, particularly historic period graves, were present in the established triangular median between Jefferson Park Road and Adams Avenue. At the time of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

GSA, Northeast and Caribbean Region, sought assistance from the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) to assist them with the long-term curation of the associated records generated from investigations conducted at the African Burial Ground (ABG) in Manhattan, New York City. During the preliminary phases for the construction of a new building, archaeologists discovered a large historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This report is a detailed guide for loading and transferring artifacts and human remains from facilities, crypts, and wagons for the African Burial Ground Project.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brockington and Associates.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael B. Trinkley. Debi Hacker-Norton.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Jacobucci.

Eighteen soil samples from Feature 44FX762/43 (the Upper Garden Area) at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens in Virginia were submitted to the Fiske Center for palynological analysis in order to aid archaeologists in their reconstruction of this historic garden. While some samples were not suitable for environmental reconstruction due to poor preservation, many economic and ornamental taxa were recovered, as well as a full spectrum of ambient pollen rain. The presence of such...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Jacobucci.

Nineteen soil samples from Site B, an early nineteenth-century site located in Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest (Virginia) were submitted to the Fiske Center for palynological analysis. Over 100 distinct taxa were recovered from the eleven samples that were considered to be well preserved enough to allow for a representative reconstruction of past environmental conditions. When viewed collectively, the recovered taxa describe a landscape consisting of both managed ornamental grounds and areas of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather Trigg. Susan Jacobucci.

Nineteen soil samples from a historic greenhouse and slave quarter context located at the Wye House Plantation in Maryland were submitted to the Fiske Center for palynological analysis. Over 120 distinct taxa were identified, including many ornamental taxa such as Hibiscus sp. (Hibiscus) and Citrus sp. (lemons, limes and oranges) as well as a full spectrum of ambient pollen rain. Analysis of samples from the slave quarters suggested the possible utilization and/or consumption of plants such as...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Marlesa A. Gray.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Robin L. Ryder. Archaeological Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth University.

This report presents the results of a Phase 3 data recovery performed at 44PG317 (the Charles Gilliam Site) in Prince George County, Va. (Fig. 1). 44PG317 was discovered in December of 1988 during construction of Route 295 in Prince George County. Phase 2 evaluations indicated that the site was owned and occupied throughout the 19th century by Charles A. Gilliam, a freed mulatto, and his descendants, Mary Ann Gilliam, Susan Gilliam, Henry Gilliam and Maria Gilliam. A number of intact features...

PROJECT Ronald A. Thomas.

Documents from archaeological work conducted as part of the Archaeological and Historical Survey of Fort Lee (see collection FL1985.001 http://core.tdar.org/collection/23721) and the Archaeological Evaluations of Significance (see collection FL1987.001 https://core.tdar.org/collection/23722). Both projects were part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Antony F. Opperman. Luther D. A. Hanson.

An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...

PROJECT Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. Ronald A. Thomas.

An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carol Poplin. Inna Burns.

"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at 38CH1473 between 16 March and 26 April 2000 as per the Data Recovery Plan submitted to the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the US Army Corps of Engineers-Charleston District (USACE). Historic property 38CH1473 is the remnants of a slave settlement in the Franke Home Tract, off Rifle Range Road (SC 51) in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. During their work at adjacent site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher T. Espenshade. Linda Kennedy. Marian Roberts.

Data recovery investigations were conducted by Brockington and Associates, Inc., at 38BU647, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The investigations proceeded in two phases; Phase A was conducted during February 1993, and Phase C was conducted during April 1993. The work was conducted in compliance with state regulations regarding impact to cultural resources as a result of development activities along the coast of Beaufort County. Proposed construction activities at the Colleton River Development...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric c. Poplin. Michael C. Scardaville.

This report documents limited data recovery activities undertaken at Long Point Plantation (38CH32l), in Charleston County, South Carolina by Brockington and Associates, Inc., for the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The site contains the remains of an eighteenth and nineteenth century plantation that evolved through several phases of operation related to contemporary economic conditions. The site was originally defined during the initial cultural resources survey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher T. Espenshade. Linda Kennedy. Marian Roberts.

Archaeological data recovery investigations were carried out by Brockington and Associates, Inc., at both the historic and prehistoric components of 38BU880, during July and August 1992. This work was conducted in compliance with Federal, State, and the Town of Hilton Head legislation regarding the impact to cultural resources as a result of development in the coastal zone of South Carolina. 38BU880 is located in the River Club development tract, adjacent to Broad Creek, on Hilton Head Island,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric C. Poplin. Tina Rust. Bruce G. Harvey. Dawn Reid. Bobby G. Southerlin.

Brockington and Associates, Inc. undertook archaeological data recovery investigations at 38BU1294 in August 1995. This site occupies approximately 2.2 acres on the western edge of Cane Island along the eastern bank of the Beaufort River. Survey and testing conducted at 38BU1294 in 1992 revealed two intact occupation middens containing a diverse and dense artifact assemblage dating to the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century (Espenshade and Kennedy 1992:53). Data recovery excavations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric Poplin. Carol Poplin. Tina Rust. Ralph Bailey.

Brockington and Associates, Inc. undertook data recovery investigations at 38CH1511 in June and July 1998. This site contains remnants of a former building associated with an eighteenth-century plantation settlement. Eubanks et al. ( 1994) recommended 38CH1511 eligible for the National Register of Historic Places after encountering intact structures and cultural deposits during survey and testing investigations. Following the data recovery excavations at 38CH1511, archaeologists identified the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jana Futch. Carolyn Rock. Meagan Brady. C Partridge. Charles F. Philips. C.S. Butler.

The data recovery investigations at 38CH2048 detail a large sample of post-contact material recovered from the site, as well as hundreds of identified cultural features. The long occupation span of the site, from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, combined with the activities of generations of occupants has resulted in mixed contexts. While these mixed contexts obscure straightforward interpretations, the data recovered and analyzed during this Phase III project has contributed to our...

PROJECT Ronald A. Thomas.

A total of 17 archeological evaluations of significance were completed as part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations In situations where planned development projects would adversely affect identified archeological resources. Of the 17 properties evaluated during this study, six were classified as significant and for...

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"Brockington and Associates, Inc., undertook testing investigations at 38JA175 on the Telfair Plantation Tract in February 2005. We recommend site 38JA175 eligible for the NRHP. This work was undertaken in order to provide compliance with current state and federal regulations regarding the management of cultural resources in the coastal zone of South Carolina. Compliance is administered by the regulatory programs of the South Carolina Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. If this site...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda F. Stine.

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