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2008 DoD Historic Building Conference (Legacy 08-387)
PROJECT Serena Bellow.

The 2008 DoD Historic Buildings Conference focused specifically on historic buildings and structures, based on DoD mission needs and feedback from the greater DoD cultural resource community.


2008 DoD Historic Building Conference After-action Report - Report (Legacy 08-387) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Serena Bellew. Adam Smith.

An after-action report for the 2008 DoD Historic Buildings Conference, which focused specifically on historic buildings and structures, based on DoD mission needs and feedback from the greater DoD cultural resource community.


After the Smoke Clears: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Assessing the Effect of Wildland Fires on Traditional Cultural Properties (Legacy 07-370)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This report describes the authors' efforts to assist Cultural Resource Managers in evaluating damage and taking proactive measures to prevent damage to Traditional Cultural Properties in wildfire events. During a 2007 collaborative symposium, it was determined what procedures to incorporate prior to, during, and after a wildland fire event.


After the Smoke Clears: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Assessing the Effect of Wildland Fires on Traditional Cultural Properties - Report (Legacy 07-370) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery Hokanson. Alyssa Wright. Karen Kempton.

This report describes the authors' efforts to assist Cultural Resource Managers in evaluating damage and taking proactive measures to prevent damage to Traditional Cultural Properties in wildfire events. During a 2007 collaborative symposium, it was determined what procedures to incorporate prior to, during, and after a wildland fire event.


The ambiguous Iroquois empire: the Covenant Chain confederation of Indian tribes with English colonies from its beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744 (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Francis Jennings.

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.


The American Indian and the problem of history (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Calvin. Martin.

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.


An analysis of forensic anthropology cases submitted to the Smithsonian Institution by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1962 to 1994 (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gretchen A. Grisbaum. Douglas H. Ubelaker.

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.


Antiterrorism Measures for Historic Properties (Legacy 03-176)
PROJECT Julie Webster.

The objectives of this study were to: identify common circumstances in which Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 undertakings for minimum antiterrorism (AT) standards for DoD building will conflict with the requirements of the NHPA, and; develop specific guidelines that will help installation command, AT, cultural resources, and facilities personnel to rapidly resolve those conflicts in a way that satisfies both sets of requirements.


Antiterrorism Measures for Historic Properties - Report (Legacy 03-176) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Julie Webster. Patrick Reicher. Gordon Cohen.

The objectives of this study were to: identify common circumstances in which Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-010-01 undertakings for minimum antiterrorism (AT) standards for DoD building will conflict with the requirements of the NHPA, and; develop specific guidelines that will help installation command, AT, cultural resources, and facilities personnel to rapidly resolve those conflicts in a way that satisfies both sets of requirements.


Archaeological Collections and Curation Facilities Assessment (Legacy 92-0304)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project resulted in curation needs assessments of western U.S. Department of Defense military installations.


Archaeological Collections Management Procedures (Legacy 06-319)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This guidance document for archaeological collections management and curation for Department of Defense Service installations gives an overview of current collection management policies and procedures and presents best practices in each area of curation. The recommended policies and practices are designed to minimize costs while maximizing the research, education, and cultural heritage value of Federal collections in accordance with 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally Owned and Administered...


Archaeological Collections Management Procedures - Report (Legacy 06-319) (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kerry Sagebiel. Kelly Jenks. Teresita Majewski. Lauren Jelinek.

This guidance document for archaeological collections management and curation for Department of Defense Service installations gives an overview of current collection management policies and procedures and presents best practices in each area of curation. The recommended policies and practices are designed to minimize costs while maximizing the research, education, and cultural heritage value of Federal collections in accordance with 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally Owned and Administered...


Archaeological Collections Management: From Shoeboxes to Computer Systems (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Vicki Finley.

Proper collections management is crucial to archaeology. Recent trends in conservation archaeology recognize the nonrenewable nature of archaeological sites and highlight the research potential of existing archaeological collections.


An Archaeological Curation Needs Assessment of Military Installations in Select Western States (Legacy 97-0076)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This assessment reviewed all active military installations in Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and the District of Columbia (86 facilities, including research firms, public and private museums, military installations, university lab/curation facilities, and government agencies). The document presents recommendations for compliance with 36 CFR Part 79.


An Archaeological Curation Needs Assessment of Military Installations in Select Western States - Report (Legacy 97-0076) (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan S. Felix. Amy E. Halpin. Eugene A. Marino. Steve McSween. D. Lynn Murdoch. Julia A. Samerdyke. Kenneth L. Shingleton. Sylvia Yu.

This assessment reviewed all active military installations in Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and the District of Columbia (86 facilities, including research firms, public and private museums, military installations, university lab/curation facilities, and government agencies). The document presents recommendations for compliance with 36 CFR Part 79.


Archaeological Curation Needs Assessments for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Gordon, Georgia, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California, and Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas B. Meyers. Michael Trimble.

This curation needs assessment study of five installations found that, of the collections stored at 20+ repositories, only three meet the minimum Federal standards as described in 36 CFR Part 79.


Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of the Northern Woodlands - Report (Legacy 94-0008) (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Elizabeth Benchley. Blane Nansel. Clark Dobbs. Susan Thurston Myster. Barbara O'Connell.

This overview study is intended to provide a summary of what is known about the archaeology of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota as an aid to CRMs. After reviewing the physical setting, culture history, and bioarchaeology of the region by state, a final integrative chapter proposes a series of adaptation types which crosscut traditional political and temporal boundaries.


Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of the United States (Legacy 94-0008)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project resulted in various studies of archaeology and bioarchaeology throughout the United States.


Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Central Great Plains - Report (Legacy 94-0008) (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text George Grison. Robert Mainfort.

This report is a review of the 12,000 years of human occupation in the Northwestern Great Plains states of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Synthesis of the archaeological and bioarchaeological resources under the guise of human adaptation types revealed significant gaps that should be addressed by future research.


Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Central Great Plains - Report (Legacy 94-0008) (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary Adair. Matthew Hill. Jack Hofman. William Johnson. Karolyn Kinsey. William Lees. Brad Logan. Larry Martin. Douglas Owsley. Kyeong Park. Karin Bruwelheide.

This report provides a summary of the current and past environments of northern Kansas, Nebraska, and northeast Colorado (the Central Great Plains), providing a framework within which to review and discuss changes in prehistoric and historic subsistence economies, technologies, mobility/sedentism, organization, and group interactions. A traditional cultural historical summary is provided for the region from about 20,000 years ago to the historic period.


Archaeology in a Time of Climate Change, a Challenge for the This Generation and the Next: An Essay in Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren J. Cook.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During her career and life as a scholar, educator, mentor, colleague and friend, Mary Beaudry inspired us. To her, objects were not mere tools, but elements in discourse, products and conveyors of culture. She encouraged us to think as archaeologists, seeking solution of problems...


An Archaeology of Violent American Landscapes in Rosewood and Beyond (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward González-Tennant.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Hidden Battlefields: Power, Memory, and Preservation of Sites of Armed Conflict" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Landscape and violence are social processes. The complex interplay between the two is a key facet to racism and other forms of intolerance animating American history. Inspired by this session’s abstract, this paper examines the role archaeology plays in researching the violence inherent to many...


Archaic Pebble Core Reduction Technology in East Texas: the Icy Eye Example (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Mark Studer.

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.


Army Alternate Procedures (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Army. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved technical and administrative amendments to the Army Alternate Procedures. Those Army Alternate Procedures set forth a process that Army installations can follow in order to meet their historic preservation review responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act. The main purposes of the amendments are to conform the Alternate Procedures to the Army’s internal reorganization and clarify its exemption regarding designated surface...


Army Ammunition and Explosives Storage During the Cold War, 1946-1989 - Report (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Kuranda. Kathryn Dixon. Dean Doerrfield. Rebecca Gatewood. Kirsten Peeler. Christine Heidenrich. Katherine Grandine.

This historic context discusses the development of weapons technology and construction of ammunition and explosive storage facilities during the Cold War, including modifications to existing ammunition storage facilities to accommodate changes in technology.