Washington (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carrie J. Gregory. Karen K. Swope. Sarah Van Galder.

Analysis and Interpretive Plan for Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Seattle, Washington. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are presented with rich opportunities in creating a learning experience for visitors, as the site provides a variety of equally valid themes for interpretation. Statistical Research, Inc., recommends an interpretive program that consists of a self-service system of communication, including indoor and outdoor exhibits, publications, and electronic media. This system is appropriate...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Thompson. Sarah Van Galder. Marlesa A. Gray.

Historic Context for the Mud Mountain Dam Project, King and Pierce Counties, Washington. This report presents a historic context for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mud Mountain Dam project, located on the White River in King and Pierce Counties, Washington. The historic context explores important historical themes associated with the dam site and immediate vicinity, including prehistoric use of the area with an emphasis on trade and transportation routes, Euroamerican settlement and land...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Thompson. Sarah Van Galder.

This report presents a historic context for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Howard A. Hanson Dam project, located on the Green River in King County, Washington. The historic context explores important historical themes associated with the dam site and immediate vicinity, including prehistoric use of the area with an emphasis on trade and transportation routes, Euroamerican settlement and land use, and flood-control efforts resulting in the construction and operation of the Howard A. Hanson...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah J. Van Galder. Karry L. Blake. Robert M. Wegener.

This report presents the results of the Section 110 inventory and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluation of cultural resources on U.S. Army Corps of engineers (USACE) fee-title land along the Columbia and Snake Rivers associated with Lower Granite Dam, Little Goose Dam, Mill Creek Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, Ice Harbor Dam, and McNary Dam. A literature overview was conducted for 29 parks within the aforementioned project lands. Additionally, intensive survey was completed for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phillip O. Leckman.

In order to assist the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District (NWW), in its long-term goal of compiling a comprehensive spatial database of documented archaeological and historical-period resources within or near its managed properties, Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), used a portion of project-designated American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds to compare and compile available spatial and attribute data from a variety of state and federal sources into a single...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Meta F Janowitz.

Salt-glazed stoneware vessels and sherds found on 19th century sites are generally assumed to be of North American manufacture, unless they are highly decorated, but sherds from 18th century sites are usually identified as German made. American potters, however, made highly decorated vessels in the German style beginning in the early 18th century and many vessels attributed to Europe were made in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania. These vessels can be identified by their pastes and other...

DOCUMENT Citation Only T C Gillmer.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael G. Avey.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Tane Renata Casserley. David W Alberg.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Beyond Monitor National Marine Sanctuary’s (MNMS) current boundaries off North Carolina lie waters associated with nearly 500 years of western maritime history and includes shipwrecks representing coastal heritage, American Civil War, U.S. naval aviation, World War I, and most prominently World War II (WWII). MNMS is proposing a boundary expansion to protect and honor these...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel E. Pierce. Anthony Farace.

Once known as America’s "Haven of Health", the city of Excelsior Springs, Missouri was home to an estimated 40 unique mineral spring and well sites.  This collection of mineral waters is one of the largest in the world, and reputation quickly spread of their healing properties.  After the founding of the city in 1880, hundreds and thousands flocked to the area daily to enjoy the various health spas and recreational facilities.  Preliminary analysis of artifacts recovered at the Regent Spring...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian Thompson. David Wescott.

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 EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these 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 using the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Jennifer L.B. Milligan.

Two Bison antiquus bones, one small (female) and one large (male) metacarpal, from Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, Washington were submitted for radiocarbon dating. Both of these bones were permineralized and did not retain sufficient collagen for recovery and AMS radiocarbon dating. Therefore, a calf skull fragment (OP2B) recovered from a peat deposit at Ayer Pond was submitted (Table 1).

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan M Fochs. Catherine Qualls. Athena Van Overschelde. Frederick H. Hanselmann.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Recent Development of Maritime and Historical Archaeology Programs in South Florida" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Two assemblages of 18th century cannons lay on the seafloor near Carysfort Reef, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. An underwater survey consisting of trilateration mapping, photogrammetry, and 3D modeling techniques was conducted at both sites. The shallow reef system that is...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Derek R. Valley.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Legg. Steven D. Smith.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, the American Continental Army under the command of General Nathanael Greene laid siege to a Loyalist detachment occupying the fortified village of Ninety Six in the backcountry of South Carolina. The Loyalist defenses included an eight-pointed, star-shaped earthwork fort that was the focus of the American siege, including a desperate and unsuccessful...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles D Bendig.

Over the past four years University of West Florida archaeologists have excavated the amidships area of the Emanuel Point II (EP II) shipwreck, which was once part of the ill-fated 1559 Spanish colonizing expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano. During excavation, staff and students were able to uncover and record the mainmast step and location for two bilge pumps. Archaeologists also recorded and systematically removed over 30 disarticulated timbers related to the pump well enclosure....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lily Carhart.

This is an abstract from the "Meaning in Material Culture" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1987, two large features consisting primarily of slag, ash, charcoal, iron waste and trim, were excavated in the area known as the North Grove at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This area, directly north of the mansion, is adjacent to the blacksmith shop, which led to the conclusion that the features were the primary blacksmithing waste deposits....

DOCUMENT Citation Only John R. Elmore.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Wooden containers have been utilized for storing and shipping various goods for thousands of years. The study of these types of containers and their physical components allows archaeologists to understand various cultural phenomena...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katlyn R Likely.

In the 1800s, Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri previously offered secondary education primarily to women.  During this time, the university disposed of garbage from the college in a garbage dump behind the student residency where it was later burned. An excavation of the former garbage dump from provides an insight of the lifestyle of university students during the 1800s, including goods and products that the students used. The excavation and surface collections continue...

DOCUMENT Citation Only R. Lee Lyman.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephan R. Samuels.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexis K Ohman.

Since 2007, excavations at Betty’s Hope plantation have yielded a large amount of faunal material from a variety of contexts on the site: the Great House, Service Quarters, Rum Distillery, and Slave Village. The faunal analysis has begun for the Great House and Service Quarters contexts by focusing on the fish and mollusks in order to ascertain the roles of local vs. nonlocal/imported resources and their incorporation into English foodways at Betty’s Hope. Excavations in the Slave Village began...

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Gloor. Michael W. Clem.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since excavations began at Eyreville in the Spring of 2017 nearly 2000 tobacco pipe bowls, stems, and fragments have been recovered. These include pipes manufactured in both England and Holland as well as many unique, locally made, “Chesapeake” pipes likely manufactured by Native Americans and possibly enslaved Africans....

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Gloor. Michael W. Clem.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Research of the 17th Century Chesapeake" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since excavations began at Eyreville in the Spring of 2017 nearly 2000 tobacco pipe bowls, stems, and fragments have been recovered. These include pipes manufactured in both England and Holland as well as many unique, locally made, “Chesapeake” pipes likely manufactured by Native Americans and possibly enslaved Africans....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Jacobucci.

The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston conducted a palynological analysis of twenty-four soil samples that were collected from the Fort Vancouver site. The samples were recovered from various contexts associated with the "garden testing area," a "historically documented 8-acre (maximum) formal garden created and maintained by the HBC [Hudson Bay Company] circa 1829-1855." Archaeologists have considered several research questions,...