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Irish émigré George Galphin established a trading post on the Carolina frontier in the mid-1700s. His skills working with Native Americans provided him considerable wealth through the deerskin trade. He was widely regarded among the Creek Nation, and he represented the Carolina colony on several occasions in major negotiations with Native American groups. Galphin parlayed his wealth into a considerable plantation on his trading post property, and his plantation at Silver Bluff became one of the...
Cultural Continuity of Enslaved Peoples Foodways on James Island (2013)
This poster explores the effects of colonial influence on the diet of enslaved Africans through a study of James Fort in The Gambia. The research emphasizes the historical material in the collection as opposed to Eurocentric accounts. Analysis of the fauna at James Fort indicates that enslaved populations on the island were able to sustain their culture despite the introduction of European foodways. Methodologies included in this analysis of fauna through observing the frequency,...
Cultural Evolution, technology, population and social-political Organiszation. Adapted from Roadmap to Reality (2009)
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...
Cultural Icons: Understanding Social Identity through Iconography in the Contact Era Pueblo World (2018)
The arrival of the Spanish shattered the Pueblo people’s worldview in the Rio Grande during the 16th century. Nevertheless, the Pueblo people held onto specific icons that socially identified them as Pueblo, while yet creating Spanish commissioned pottery and other Spanish materials. The 1680 Pueblo Revolt and cultural revitalization movement by Puebloan groups sought to return indigenous peoples to their heritage through an emphasis on traditional religious practices and lifeways. Using...
Cultural Identity and Materiality at French Fort St. Joseph (20BE23), Niles, Michigan (2018)
Fort St. Joseph was one of many French colonial outposts established throughout the St. Lawrence River Valley and the western Great Lakes region in the late 17th-18th centuries to cultivate alliances with Native peoples. The result was an exchange, amalgamation, and reinterpretation of material goods that testify to the close relationships the French maintained with various Native American groups. Yet, closer examination suggests that both the French and Natives employed material goods in...
The Cultural Importance of Obsidian in the Upper Gila Area (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Obsidian is a common flaked stone raw material in archaeological sites in the Upper Gila area of southwest New Mexico. Recent excavations at the Cliff phase Salado (AD 1300-1450+) site of Gila River Farm recovered numerous examples of flaked stone tools, projectile points,...
The Cultural Interaction Between Reverend Peter Dougherty And The Ottawa And Chippewa Indians Of Old Mission Peninsula: 1839-1852. (2018)
The Peter Dougherty Society archaeological project is a collaboration between the Peter Dougherty Society and North Central Michigan College, both located in northern lower Michigan. The focus of this collaboration has been on the restoration of the mission house and archaeological excavations of the privy and barn. In 1839, Reverend Peter Dougherty was sent to the Grand Traverse Region to establish a church and school for the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. The archaeological site consists of what...
Cultural Landscapes and Migrations in Sandstone Canyon, Southwestern Colorado through Pueblo and Ute Rock Art (2019)
This is an abstract from the "The Role of Rock Art in Cultural Understanding: A Symposium in Honor of Polly Schaafsma" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sandstone Canyon, located within the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwestern Colorado, is one of the biggest canyons of the area. Since 2014 four sites with large rock art panels, previously unknown, have been found in the area. Depictions of rock art at these sites have been...
Cultural Landscapes and Site Location: An Application of Ethnographic Viewshed Analysis at the Old Town Mimbres Mogollon Site (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the American Southwest the natural landscape is ever-present. From striking mountains, arroyos, canyons, and mesas, the natural world is forever tied to its occupants. Within the Puebloan world, the natural and cultural landscape are inseparable. Strong social meanings are embedded within cultural landscapes as networks of natural and constructed places...
Cultural Landscapes in Exodus: The Natchez Fort in Central Louisiana (2018)
This paper considers the Natchez, who in the mid-1700s, were disconnected from their traditional homeland in Western Mississippi. The Natchez shielded their community from the French in an ancestral landscape that is critical to understanding the processes of change and creation of place and cultural landscapes at the Natchez Fort site. The location of the fort in a well defended region was key for seclusion and military defense. But this tactical decision to entrench themselves on the bluffs...
Cultural Landscapes of the Red Rocks: Southern Sinagua Occupations in the Oak Creek-Sedona Region of Central Arizona (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent pedestrian survey in the Oak Creek-Sedona region of Central Arizona executed as part of the Red Rocks Trail Restoration Project has identified a substantial number of Formative period sites belonging to the Southern Sinagua Tradition. Represented are habitation, agricultural, resource procurement, ritual/ceremonial, and special activity sites....
Cultural Landscapes of the SunZia Transmission Line Project (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The SunZia transmission line traverses 550 miles in Southeast Arizona and Southwest New Mexico, crossing through the Hohokam and Mogollon archaeological culture areas. Recently completed survey of more than 50,000 acres provides unique information on landscape-scale interactions and facilitates interregional comparisons of artifact, feature, and site...
Cultural Landscapes, Past and Present: Cultural Resource Management Perspectives From Recent Work in Southeastern Utah (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Transcending Modern Boundaries: Recent Investigations of Cultural Landscapes in Southeastern Utah" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The spectacular prehistoric ruins and natural environment of southeastern Utah comprise elements of multiple, overlapping cultural landscapes. Archaeologists focus on past cultural landscapes and seek to understand broader cultural processes by studying the many well-preserved locations of...
The Cultural Pluralism of Indigenous and African American Households in Colonial New England (2018)
During the 18th and early 19th centuries many Native American women formed households with freed African Americans. Political forces surrounding issues of identity and federal recognition in the case of indigenous communities have complicated the historical narratives of these households. This paper outlines what the archaeology of such households can tell us about lives of those who faced and continue to face the vagaries of racism and the complicated nature of their responses to those forces....
Cultural Resource Management and American Archaeology (1998)
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...
Cultural Resource Management Guidelines (1994)
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...
Cultural Resource Management, Archaeological Collections, and Ethical Issues Associated with Representations of Indigenous Time, Space, Materiality, and Historicity (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Refining Archaeological Data Collection and Management to Achieve Greater Scientific, Traditional, and Educational Values" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A dominant view in cultural resource management is that the archaeological record and its material culture have much to offer in the creation of scientific data, elucidating the past, and contributing to cross-disciplinary scientific studies. This dominant view is...
Cultural Resources Inventory on Pima County Conservation Lands: Sampling Methods, Results, and Future Management Goals (2019)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster presents several case studies from the last two years exemplifying Pima County’s goals to develop large-scale land management strategies and plans, with a specific focus on managing cultural resources. Since the 2000 publication of Pima County’s Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (SDCP), a science-based planning tool that identifies sensitive and...
Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards (Legacy 15-713)
This project highlights two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job classifications.
Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards - Presentation (Legacy 15-713) (2018)
This presentation describes a project with two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job...
Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards - Report (Legacy 15-713) (2018)
This report describes a project with two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job...
Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards - Tech Note (Legacy 15-713) (2018)
This technical note describes a project with two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job...
Cultural Resources Public Outreach and Interpretation Source Book (Legacy 10-127)
This project created a guide that collects existing standards, guidance, and best practices on cultural resources interpretation and public outreach and examples of interpretation and public outreach projects. This project developed an evaluation rubric for comparing effectiveness of diverse project types and used that data to develop a source book of best examples and guidance to help DoD components and installations to develop their own creative cultural resources interpretation and public...
Cultural Resources Public Outreach and Interpretation Source Book - Guide (Legacy 10-127) (2011)
This guide collects existing standards, guidance, and best practices on cultural resources interpretation and public outreach and examples of interpretation and public outreach projects. This project developed an evaluation rubric for comparing effectiveness of diverse project types and used that data to develop a source book of best examples and guidance to help DoD components and installations to develop their own creative cultural resources interpretation and public outreach projects.
Cultural Resources Report for the All American Pipeline Project: Santa Barbara, California to McCamey, Texas and Additional Areas to the East Along the Central Pipeline Route in Texas (1989)
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.