Virginia (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

PROJECT Dennis B. Blanton. Donald W. Linebaugh.

The College of William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research (WMCAR) conducted a Phase II archaeological evaluation of Site 44PGl8S, associated with the proposed Route 630 Widening Project in Prince George County, Virginia, from March 8 through March 16, 1993. This evaluation was conducted in accordance with an agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Project 0630-074-188, es01, B632. Although the site has been subjected to several episodes of disturbance, as...

PROJECT John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase II archaeological evaluation investigations at Site 44CE0062, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. Site 44CE0062 was originally identified in 1978 during the first major cultural resource survey of Fort A.P. Hill. The objective of the archaeological evaluation of Site 44CE0062 was to determine (1) the site’s subsurface...

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The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase II archaeological evaluation investigations at Site 44CE0431, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. Site 44CE0431 was originally identified during a Phase I survey conducted in association with the National Scout Jamboree. The objective of the archaeological evaluation of Site 44CE0431 was to determine (1) the site’s...

PROJECT John Mullin.

Site 44CE0465 was originally identified during a Phase Ia, reconnaissance-level, survey conducted in association with the construction of a proposed 800-meter range (McDonald and Clarke 2006). The current Phase II fieldwork was conducted in association with proposed improvements to an existing dirt road that cuts through the site. The objective of the archaeological evaluation of Site 44CE0465 was to (1) determine the site’s boundary and subsurface integrity, and (2) to determine if the site is...

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The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase II archaeological evaluation investigations at Site 44CE0469, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. Site 44CE0469 was originally identified during a Phase Ia, reconnaissance-level, survey conducted in association with proposed forestry activities. The Survey Area measures approximately 0.4 hectares (1.0 acre) in size. The...

PROJECT John Mullin.

The Fort A.P. Hill Cultural Resource Manager, under the Environmental Division of the Directorate of Public Works within Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, has completed Phase II archaeological evaluation investigations at Sites 44CE0551 and 44CE0555, Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia. Sites 44CE0551 and 44CE0555 were originally identified during a Phase Ia, reconnaissance-level, survey conducted in association with proposed forestry activities. The current Phase II fieldwork was conducted in...

PROJECT Michele H. Hayward. Frank J. Schieppati.

Panamerican Consultants, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, conducted Phase II archaeological testing of two locations at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Personnel at Fort Monroe’s Environmental Office of the Directorate of Public Works and Logistics managed technical considerations for the project. Fort Monroe was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and listed on the Virginia Landmarks...

PROJECT Len Winter. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk Area Office.

Gray & Pape, Inc. undertook Phase II archaeological investigations to identify extant World War I earthworks at Fort Lee, Virginia and on adjacent properties at the Petersburg National Battlefield. The work was conducted on behalf of REMSA. Inc. of Hampton, Virginia as part of an indefinite delivery contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk Area Office. This project contains one resource - the official report by Gray & Pape, Inc; assessing the archaeological investigations of the...

PROJECT Ronald A. Thomas.

During 1987, MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) conducted a cultural resource evaluation survey for site 44PG299 at Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluation survey consisted of both a physical examination of the site and an historic documents research. It was conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) and implementing regulations requiring federal agencies to inventory and evaluate all cultural resources located on property owned by the federal...

PROJECT Len Winter. W. Kevin Pape.

Phase II cultural resources investigations were conducted at 24 archaeological sites on the property of Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. Following standard archaeological survey guidelines, these sites were evaluated with regard to their potential eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A, B, C, and D. As a result of these investigations, a total of 50.5 acres was surveyed at Fort Lee. This project contains the final report of the investigations...

PROJECT U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. Len Winter.

As part of its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, Fort Lee, located in Prince George County, Virginia, has undertaken a program of archaeological survey and testing to inventory the National Register-eligible archaeological resources in its possession. This report presents the final stage of this program. Phase II investigations of 30 sites within Fort Lee. The work described in this report was completed by Gray & Pape, Inc.,...

PROJECT Michael B. Barber. Christopher P. Egghart. L. Daniel Mouer.

Site 44PG316 is a small multi-component prehistoric site located along Bull Hill Run in Prince George County, Virginia. Excavations identified occupations dating from the Late Archaic/Transitional through Late Woodland periods. Although natural disturbance in the form of flood scouring was noted, the site has remained unplowed and some stratigraphic separation of cultural material was present. Artifacts and floral remains recovered suggest that the exploitation of acorns and other plant foods...

PROJECT Virginia Department of Transportation.

Data recovery was performed at 44PG317, the Charles Gilliam site, in order to mitigate impacts caused by construction of Route 295 in Prince George County, Virginia. The site consists of remains of a 19th century farmstead which was owned and occupied by Charles Gilliam, a freed mulatto, and his heirs from ca. 1823 to ca. 1917. Mitigation consisted of on site data recovery, site specific historical document research, comparative studies of 19th century free blacks as represented in the...

PROJECT Julia King.

The Posey Site (18CH281) is located near Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, Maryland, aboard what is now the Naval Surface Warfare Center–Indian Head Division. The site was initially identified in 1963 by Navy chemist Calvert Posey, in an area that had been damaged by an earlier explosion at Indian Head’s Biazzi Nitration Plant, where nitroglycerin was manufactured. In 1985, the site was tested by William Barse as part of a much larger archaeological survey of the Indian Head facility. The site...

PROJECT Department of Defense Legacy Program.

This project contains artifact inventories, survey photographs, and excavation photographs from Marine Corps Base Quantico. Fort Lee Regional Archaeological Curation Facility also has materials from Fort Eustis (now Joint Base Langley–Eustis) that were collected. This work was done as part of a joint project, funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Program, "Predictive Model of 17th Century Sites in the Chesapeake Bay".

PROJECT Karen Van Citters.

This project developed a programmatic approach for the consistent management of DoD Cold War-era resources by analyzing the existing Cold War documentation to reduce the need for case-by-case Section 106 compliance. The project report includes management categories of Cold War-related properties, recommendations for a variety of management approaches specific to each category, and next steps for developing approaches.

PROJECT Brian Crane.

This project reviewed protocols and best practices for the use of 3D visualization in cultural resources projects

PROJECT J. Bedell.

This project contains lab records and field number log forms for multiple sites located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Accompanying this data are formal guidelines for artifact cataloging and analysis methods.

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This project contains an artifact inventory for RCI Well, along with accompanying photographs of bottles, looted bottles and the well located at Fort Lee, Virginia. The project also includes a sketched map depicting an area within Fort Lee.

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On Thursday, October 22nd 2009, Fort Lee archaeologists were asked to report to the construction area off of Carver Avenue between Sisisky and 5th Avenues. After arriving at the site, the archaeologist recovered a heavily corroded bayonet which had been inadvertently excavated by heavy machinery. The area of discovery was an approximately ten foot deep excavated pit within the limits of construction. After the surrounding area was searched for additional cultural remains it was determined...

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During the latter part of October 1988, MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) conducted field work for the remedial archaeological investigations of sites 44PG179 and 44PG243 located at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The investigations consisted of both on-site archaeological excavations and additional historical research which were conducted in order to assess the results of disturbance impacts caused by earth-moving activity at the two sites. The following report presents the findings of the...

PROJECT Seth Mallios.

Archaeological site 44JC568 (also known as the Reverend Richard Buck site, after the property’s first owner) was located about one-half mile north of Jamestown. 44JC568 was occupied from c. 1630 until c. 1650 by a series of individuals, many of them descended from Reverend Buck. Although close to Jamestown, in an area known as Neck-of-Land, the site was not located directly on navigable water. Archaeologist Seth Mallios has described Neck-of-Land as a “leading Jamestown suburb,” with 145...

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Rich Neck was one of the founding plantations of Middle Plantation, the Lower Peninsula community that preceded Williamsburg. Rich Neck’s architectural sophistication and elaborate layout set it apart from nearly all of its colonial neighbors. Started in 1636 by Richard Kemp, the Secretary of the Colony, the plantation grew to over 4,000 acres in size by the middle of the seventeenth century. Richard Kemp and his wife Elizabeth built two structures executed entirely in brick, a rarity in 1640s...

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This report provides information intended to sensitize CRMs in the DoD to the presence of rock art on installations in all regions of the U.S. The document 1) defines the general characteristics of rock art sites in the northeastern U.S., 2) provides a regional context and predictive model for rock art in the study area, 3) analyzes potential threats to rock art sites as a result of military, civilian, or natural activities or factors, and 4) develops recommendations for managing rock art sites...