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DOCUMENT Citation Only Carrie A. Christman. Alex H. Mattana.

In 2013, Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group, Inc. (CCRG) investigated Minnesota's Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) camps as archaeological properties through funding from the Minnesota Historical Society and the Oversight Board of the Statewide Survey of Historical and Archaeological Sites (Board). The project included developing a comprehensive CCC camp database and documenting 10 Minnesota CCC camps to develop a methodology where Minnesota CCC camps could be evaluated and determined...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna M. Munns.

It is generally acknowledged that there was a hierarchical structure to turn-of-the-century sex trade, with madams at the top and streetwalkers at the bottom. But what did this structure mean for the women who inhabited these roles? And how can we access all levels of the hierarchy? Police magistrate court dockets provide a valuable lens through which to analyze prostitution in Fargo, North Dakota during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Additionally, these documents speak to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Keith Egloff. Michael B. Barber. Celia Reed.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Jane Baxter.

The Atlantis Resort is a formidable presence on the landscape and a tourist destination that overshadows other Bahamian resorts.  The Atlantis theme has made the resort a popular topic in archaeological discussions of pseudoarchaeology, and the exhibit named "The Dig" in the lower level of the resort makes this artificial past widely accessible.  Attending ten tours through "The Dig" in the summer of 2011 facilitated an analysis of how the Atlantian past is presented to tourists, and how...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Diana L Johnson. Katherine D. Thomas.

As we celebrate 50 years of the Society for Historical Archaeology, we must decide what our future will look like. In Bioware’s Mass Effect series, we can see what an archaeologist will look like in the future. Liara T’soni is a xenoarchaeologist, alien, and one of the main characters of the series. Throughout her journey, your hero helps her with her professional goals, and her profession helps you accomplish the task of helping the universe. This paper will explore her professional life in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cheyenne Lewis. Kevin Gidusko. Tommy Budd.

This is an abstract from the "Vicksburg Is the Key: Recent Archaeological Investigations and New Perspectives from the Gibraltar of the South" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Following a landslide at Vicksburg National Cemetery in 2020, a portion of the collapsed terrace within the cemetery was subject to emergency excavations to recover burials that had fallen from the Section T terrace. In addition, the landslide covered a portion of the Section...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexander Anthony.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Poor Laws enacted in the early 19th-century condemned the most destitute to confinement in almshouses, poor farms, and workhouses. These laws paralleled contemporary Anatomy Acts that turned the 'unclaimed' dead from those institutions over to medical facilities for dissection. In essence, pauperism became punishable by anatomization. Thus, dissection served the dual purpose of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tara Ruttley.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique and critical resource for benefits to Earth and the future of space exploration. Since 1998, it is the only place in the universe where people can perform experiments where the absence of gravity is a new variable. But why bother? Why should the public care, and why should the government spend its money on this amazing orbiting...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary G. Harper. Sarah P. Sportman. Ross K. Harper.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution”: Identifying and Understanding Early Historic-Period House Sites" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.                 Over 20 years of cultural resource management survey in southern New England, we have learned that a suite of tools is essential to successfully identify colonial-period house sites in a variety of contexts. The “tools” range from developing an understanding of the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Leslie B. Kirchler-Owen.

Public involvement is a critical aspect of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) evaluations, yet many times consultation with the public is treated as an afterthought. Achieving consensus and ensuring stakeholders are afforded the opportunity to provide meaningful input requires adequate time and resources. The lack of an effective program may create risk to achieving project goals. So, how does one engage the public? How can valuable input be solicited? Who are the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rodd L Wheaton.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Adrian C. Praetzellis. Mary K Praetzellis.

Many Chinese immigrants spent much of their lives abroad, changing their attitudes toward the host country and picking up cultural competencies. Immigrants joining 1850s communities faced different circumstances than those arriving in the 1880s; and those who remained into the 1920s lived much differently than they would have earlier. Yee Ah Tye was born around 1820 in southern China. He came to California early in the Gold Rush, married, and was the father of many children. Before he died in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelly Ledford.

The eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo sylvestris) is a well documented resource for Native Americans in the Southeastern United States. Recent research suggests that turkeys may have been managed by Mississippian period people in Middle Tennessee as opposed to being hunted solely in the wild. These conclusions are based on a combination of ethnographic sources, osteometric data, and other non-osseous evidence. As a part of my thesis, I extracted collagen from 12 prehistoric turkey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ray Roudebush. Stanley H. Fried.

A memorandum to Kise, Franks & Straw from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering providing site plans and a final report for the Blossom Point Farmhouse. The memorandum provides information on the marketing/disposal of the Blossom Point Farmhouse, Blossom Point Field Test Facility.

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Historical letter describing the land of Nanjemoy Creek.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ray Roudebush. Jo Ellen Freese.

Multiple letters from the Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Maryland Historical Trust and from the Maryland Historical Trust in reference to the Environmental Assessment that was prepared and completed for the relocation/salvage of the Ballast House. Following the letters is a memorandum for the Commander of the US Army Materiel Command in reference to the Environmental Assessment.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ray Roudebush.

A letter from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering at Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer of the Maryland Historical Trust in reference to the environmental assessment conducted by the US Army Laboratory Command. Also included is a facsimile with a transmittal sheet and a news release entitled "environmental assessment finds no significant impact in environment."

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen H. Young.

A response letter from the commander of the Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Maryland Historical Trust regarding treatment of the Blossom Point House. Included is also a signed Memorandum of Agreement for the Ballast House Historic Preservation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Magid.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark J. Besche.

A letter from Besche/Hailstone in response to the ad published in January 6, 1991 regarding the Ballast House.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William A. Brenner.

Letter and a revision of chapter 3 of the drafted report "Historic Properties Report for Harry Diamond Laboratories, Maryland, and Subinstallations Woodbridge Research Facility, Virginia and Blossom Point Field Test Facility, Maryland" of July 1983.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joel I. Klein, Ph.D..

A letter from Dr. Joel I. Klein of Envirosphere Company to Ralph M. Peck Jr. of Harry Diamond Laboratories in regards to a request by Dr. Sydne Marshall of the need for Base Site maps and Future Development maps for HDL.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sydne B. Marshall, Ph.D.

Letter from the Project Assistant Technical Manager of Envirosphere Company, Dr. Sydne B. Marshall, to Harry Diamond Labs confirming visitation dates to the labs at Adelphi and Blossom Point, Maryland, and to Woodbridge, Virginia. Enclosed is also who will be accompanying Dr. Marshall, and what will be discussed at the visitations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text F. P. Hamilton.

Historical letter in regards to the construction of a steamboat wharf at Blossom Point Farm, outlining the benefits of having a wharf at the farm.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clifton R. Goodwin.

Letter from the Commander of the Harry Diamond Laboratories to the Executive Director of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, proposal for inclusion in a memorandum of agreement in regards to the Ballast House at Blossom Point, Maryland.