New Castle County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...
Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), U.S. Route 301 Corridor
The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...
Noxon Tenancy Site (7NC-F-133), U.S. Route 301 Corridor
On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger), has completed a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133) in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The work was carried out under Task Orders 8 and 11 of Agreement No. 1538. The Noxon Tenancy Site had been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D because it contains information important to...
Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery, Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128], St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware
The Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] is a Euro-American farmstead occupied during the second quarter of the 18th century. It lies in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, in a location east of the Choptank Road: itself one of the earliest north-south overland routes in this part of Delaware. This site itself was placed immediately adjacent to a now-vanished secondary cart road that branched off the Choptank Road a short distance to the south, and close to the still-extant wooded...
Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric Site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492), U.S. Route 301, Levels Road Mitigation Site
Phase II Archaeological Survey and Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric Site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) U.S. Route 301, Levels Road Mitigation Site St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware DelDOT Parent Agreement 1537, Task 8 3.3 acres of 123.21 acre tract Fieldwork Dates: Richard Grubb & Associates (RGA) conducted a Phase II (evaluation-level) archaeological survey and a Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery within Locus 1 of the Rumsey/Polk...