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The Archeology and Interpretation of Native Americans at Valley Forge National Historical Park (2020)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John A. Turck.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania commemorates the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The enabling legislation directs the National Park Service to preserve the natural and cultural resources of, and educate the public...

Archeology and the National Register (1994)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jan Townsend.

This article outlines the many milestones and significant events contributing to the development and establishment of the National Historic Preservation Act. Those who drafted the National Historic Preservation Act saw the National Register as a planning tool: its main purpose being a listing of properties at the federal, state, and local level that are worthy of preservation. For archeological resources, this is the most important aspect of the National Register. In order to make wise decisions...

Archeology as an Incident: An Application of the Incident Command System for Citizen Science. (2020)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jay Sturdevant.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archeology, Citizen Science, and the National Park Service" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Organizing a large citizen science event can confront researchers with many operational challenges. In order to achieve desired objectives it is beneficial to utilze an integrated command structure as a basis for the event. This paper will demostrate the use of the incident command system for the ArcheoBlitz held at...

Archeology at Harmony Hall: Exploring the Late Seventeenth Century Frontier of Maryland (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert C. Sonderman. Matthew R. Virta. Marilyn W. Nickels. Stephen R. Potter.

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.

The Archeology of 17th-Century Virginia (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Theodore R. Reinhart. Dennis J. Pogue.

An Archeology of Labor in Practice (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Shackel.

Labor studies in the twenty first century are at a crucial turning point. As labor has steadily lost influence in the United States, labor organizations have been increasingly memorializing crucial moments in labor history. These moments are often clashes between labor and capital in which any victory, and sometimes losses, were hard fought. The new National Historic Landmark study of labor archaeology provides guidelines to help us identify significant sites and provide a new way to contribute...

An archeology of segregation after the unification of Methodism in Washington, D.C. (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Palus.

Emory Church in Northwest Washington, D.C. hosts a Pan-African Methodist congregation, but historically Emory Church was aligned with Southern Methodism, and had a segregated White congregation until the beginning of the 1960s. Soon after the integration of the church, the last White pastor departed as did the remaining White members of the congregation, leaving the church to a small community of worshipers in 1968. Archeological mitigation undertaken in 2016 as part of the redevelopment of the...

Archeology of the Anacostia Valley of Washington, D.C., and Maryland (1957)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Howard A. MacCord.

#Archeology: Loose Lips Save Slave Ships? (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only boyd sipe.

The discovery of the hulk of an 18th-century sailing ship during archeological excavations at the Hotel Indigo site in the City of Alexandria, Virginia attracted the attention of local, national and international corporate media and trended on social media sites. Reflecting on this project’s 15 minutes of fame and media attention associated with other recent high-profile archeological projects in the Washington D.C. metro area, various issues including unequal access to media, knowledge, and...

Archery In The Arctic - Part I (2001)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan.

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...

Archery In The Arctic - Part II (2001)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan.

Archery In The Arctic - Part III (2001)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan.

An Archer’s Notes (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ron King.

J. Whittaker: Influence of Pope + Ishi on archery. Point weights - archeols use 2g as dart/arrow distinction point, but Ishi and other ethnog bows around 45 lb draw, capable of “shooting through” deer, and modern hunting bows at 45lb also adequate, using points 110-150 grains = 7.1-9.7 grams, so need different explanations of bimodal point weight distrib. Bow more versatile, less movement, more positions possible, more shots, less exposure than atlatl. Points don’t kill by impact shock but...

Architects of Colonial Williamsburg (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only E A Chappell.

Architectural and Archaeological Cultural Resources Inventory for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland (Preliminary Findings) (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Orloff Miller.

Architectural Conformity vs. Slave Identity: An Example in Late Antebellum Georgia (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolyn Rock.

In 2015, Brockington and Associates conducted Phase III Data Recovery at a middle-nineteenth century field slave settlement within the Colonel’s Island Plantation in Glynn County, Georgia. Excavations at five slave dwelling footprints showed that all exhibited nearly identical dimensions and construction techniques. Dwellings appeared to be double-pen wood frame with central chimneys and wooden floors. Rather than set off the ground by wood or brick supports, each dwelling was marked by a...

Architectural Drawing, East Elevation of the Ballast House, Blossom Point, ND (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text David T. Marsh.

An architectural drawing of the east elevation of the Ballast House, at Blossom Point, MD. Using a scale of 1/4" = 1'-0".

Architectural Drawing, First and Second Floor Fireplace (Sheet 1 of 5), Ballast House, Blossom Point (1990)