Georgia (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sheldon Owens. William R. Whaley.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is fourteen linear inches. The Rood’s Landing (9SW1)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven Farmer. Adam Pennington. Sheldon Owens.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Rood’s Landing Tom Meltzer (9SW1) 1975 and 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) of a linear inch. The Rood’s...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jesse Collins.

This collection is referred to as "Rucker's Bottom Group 1980-1981.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. The documents date from 1970 to 1981. The investigation occurred primarily from 1980 to 1981, which explains the date of the project name. The range of dates includes background information. The documents were originally housed in an acidic manila folder in a cardboard box along with...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bernell Elder. Sheldon Owens.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) linear inch. There were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Evan McCusker.

This collection is referred to as "Savannah River Floodplains 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and three quarter (1.75) linear inches. The documents date from 1979 to 1980. The investigation occurred in 1979, but the draft of the final report was written in 1980, which may explain the date of the project name. The documents were originally housed in acidic file folders in a cardboard box with...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jesse Collins.

This collection is referred to as "Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Relocation 1979.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and a half (1.5) linear inches. The documents date from 1968 to 1979. The investigation occurred in 1979, which explains the date of the project name. The range of dates includes a field map that was originally created in 1968. The documents were originally housed in acidic files in a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Evan McCusker.

This collection is referred to as "Seventeen Sites in Richard B. Russell Reservoir 1980”. This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. The documents date to 1980. The documents were originally housed in an acidic folder in an acidic cardboard box along with numerous collections from the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area. Tape was originally found on scanned asset #2038-0001 and the tape...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Evan McCusker.

This collection is referred to as "State Road Relocations 1979.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. The investigation dates from 1977 to 1979. The investigation occurred primarily in 1979, which explains the date in the project name. The range of dates also includes earlier administrative correspondence regarding the project proposal and contracts. The documents were originally housed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sheldon Owens. Johnathan Adam Pennington.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Stewart County Arbitrary 1969 and 1978 Investigations.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is 0.2 linear inch. There were two box...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Hilda Layne. Eric Bevard.

This collection is referred to as "Survey at Strom Thurmond Lake 1992-1993.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1.0) linear inch. This investigation dates from 1992-1993. The documents were originally housed in acidic folders and in an acidic box with other Strom Thurmond Lake document collections. The materials were in good condition, although minor tears were found on various documents. The tears were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carmen Moss. Eric Bevard. Jarrett Smith.

This collection is referred to as "Survey of 7245 Acres at Strom Thurmond Lake 2000.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is five and a half (5.5) linear inches. Although the fieldwork was conducted in 1997, this document collection is attributed to 2000. The document collection consists solely of a final report, which was originally housed in acidic folders in an acidic box with other Strom Thurmond Lake...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Brenner. Danielle Figueroa. Liz Herring. Paul Murphy. Joseph Quintanilla. Jeremy Simonetti.

This collection is referred to as "Survey of 7256 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1995-1996.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is thirty-six (36) linear inches. The documents in this collection date from February 1995 to June 1996. The collection was originally housed in acidic file folders in an acidic cardboard box. The materials were in relatively good condition; however, acidic tape,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew Pedry. Eric Bevard. Sitney Bounpraseuth.

This collection is referred to as "Survey of 8250 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1996-1997.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is nine (9) linear inches. The documents date from 1997 to 1998. The investigation took place in 1996 and the final report was submitted in 1997, which explains the date range in the project name. The range of dates within the collection also includes later...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Devine Speights.

This collection is referred to as “Survey of 8450 Acres of Strom Thurmond Lake 1999.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is nineteen (19) linear inches. The documents date from 1996 to 1999. The final report was written in 1999, which explains the date in the collection name. The range of dates also includes background records. The documents were received with other document collections from the Strom...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adam Pennington. Sheldon Owens.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Tyrone Mims Arbitrary (1Br?) 1988.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) of a linear inch. The artifact box was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sasha Aigbodion. Edward Detchemendy. James Gilliam. Benjamin Hawk. Andrew McDaniel.

This collection is referred to as the “Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1971 investigation.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The majority of the documents from this collection date from 1960 to 1971, which explains the date range in the investigation name. However, there is one document that has a date range from 1960 to1976, which is an oversized map that...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill Whaley.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is six (6) linear inches. The Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Steven D. Smith. Michael Scoggins.

In 2006 the authors embarked on a multiyear project to find, define, and interpret the July 12, 1780 Battle of Huck's Defeat, or Williamson's Plantation.  At the time, the battlefield was popularly understood to be a mile from its actual location.  Through historic document research, systematic metal detecting, the application of KOCOA, and other military analyses, the battlefield and battle episodes were located and defined. That, however, was not the end of the story.  Today, the battlefield...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian D. Jones. Scott Brady.

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. The 17th-century John Hollister Site in South Glastonbury, Connecticut is arguably one of the state’s most significant because of its age, richness, and lack of subsequent disturbance. The site, which was identified through a mix of oral history, ground penetrating radar, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kenneth Cannon. ken reid. Joel Pederson. Molly Boeka Cannon. Houston Martin. Kelsey Wetzel.

On the frigid morning of 29 January 1863 the California Volunteers under the command of Patrick Connor attacked the Shoshone village at Bia Ogoi in response to ongoing hostilities between whites and Native groups.  The result was the death of at least 250 Shoshone, many of them women and children, and 21 soldiers.  Over the course of the past 150 years extensive landscape modification has occurred from both natural and human agents obscuring the events of this fateful day.  A major focus of a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Shawn P Keyte.

Fort Shackelford was built in February of 1855 on what is now the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in South Florida. It was one of several forts built by the U.S. Army used to scout near the Big Cypress and Everglades regions during the U.S. Government’s efforts to pressure the Seminoles into leaving the area. The fort was found burned by American Soldiers shortly before they were ambushed by Seminole Warriors; marking the start of the Third Seminole War. The location of the fort has been...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hanna Marie Pageau.

Schenectady County Community College Community Archaeology Program researchers have been excavating in the Stockade Historic District, an area dating back to the Dutch colonization period. Sites located on the current property of the First Reformed Church of Schenectady, located within the district, include a house razed in 1938, but which appears according to existing deed records, to have originally been built in the late 1700s. Two primary finds have come from the excavation, including the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mallory Haas.

During the summer of 2014 The SHIPS Project UK located a wreck within Plymouth Sound.  Further investigation during fieldwork in 2015 identified the wreck as the Royal Navy heavy frigate HMS Amethyst lost in 1811. Throughout the 2015 field season a number of artifacts were recovered including a large number of copper fixings and a quantity of copper hull sheathing.  Some of the copper fixings included printed dates and manufacturers marks.  Subsequent research into copper has connected us with...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy L. Sullivan.

In May 1962, trucks and moving vans pulled into an African American community known as "Little Egypt" in northeast Dallas, Texas.  Within a single day, the residents were packed up and moved out. Bulldozers swept in, making way for a commercial center, leaving little trace of the previous occupants. Who were they?  Where did they go? What was their story? In 2015, Dr. Tim Sullivan (Anthropology) and Dr. Clive Siegle(History) of  Richland College (Dallas County Community College),  combined their...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Blair Tormey. Paul Martin.

This is an abstract from the "Canine Resources for the Archaeologist" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Throughout the American South, it is not uncommon for historical African American cemeteries and burial sites to possess little to no written records, complicating preservation efforts. Since 2010, researchers and students at Western Carolina University, in cooperation with Martin Archaeology Consulting, have utilized human remains detection (HRD)...