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20th-Century Building Materials and Suitable Substitutes for Exterior Finishes and Roofs (Legacy 15-707)
PROJECT Uploaded by: McKenna McMahon

This project investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials.


611th Air Support Group Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.


The Antiquities Act
PROJECT Uploaded by: system user

This project includes documents related to the history and historical background of the Antiquities Act and its implementation during the century since its enactment. The Antiquities Act was signed into law in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The history of American conservation often is told in terms of legal milestones, and rightly so. An environmental activist working to expand a local park, a historic preservationist trying to save a cherished old building, a volunteer working on a...


Archaeological Collection Sampling and Discard Protocols (Legacy 16-789)
PROJECT Brian Crane.

This project developed guidance on how to slow the growth in volume of materials requiring long-term curation and allow for future efficient management of collections of undetermined, little or no research potential. Guidance is given to relate collection management plans to associated project research designs. These guidelines should be distributed to DoD cultural resources subject matter experts and cultural resources managers for implementation. The best practices presented would be...


Archaeological Collections and Curation Facilities Assessment (Legacy 92-0304)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project resulted in curation needs assessments of western U.S. Department of Defense military installations.


The Archaeology of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Montrose County, Colorado
PROJECT Uploaded by: Joshua Watts

WACC reports related to survey and excavation projects at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Montrose County, Colorado.


The Archaeology of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Baca Land Exchange
PROJECT Uploaded by: Joshua Watts

WACC reports associated with survey and excavation projects at Great Sand Dunes National Park and the relate Baca Land Exchange, Colorado.


The Archaeology of Mesa Verde National Park
PROJECT Mesa Verde Museum Association.

This project contains a single symposium report: "A Century of Archaeological Research at Mesa Verde National Park."


The Archaeology of the Western Region of the National Park Service
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC reports summarizing archaeological projects and management plans in the Western Region of the National Park Service.


Barger Gulch Locality B
PROJECT Uploaded by: Todd Surovell

Field and laboratory data for the Barger Gulch Archaeological Project. These data are to be published as a companion dataset to the book Barger Gulch: A Folsom Campsite in the Rocky Mountains (University of Arizona Press) by Todd Surovell.


BLM Utah Project Metadata
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for cultural resources reports scanned from the Utah BLM office.


Coal Creek Projectile Point Project
PROJECT Uploaded by: Neil Hauser

This project is used to describe common metadata for resources in the Coal Creek Research Projectile Point Database


Crow Canyon Archaeobotanical Remains
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sarah Oas

This project synthesizes archaeobotanical data from 43 Central Mesa Verde area Ancestral Puebloan settlements occupied ca. AD 500-1280 that were excavated by Crown Canyon Archaeological Center. For information concerning individual projects and full archaeobotanical reports see the Crow Canyon Archaeobotanical Remains References document.


Crow Canyon Archaeological Center fauna through 2008
PROJECT Jonathan Driver. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University.

Faunal data collected by Jonathan Driver and graduate students from excavation projects conducted by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, through 2008. Nineteen Ancestral Puebloan sites in the Mesa Verde region yielded fauna and other remains, primarily from the Pueblo II and Pueblo III time periods. Items archived on tDAR include the faunal datasets, coding sheets, coding guides and related manuals, and PhD dissertations based on the fauna from these projects. Archaeological information and...


Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards (Legacy 15-713)
PROJECT Megan Tooker.

This project highlights two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job classifications.


Cultural Resources Public Outreach and Interpretation Source Book (Legacy 10-127)
PROJECT Chad Blackwell.

This project created a guide that collects existing standards, guidance, and best practices on cultural resources interpretation and public outreach and examples of interpretation and public outreach projects. This project developed an evaluation rubric for comparing effectiveness of diverse project types and used that data to develop a source book of best examples and guidance to help DoD components and installations to develop their own creative cultural resources interpretation and public...


Design Guidelines for Implementing Energy Efficiency Strategies in Historic Properties (Legacy 11-382 & 13-382)
PROJECT Tina Reames.

This project provides guidelines intended to facilitate the planning of rehabilitation projects that will result in improved energy efficiency in historic buildings operated by the Department of Defense (DoD) and help the DoD meet historic preservation and energy savings design goals.


Digital Archive of Archaeological Documents Related to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
PROJECT Air Combat Command, United States Air Force.

This project, created by Digital Antiquity under contract with the United States Air Force, contains documents and other resources from archaeological research conducted at Dyess Air Force Base (Dyess AFB). Dyess AFB, established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB), is a B1-Bomber base on 6,409-acre located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX in Taylor County. The archaeology of the Taylor County area dates the human occupation of the area from about 12,500 B.C. into the present. ...


The Dolores Archaeological Program
PROJECT Robert A. Bye. Christine K. Robinson. David A. Breternitz. Allen E. Kane. Steven E. James. Timothy A. Kohler. William D. Lipe. Bureau of Reclamation.

From 1978 until 1985 the University of Colorado contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation (Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562) to mitigate the adverse impact of a large water impoundment project on the cultural resources in the project area. This complex and evolving long-term mitigation plan known as the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP) has been called a “truly unique chapter in American archaeology” (Breternitz 1993:118) and was applauded by Lipe (1998:2) for its ability to “increase the power and...


Federal Archeology Program Description and Analysis
PROJECT Uploaded by: Francis McManamon

This project includes a variety of products related to the archeological activities carried out by or required by Federal agencies. The agencies include land managing agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service. Other agencies carry out or fund development activities, such as the Federal Highway Administration or the Bureau of Reclamation. Some agencies focus on regulatory activities, such as licenses issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. All of...


A Guide to Architecture and Engineering Firms of the Cold War Era (Legacy 09-434)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This reference provides biographical and historical information concerning A/E firms and associated principal architects and engineers. The document identifies military buildings designed by these firms and provides greater contextual understanding of A/E firms and military architecture in the Cold War era.


A Historical look at American Archeology
PROJECT Uploaded by: Aaron Deguzman

This project was set up by ASU undergraduate Aaron Deguzman for a individual study project that he did with FPMcManamon in the Spring semester of 2011. Included are digital copies of some of the historic publications he read and some of his written summaries and assessments of these readings. The following two paragraphs are Aaron's statement of what he hoped to get out of the readings course. What I'd like to study is the history of archeology with an emphasis on the public outlook on...


In-Theater Heritage Training for Deploying Personnel (Legacy 09-324)
PROJECT Laurie Rush.

This project resulted in various training products produced by the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and the Cultural Resources Management Program at Fort Drum, NY, between 2005-2010, for purposes of raising awareness among U.S. military personnel and DoD contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt of the importance and value of preserving and protecting cultural property.


Integrating Military Training and Archaeological Site Integrity: A Data Analysis Approach (Legacy 09-435)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project identified practical methods to measure impacts of military training activities on archaeological resources on DoD installations with the goal of sustaining these activities while complying with cultural resources stewardship responsibilities.


James Schoenwetter Pollen Research Papers
PROJECT Uploaded by: Mary Whelan

James Schoenwetter (Ph.D. Southern Illinois 1967) was a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. His research interests included prehistoric cultural ecology, applications of pollen analysis in archaeology and research methodology. Before his retirement in 2000 he directed the ASU Anthropology Department’s palynology lab. Pollen research by Schoenwetter and his students involved a variety of sites in Mesoamerica, North America and Europe. He directed archaeological and botanical...