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DOCUMENT Citation Only Steve W Edwards.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan.

See errata in 41 (4): 234.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Errett Callahan.

See errata in 41 (4): 235-236.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Donohue.

On behalf of Hanscom Air Force Base, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence requested that a specialized archeological survey, consisting of a metal-detector survey followed by field excavation, be conducted in the areas with potential for battlefield debris. The survey would focus on resources associated with the Battle of April 19, 1775. The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence originally contracted TN & Associates, which in turn subcontracted Timelines, Inc. (now John...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas F. Jordan.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas F. Jordan.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas F. Jordan.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald F. Lee. Ernest A. Connally. J.O. Brew.

In 1966 a Special Committee was appointed for Historic Preservation. This document is the Special Committee’s report which has been adopted as a basis for major strengthening of the Service’s professional organization to meet today’s needs. This report explains the considerations underlying the recent reorganization of the United States’ history, archeology, and historic architecture staffs. It was created to give a useful understanding of the broadened responsibilities in historic preservation...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bert Salwen.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only E Y Arima.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text David Landon. Heather Trigg.

This report describes and interprets the faunal and botanical remains recovered during intensive archaeological testing at the Kirk Street Agents’ House in Lowell, Massachusetts. The faunal specimens represent the remnants of household trash discarded in the yard by residents. Cattle, pig, rat, chicken, turkey, fish and caprine (sheep/goat) bones were recovered from the deposits, as well as bivalve shells and human teeth. Eight hundred and seventy-four macrobotanical remains were also...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cultural Resource Management Services, Inc..

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Cultural Resource Management Services, Inc..

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mike Whitehead. Ben L. Ford.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield commemorates the July 3, 1754 confrontation between British Colonial forces led by Lt. Col. George Washington, and an army of French soldiers and allied Native Americans in present day Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  Although Fort Necessity was little more than a hastily fortified storehouse, the resulting engagement was a significant event in the life of Washington and was a prelude to the French and Indian War.  This paper presents a summary of ongoing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather Trigg. Diana Gallagher.

Six flotation samples and one palynological sample from prehistoric contexts at the Saugus Iron Works site in Massachusetts were submitted to the Fiske Center for macrobotanical and palynological assessment and analysis. The palynological sample's low pollen grain density and high proportion of Liguliforae pollen suggested that attempting an accurate vegetation reconstruction at this site through palynological analysis may be impossible due to weathering and preservation concerns. While...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leith Smith.

A landscape and structural restoration plan for the 45-acre historic estate of Massachusetts governor and United States senator, Christopher Gore and his wife Rebecca, recommended archaeological investigations to identify the location, character and integrity of Gore-period features that could potentially be included in restoration efforts. Recommendations included investigation of the mansion’s extensive cellar in an effort to document Gore-period features, better understand the functioning of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leith Smith. Gregory Dubell.

A landscape restoration plan for the 45-acre Gore Place property in Waltham and Watertown, MA, calls for restoration of grounds, gardens and structures to depict and interpret the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century occupation of Massachusetts governor and United States senator, Christopher Gore, and his wife, Rebecca. The restoration plan includes archaeological investigation to help identify the location and integrity of six historically documented features on the Gore Place grounds....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia N. Reid.

This is an abstract from the "Technology in Terrestrial and Underwater Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation is a report on the status of the Digital Mapping Project, a new initiative of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. LCMM is producing a GIS-based interactive map of the Champlain Valley with layers showing archaeological and social history of the region over time. We aim to aggregate our archival and archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text The Public Archaeology Laboratory.

PAL has completed an architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility evaluation of historic resources at the U.S. Air Force (USAF) at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts. The project was completed under contract to Portage, Inc. for the USAF at Hanscom AFB. The properties within Hanscom AFB and off-base area facilities evaluated in Phase I comprise two areas on Hanscom AFB, two areas at off-base...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Martine Teunissen.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Elizabeth Ibarrola. James Davidson.

For three summers University of Florida researchers have worked at the Bulow Plantation, a large sugar plantation in East Florida founded in 1821 and destroyed by fire in 1836 during the Second Seminole War, in an attempt to understand the parameters of enslavement at that site.  In 2014 and 2015, the UF Archaeological Field School completely exposed the footprint of Cabin 1; relatively few artifacts were recovered, including an almost complete lack of buttons, beads, and other personal...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William Boze. Duncan Stewart. Jenny Bennett.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen A. Hammack.

This paper will address historical research and the delineation of several 19th and 20th century historic cemeteries in the State of Georgia in the Southeastern United States. It will also address the ethical aspects of these kinds of projects, and suggest avenues for working together with clients, employers, government agencies, and concerned families in order to successfully complete potentially problematic cemetery and graveyard projects.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christina L Zweig.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The State of Wisconsin has a Burial Sites Preservation Law where no human burial site, including cemeteries and Native American mound groups, may be disturbed without authorization from the director of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Requests to disturb within the boundaries of a burial site will often require additional research, especially in cases involving abandoned...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Blair Atcheson.

The US Navy (USN) manages a collection of over 14,000 historic aircraft wrecks, a significant portion of which are terrestrial sites. In addition to planned research of terrestrial aircraft wreck sites, the Navy often receives notice from the public of a potential USN aircraft wreck and must determine how best to respond. Increasing notifications from the public have led to the development of various approaches to site management that take into account local public interest, property ownership...