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1999 Post Mold Images (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

This file includes images of post molds identified during 1999 data recovery at the Eaton Site


19th Century Chinese Railroad Worker Habitation Structures on the Central Pacific Railroad (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ann Polk. Michael Polk.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Following the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, there was an immediate need to provide maintenance crews along the line. The Central Pacific Railroad met this need, largely, through the employment of ethnic Chinese workers in Utah, Nevada and California, a pattern that continued for more than 20 years. These workers were provided with bunkhouses and, sometimes,...


19th Century Clay Pipes from Jacksonport State Park, Arkansas (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Andrew Buchner. Karla M. Oesch.

Excavations at the Jacksonport State Park over the 2014 to 2015 field season have produced over 65,000 artifacts. This material has providing information about the lives of Jacksonport's residents from its prominence and period of historical significance (1852-1892) and on to the subsequent poor house era (1910-1953). Within this extensive collection are several campaign/ president pipes imported from Germany from circa 1830 to circa 1870. The identifiable specimens include presidential...


19th Century Entertainments From A Small Plantation In Alexandria, Virginia: Archaeology At Shuter’s Hill (44AX175) (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Terilee Edwards-Hewitt.

The archaeology of childhood is underrepresented in the archaeological literature. Identifying children’s toys can be complex since many recreational objects, such as Frozen Charlottes, dominos, marbles, harmonicas and mouth harps, were used by both children and adults. Other toys found at this archaeological site are solely associated with children, primarily metal military figures and dolls. Shuter’s Hill, located in Alexandria, Virginia, was a small plantation located near Washington, D.C....


19th century industry in the American South: Scull Shoals Mill Village (2013)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Stacy J. Lundgren. James Wettstaed.

The shoals of the Oconee River have greatly influenced early American settlement and land use in Georgia, one of the United States’ original thirteen colonies.   Scull Shoals, a major river crossing in what is now Greene County, became the location of a small frontier settlement on the east bank of the Oconee River in the 1790s.  After the turn of the century, industry at the shoals included a water-powered grist mill and Georgia’s first paper mill.  In the following decades, mill operations at...


A 19th Century Military Landscape in Southern Maryland (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Aaron M. Levinthal.

The Maryland State Highway Administration's recent archaeological investigations in Charles County have helped to increase the understanding of a landscape that directly contributed to events that shaped a developing nation. The discovery and study of several War of 1812 and Civil War sites and loci, all within close proximity of one another, the port town of Benedict, and major waterborne and overland transportation corridors, has provided insights on choices made by 19th century military...


19th Century Reform and Control at the Industrial School for Girls in Dorchester, Massachusetts (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only maddie penney.

An examination of the nineteenth century adornment assemblage from the Industrial School for Girls in Dorchester, Massachusetts, archaeologically excavated by Joseph Bagley and the Boston City Archaeology Lab during the summer of 2015. The school was staffed and administered by middle and upper-class Boston influenced by a Second Great Awakening reform movement, in which piety was the foundation for a number of reform efforts, including femininity, domesticity, and spiritual materialism. The...


19th Century Workhorses: The Examination of a Centerboard Schooner off Dog Island, Florida. (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher Horrell.

Between 2001 and 2003, the Dog and St. George Islands Shipwreck Survey, a research project conducted by the Florida State University Program in Underwater Archaeology, investigated a mid-to-late 19th century wooden-hulled centerboard schooner.  This site, while integral to instructing students on the various methodologies and techniques utilized to conduct archaeological investigations underwater, provides a glimpse into the Gulf of Mexico’s maritime history and culture.  To date, the shipwreck...


19th-Century Innovation at a 21st-Century Industrial Park: Archaeological Investigations at the Valentine and Company Iron Ore Washing Plant, Centre County, Pennsylvania (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gary F. Coppock.

It was during a standard Phase I archaeological survey for a proposed Centre County industrial park that the buried remains of a 19th-century industrial plant − the Valentine Iron Ore Washing Plant (36CE526) − were discovered.  Subsequent investigations revealed not only the layout of the facility, but also the important role that a local ironmaster had on the entire iron industry.  In 1815 several Valentine brothers relocated to Centre County to lease an idle iron furnace.  Soon they were...


1GR2 Craigs Landing Site N.D.
PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

In May 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, contracted with the University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research to conduct extensive archaeological investigations within the Gainesville Lake (present day Gainesville Reservoir) area of West- Central Alabama. The lake area is a “run of the river” reservoir that is part of the Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway project located in Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties. The Craigs Landing Site (1GR2) is located on the east bank...


2 Cool 4 School: An Alaskan Archaeology HipHop Tale (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only MoHagani Magentek Adamu.

What fun is historical archaeology when it seldom reaches outside academia and into the public spheres? This presentation is a tale about a HipHop Archaeologist in Alaska finding her way outside her boundaries of African American Archaeologies and Burial Ground Studies. Burnt out from academic studies and school, Ms. Mahogany Bones and Lady Plup set out on an unofficial archaeological investigation to the Old Knik Townsite Museum. They have no preconceptions or a premise for their research other...


20,000 Years Under the Sea: Dynamically Visualizing the Past and Future of Shorelines, Ecosystems, and Climate Change at Point Reyes, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas Whitley. Michael Konzak. Bryan Mischke. Robert Watson. Paul Engel.

Geospatial analysts are now capable of developing increasingly accurate models of past and future ‘shorelines’ and the predicted impacts they might have on archaeological sites or cultural landscapes. But GIS alone cannot realistically simulate hydrodynamic effects, terrain displacements, or changes in vegetation communities, water bodies, and atmospheres. Funded by the NCPTT, this study combines GIS analysis of LiDAR terrain and bathymetric models with the photorealistic 3D modeling...


2000 Excavation Report (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

This report describes data recovery during the 2000 excavation season.


2000 Historic American Building Survey, Fort Sam Houston
PROJECT Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

The detailed survey of eighteen (11) architecturally representative structures at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, was undertaken in 2000. This project was under the general supervision of Joe C. Freeman, Architect. Project Historian was Daron Duke. Photographic records were provided by Joseph Murphey.


2000 Post Mold Images (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

This file includes images of post molds identified during 2000 data recovery at the Eaton Site


2000 Years of Settlement in the Tonto Basin: Overview and Synthesis of the Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (TCAP) was conducted in the Tonto Basin of east-central Arizona on Tonto National Forest land. The project was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and conducted from 1992 through 1996, in advance of the realignment of Arizona State Route 188. The investigated area was a 61-m (200-ft) corridor that followed a 13.3-km (8-mi) stretch of the western terrace overlooking Tonto Creek. The project was divided into three sections based on the...


2003 Historic American Building Survey, Fort Sam Houston
PROJECT Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

The detailed survey of two (2) architecturally representative structures at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, was undertaken in 2003. This project was under the general supervision of Joseph Murphey, Architect.


2003-02-21, Response from F. Lawrence Oaks to Richard Trevino, Building 1676, Project Review of Roof and Ceiling Repair, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.

Continued correspondence concerning roof and ceiling repair for Building 1676 at Lackland Air Force Base. This letter serves as comment on the proposed undertaking from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission. The letter concludes that the review staff, led by Pam Opiela, has completed its review of the project documentation provided. The proposed work will have no adverse effect on the historic building.


2004-05-06, Response from Richard Trevino to Bill Martin, NRHP Eligibility for Sites 41BX1059 and 41BX1065, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Trevino.

Correspondence between Air Education and Training Command, Lackland Air Force Base, and the Texas Historical Commission regarding Texas State Historic Preservation Office’s rulings regarding National Register eligibility for a number of surveyed Lackland sites. Two reports are addressed and it is noted that two sites that were surveyed were left out of the reports – 41BX1059 and 41BX1065. The letter offers recommendations on the NRHP eligibility of these two sites as well as a detailed summary...


2005 Condition Studies for Various Properties, Fort Sam Houston
PROJECT Uploaded by: Jodi Reeves Eyre

Architectural and structural condition studies prepared for various historic properties at Fort Sam Houston. Copies of these reports have also been forwarded to the Fort Worth District. The submittal of these documents is in partial fulfillment of the contractual obligations of Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract number GS-10F-0207J.


2005-01-18, Letter from F. Lawrence Oaks to Deborah Tharp, Project Review on Draft Report: Archeological Eligibility Testing of 23 Sites on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.

This letter serves as comment from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Executive Director of the Texas Historical Commission regarding the draft report: “Archaeological Eligibility Testing of 23 Sites on Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas.” The letter raises concern that the Texas Historical Commission wasn’t notified or consulted before the archaeological undertaking at the 23 Lackland sites. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 has been sited by the...


2005-06-28, Letter from Victoria Green Clow to Jackie Schlatter and Michael Pumphrey, Condition Studies for Various Properties, Fort Sam Houston, Signed (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Victoria Green Clow. Geo-Marine, Inc..

Letter that accompanied attached electronic as well as hard copies of the architectural and structural condition studies prepared for various historic properties at Fort Sam Houston. Copies of these reports have also been forwarded to the Fort Worth District. The submittal of these documents is in partial fulfillment of the contractual obligations of Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract number GS-10F-0207J.


2005-11-07, Response from John A. Wildie to Duane Peter, Archaeological Artifacts Collected From Lackland Investigations, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John A. Wildie.

This letter of correspondence was written to Duane Peter at Geo-Marine, Inc. from John A. Wildie at Lackland Air Force Base. These emails were written with the purpose to find the whereabouts of artifacts collected from the archaeological studies/investigations conducted on Lackland. Some possible locations discussed include Parsons Engineering and The Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Included in this correspondence was Madrigal Santos and Sands...


2006 Aerial Image of Richinbar Ruin and Associated Racetrack (2007)
IMAGE Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

2006 Aerial Image of Richinbar Ruin and Associated Racetrack


2006 DoD Cultural Resources Workshop - Agenda (Legacy 06-294) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

An agenda showing the proceedings of a 2006 DoD Cultural Resources Workshop.