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During a three-week period in March 1995, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted the second phase of archaeological work at 41BX47 under contract with Pape- Dawson Engineers. This phase of intensive testing was designed to assess the significance of the Early and Middle Archaic deposits identified during the 1994 CAR survey of the 147-acre project area (Tennis and Hard 1995). These investigations were performed to further comply...
Archaic Occupation on the Santa Cruz Flats: the Tator Hills Archaeological Project (1993)
This report describes the results of archaeological investigations undertaken northeast and in the vicinity of the Tator Hills at the southern edge of the Santa Cruz Flats. The archaeological investigations were funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Projects Office, and identified as Tasks 43 and 45 of Contract 3-PA-30-00740. The work was conducted to mitigate the impact to prehistoric resources in the construction of the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District, Central Unit IV...
Archaic Occupation on the Santa Cruz Flats: The Tator Hills Archaeological Project (1993)
This report describes the results of archaeological investigations undertaken northeast and in the vicinity of the Tator Hills at the southern edge of the Santa Cruz Flats. The archaeological investigations were funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Projects Office, and identified as Tasks 43 and 45 of Contract 3-PA-30-00740. The work was conducted to mitigate the impact to prehistoric resources in the construction of the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District, Central Unit IV...
Archaic Tattooing and Bundle Keeping in Tennessee, ca. 1600 BC (2018)
The Fernvale archaeological site in Williamson County, Tennessee, is a multi-component site that includes a significant Late Archaic cemetery and occupation dated ca. 1600 BC. Although the site was excavated in 1985, it was not fully analyzed or published for nearly three decades. Formal analysis of zooarchaeological materials from Fernvale took place from 2007-2012 as part of an overall effort to reassess the site assemblage. In this paper we describe findings generated by combining traditional...
The ArchaMap Data Integration Tool: A Case Study from the Roosevelt Dam Archaeological Projects, Arizona (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeological data are complicated and rarely highly standardized between projects. Using data from multiple sources often requires a time-consuming and difficult process of mapping data ontologies, categories, recording schema, and contextual information among projects manually. This work is error prone and it is difficult to document substantive...
The ArcheoBlitz and Citizen Science at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota. (2017)
As part of the NPS centennial celebration, Knife River Indian Villages NHS and the Midwest Archeological Center hosted a citizen-science event focused on engaging local area Middle School students. The ArcheoBlitz was designed as a multi-day event to highlight research activities focused on the history and resources preserved at the park. The event was loosely modeled on Bio-Blitz events that have successfully been used by the NPS and National Geographic Society to gather natural resources...
Archeobotany of the Lower Illinois Valley: The Legacy of Stuart Struever (2024)
This is an abstract from the "The Village, the Region, and Beyond: Stuart Struever (1931–2022) and the Lower Illinois River Valley Research Program" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 1960 Stuart Struever initiated an “Illinois Valley Archaeological Program” and devoted his research over the next decade to study of Middle Western Hopewell manifestations. He set out to test a hypothesis that the adoption of a simple mudflat agriculture conducted on...
ArcheoChallenge: Incentivizing Archeological Awareness and Tourism in National Parks (2019)
This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The National Park Service (NPS) has two main incentive-based tourism programs: The Passport and Junior Rangers. Both of these offer guests souvenirs of their experiences in parks, and have successfully harnessed the psychology of collecting to foster enthusiasm and support for NPS resources, places, and stories. The...
Archeological and Historic Data Recovery Program Fiscal Year 1975 (1975)
The Secretary’s Report to Congress provides information to several audiences—Congress, the archeological and historic preservation community, and the American public—about the ways that Federal agencies meet the challenges of archeological resource stewardship. While much work remains to be done, the information in these reports demonstrates that Federal agencies are making progress in locating and protecting sites, caring for collections, and initiating public involvement in these...
Archeological and Historical Investigations at Florence Marina State Park, Walter F. George Reservoir, Stewart County, Georgia, Florence Site (9SW124) 1988-1990 (1989)
During late fall 1988, archeological investigations were conducted at Florence Marina State Park, Stewart County, Georgia, prior to the construction of new visitors' use facilities. The work was conducted by Southeastern Archeological Services, Inc. (SAS), an Athens, Georgia consulting firm specializing in cultural resource studies. Limited previous investigations had demonstrated that the park contained remains of the former town of Florence and substantial quantities of historic Creek Indian...
Archeological and Historical Resources Surveys of 1,460 Acres at Eagle Pass Mine, Maverick County, Texas (2015)
From April to June 2014, personnel from Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted an archeological and historical resources survey for Camino Real Fuels, L.L.C., of the North American Coal Corporation and the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership (DRCP) within 1,460 acres of land at the Eagle Pass Mine in Maverick County, Texas. The archaeological survey resulted in the discovery and documentation of 16 previously unrecorded sites. Of the 16 sites, 15 are prehistoric Native American sites, and 1 is an...
Archeological and Historical Survey of the United Space Booster Facility Tract, Merritt Island, Florida (1982)
The study is intended to comply with federal historic preservation mandates in determining whether the proposed construction of the United Space Booster Facility Tract on Merritt Island will have an effect on cultural resources eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, or otherwise of national, state or local significance. No sites of significance were found on that part of the tract proposed for development and it is recommended that the project be cleared with respect...
An Archeological and Historical Survey of Walnut Creek, Seguin, Texas (1977)
During March 1977, the Center for Archaeological Research conducted archaeological and historical surveys of Walnut Creek at Seguin, Texas. The surveys were performed under contract with Hallenberger, Galindo and Associates, Consulting Engineers. This engineering firm, in turn, has been contracted by the U.S. Corps of Engineers to do a study of proposed flood control development along Walnut Creek in anticipation of the projected 50-year flood cycle. The archaeological and historical surveys of...
Archeological Assessments Report No. 300: Consultation with the Tennessee State Historic Preservation Officer for the Management of Cultural Resources within Selected Management Units at the Arnold Air Force Base (2003)
ACS/Conservation has proposed to conduct long term management activities in portions of the Arnold Air Force Base. These activities will be conducted within various Management Units designated for Forestry management and restoration efforts designed to assist in the restoration of Barrens ecological communities. Activities will include controlled burning, timber harvesting, reforestation, and selective tree removal which will result in ground disturbances. All affected Management Units have...
Archeological Collections Management of the Great Island Tavern Site, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (1984)
This report describes the procedures used by the National Park Service, North Atlantic Regional Archeological Collections Management Project (hereafter abbreviated ACMP) to process, conserve, and curate the artifacts from four historic sites located on Great Island, in the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Great Island is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) of the National Park Service (NPS). The focus of this project is on the Great Island Tavern site (hereafter abbreviated GIT)...
An Archeological Curation-Needs Assessment for the US Navy, Engineering Field Activities, West and Northwest, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (1997)
At the request of Engineering Field Activity (EFA), West, the US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, conducted a survey of archeological collections and associated documentation generated from archeological investigations conducted on Navy facilities within the jurisdiction of EFA West and EFA Northwest. Site visits were conducted during the period November 1993-August...
Archeological Data Recovery Excavations at 41CR56, 41CR61 and 41CR64 in Crane County, Texas
Working on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), archeologists from AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. completed phased data recovery excavations of the three sites. Work was conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended) and the Antiquities Code of Texas (13 TAC 16) between 2018 and 2019 when the sites were proposed to be impacted by the expansion of the US 385 roadway. 41CR56 fieldwork...
Archeological Data Recovery Excavations at the Santa Land Site (41SM490) and Testing Excavations at 41SM149, Smith County, Texas
On February 11 and from February 20–March 11, 2019, AmaTerra Environmental, an ERG Company (AmaTerra) conducted archeological excavations at the Santa Land Site (41SM490) on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in support of the proposed expansion of Interstate Highway 20 (IH-20) in Smith County, Texas (CSJ 0495-04-065). As TxDOT and the Texas Historical Commission (THC) deemed the site eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and for...
Archeological Eligibility Testing of 23 Sites on Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas (2006)
On August 6, 2003, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) issued Task Order 0052 (Requisition F41623-03-R-9999/R002) under Contract F41624-01-D-8556 to Geo-Marine Inc. (GMI), to conduct archeological delineation and National Register site evaluation of historic and prehistoric sites on Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Bexar County, Texas. The work was conducted to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 USC 470 et. seq.), and the cultural resources...
Archeological Excavations at St. Inigoes Manor House, 18ST87, St. Mary's County, Maryland (1998.037) (1984)
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...
Archeological Excavations at the Platte River Campground Site (20BZ16), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1987 (1991)
The Platte River Campground archeological site (20BZ16) is located along the Platte River, within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. The site was discovered in 1985 and was also tested in that year. In 1987, the Midwest Archeological Center conducted archeological excavations at the site in advance of a planned campground redevelopment program which will impact portions of the site. Important information on site age and artifact assemblages was obtained. The site is...
Archeological Excavations in the Round Bottom Area, Hannibal Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Marshall County, West Virginia (1975)
This report documents the excavation results obtained by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey's Archeology Section during the summer of 1973. Emil R. Liddell of Fairmont State College served as Field Supervisor for the four-week project, which was cosponsored by the National Park Service (Contract Number CX-4000-3-0064) and the Geological Survey. The Round Bottom area is located approximately 3.5 miles down the Ohio River (to the west) from Moundsville, West Virginia, on property...
Archeological Explorations on the Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Massachusetts (2010)
The United States Air Force (USAF) at the Westover Air Reserve Base had the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) conduct a series of small Phase I surveys through a cooperative agreement between the two agencies. Previous research on the base has identified several areas that were considered to potentially contain sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Due to need to clear trees that hinder the flight patterns of the bases’ planes, and the need to construct a softball field to...
Archeological Inventory and Evaluation at the Carrigan and Burch Properties, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield Illinois (2010)
The Midwest Archeological Center conducted field investigations at Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois in 2005 and 2006 in conjunction with the preparation of Historic Structure Reports on two of the houses that originally stood in the Abraham Lincoln neighborhood in close proximity to the Lincoln Home itself, the Carrigan house immediately next door to the north and the Burch house directly across Eighth Street to the west. An archeological inventory and evaluation of...
Archeological Investigations Along Armand Bayou, Harris County, Texas (1974)
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...