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Few things in Southwestern archaeology are so widely and hotly contested as the Hohokam phase sequence and chronology. Presently, no fewer than 12 different Hohokam chronologies exist and more appear to be under production. Disputes concerning the Hohokam chronology involve not only the dating of phases but also, even more basically, challenges to the integrity of the phase definitions. In the last decade, controversy has focused on three aspects of the chronology; (1) the validity and ordering...
Archaeomagnetism and Hohokam Platform Mounds: Reframing the Classic Period Chronology (2019)
This is an abstract from the "WHY PLATFORM MOUNDS? PART 1: MOUND DEVELOPMENT AND CASE STUDIES" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this paper, we present an overview of changes during the Hohokam Classic period relative to the platform mound developmental sequence as documented during the 1968 and 1984 excavations at Las Colinas Mound 8 and the 1973 excavations at Escalante Ruin Group. Using the archaeomagnetic data collected from Las Colinas Mound...
Archaeometric Soil Research--Mohawk Valley Progress Report (1987)
This document is a compilation of correspondances and write-ups mainly focusing on soil sampling from Henry Chaya pertaining to the Otstungo site.
Archaeothanatological Analysis of Mortuary Practices in the Prehistoric Sonoran Desert and Implications for Interpreting Sickness through Postmortem Processing (2018)
The La Playa archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert represents one of the earliest agricultural settlements in northwest Mexico. Over 310 mortuary features have been uncovered during salvage excavations since the site was discovered in 1930, revealing a wide variability in mortuary practices that may reflect specific treatments for pathological or transgressive individuals after death. This paper describes analyses of burials uncovered during the 2017 field season utilizing the...
Archaeozoological studies of the Maritime Archaeology of the Port of Acapulco Project: Taphonomic and taxonomic analysis on faunal remains from San Diego Fort (2018)
The history of the Fort of San Diego in the Port of Acapulco de Juárez as a key defensive building, intended to protect the Asian valuable goods brought by the Manila Galleon, has been barely studied. Recently a garbage dump was located along the external wall of the fortification with an important quantity and variety of materials of remarkable archaeological and historical value. One of the studies that are being carried out is that concerning with the daily life of the population settled in...
Archaic Copper Economy and Exchange in the Western Great Lakes: A Comparative Study from Two Wisconsin Localities (2019)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This research presents the results of an analysis of a large privately curated collection of Archaic period (Old Copper Complex) copper from the Western Great Lakes. Results from metric, LA-ICP-MS chemical characterization, and radiometric dating analyses will be presented. The data set is drawn from a collection of over 2000 formal copper tools recovered by a...
Archaic Fishing in the Eastern Woodlands: An Examination of Social Causes and Environmental Variation (2017)
The Eastern Archaic Faunal Working Group brings together researchers and nearly sixty faunal datasets representing twenty-one sites from four major sub-regions of the Eastern Woodlands. In this paper, we focus on resource availability and the potential causal relationship to cultural choice. The Archaic Period archaeological sites in our study are located in the Mid-South and Ohio River Valley regions, and are well known for their composition of shell in the form of middens or mounds. In a...
Archaic Hunters and Gatherers of the Balcones Canyonlands: Data Recovery at the Cibolo Crossing Site (41BX377), Camp Bullis Military Reservation, Bexar County, Texas (2000)
This report documents the two seasons (December 1996 to February 1997 and January to July 1998) of data recovery excavations, analyses, and interpretations conducted by Prewitt and Associates, Inc. for the Cibolo Crossing site (41BX377) at the Camp Bullis Military Reservation, Bexar County, Texas. The Cibolo Crossing site is a deep, stratified site situated on a terrace of Cibolo Creek. Artifacts, features, and other materials recovered from the site represent seven defined components spanning...
Archaic Land Use of Upper Leon Creek Terraces: Archaeological Testing in Northern Bexar County, Texas (1996)
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...