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Archaeological site testing was conducted on five sites on the Poinsett Electronic Comba Range (PECR) at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites investigated were 38SU140, 38SU148, 38SU188, 38SU195 and 38SU209. Sites 38Ul48, 38SU188 and 38SUl95 all refl ected late 1911 to early 20111 century occupations associated with rural agrirulture. All of these sites had received impacts to their integrity from logging, farming and the demolition of structures following the federal...
Test Excavations at Nine Archaeological Sites on the Scottsdale 927 Property, Scottsdale, Arizona (1999)
This report presents the results of archaeological testing investigations at nine prehistoric sites on the proposed SCOTTSDALE 927 residential development property (formerly known as the Amberjack project). The results of this testing project are used to evaluate these site’s eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These recommendations are being presented in partial support of a Clean Water Act permitting process, which is required prior to development of...
Test Excavations at Seven Archaeological Sites on the Greer Ranch, Maricopa County, Arizona (1999)
This report presents the results of archaeological testing investigations at seven prehistoric and historic sites on the proposed Greer Ranch residential development property. This 353 acre project area is located on privately owned land north of Phoenix, Arizona, in an unincorporated neighborhood known as the Desert Hills (Phoenix Mapping Services 1999:6). Cavalier Development and Construction, Inc., (the project sponsor) proposes to build a residential development on this parcel. The purpose...
Test Excavations at Twenty-Eight Sites 1989-1990
In 1989, USACE, Kansas City District contracted with Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group (CCRG) to conduct Phase II testing at known sites on the Harry S. Truman Reservoir in Benton, Henry, Hickory, and St. Clair counties, Missouri (Contract No. DACW41-89-C-0102). At least two sites faced impacts from planned recreational development, and all the sites were to be evaluated for eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The original contract listed 26 sites for...
Test Excavations of 5 Sites in the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina
Archaeological site testing was conducted on five sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR) at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites investigated were 38SU140, 38SU148, 38SU188, 38SU195 and 38SU209. This project also contains the curation agreement between US Air Force Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. SCIAA will be the repository for excavation material from Shaw Air Force Base.
Test Excavations Report, Rockport Site N.D. (1977)
This report describes the results of test excavations at a "probable archaeological site" identified by SSI's subsurface survey on a 1.70 mile section of the Ohio River floodplain. The Indiana and Michigan Electric Company, which owns the property, plans to construct a coal unloading and transporting facility, a river water make-up structure, plant outfall and bank stabilization along the floodplain as part of a coal-fired steam electric generating plant. The construction of the intake...
Test Unit Excavation Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0004 (2000)
Test unit forms for the Blossom Point Phase II project on site 18CH161.
Test Unit Excavation Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0009 (1999)
Test unit excavation forms for the Blossom Point Phase II for site 18CH227.
Test Unit Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0001 (1999)
Test unit forms for the Blossom Point Phase II project on site 18CH155.
Test Unit Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0002 (1999)
Test unit excavation forms for Blossom Point Phase II Project at site 18CH156.
Test Unit Map at Site 18CH162, 2002.027_0006 (2000)
A field sketch of test unit locations at the site 18CH162.
Testing a Possible Feasting Context at an Early Fort Ancient Village: A Zooarchaeological Analysis from the Turpin Site in Southwest Ohio (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Turpin site (33Ha19) reflects the remains of an early Fort Ancient (ca. AD 1000-1300) village located near the confluence of the Little Miami and Ohio Rivers on the east side of modern-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Recent excavations at Turpin revealed evidence of habitation, midden, and possible special purpose contexts. One large pit (Feature 100) dated...
Testing Adaptive Efficiency: A Comparison of the Durability of Stone and Copper Projectile Points (2018)
The Old Copper Complex represents a unique temporally and geographically bounded technological phenomenon. Binford (1962) challenged the idea that copper tools were adopted by Native Americans solely because they were technologically more efficient. He argued that Archaic copper served a primarily socio-technic function based on two assumptions. One, that copper tools were more efficient in use performance than their stone and bone counterparts. And two, that the energy expenditure required for...
Testing Alternative Settlement Models at Las Colinas with Polychrome Dating (2017)
An understanding of the nature of late Classic period settlement at Las Colinas is an important element in understanding the broader social changes that took place across the Phoenix Basin during this time. One perspective on settlement at Las Colinas figures prominently in the recent "core decay" model proposed for the Phoenix Basin Hohokam. In response to this model, we propose new alternative scenarios for late Classic period settlement at Las Colinas. We test these alternative settlement...
Testing and Data Recovery Measures Performed at Five Prehistoric Sites along Siphon Draw, Pinal County, Arizona (1990)
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological testing and data recovery measures on five prehistoric sites near Apache Junction at the request of Mr. Kurt Kefgen of TRW/Mesa Safety Systems (TRW). The work was performed under an excavation permit issued by Arizona State Museum (ASM) in order to recover all significant information from these sites prior to the development of the state land by TRW. The five sites are located in Sections 7 and 18 of Township 1 South, Range...
Testing at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM): Results of Archaeological Testing for the Shannon Business Park Development, Pima County, Arizona (2000)
Archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted test excavations at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM) on privately owned property of the Shannon Business Park Development. Fieldwork was conducted from October 18 to October 27, 2000. David Tucker served as SWCA's project manager and also directed the fieldwork. Anastasia Gutierrez and Victoria Evans assisted with the fieldwork. The backhoe used to dig test trenches was operated by Manuelito "Betto" Navaro of Lamb Excavation. Ms. Linda...
Testing Methods for Ceramic Dating on Northern Black Mesa (2017)
The presence and proportions of well-dated ceramic wares and types are used to date the occupation of sites across the Southwest, often to general periods or phases that exceed a site's likely occupation span. Various methods have previously been used to refine the dating of archaeological sites using ceramic artifacts. Recently, Logan Simpson conducted a Class III cultural resources survey of Peabody Western Coal Company's leased lands on northern Black Mesa, Arizona. This study uses ceramic...
Testing Multiple Geophysical Methods at Fremont Archaeological Sites (2021)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The ephemeral nature of many Fremont habitation sites has made site identification extremely difficult for Fremont archaeologists today. Unlike the standing and partially exposed ruins of their ancestral Puebloan neighbors, the Fremont left little evidence of their habitation across the region. Those that remain include structures now buried below the...
Testing Photogrammetric Methods on Submerged Prehistoric Sites in Florida (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Love That Dirty Water: Submerged Landscapes and Precontact Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2019, members of the Florida Submerged Prehistoric Landscape Archaeological Survey and Heritage project (FSPLASH) tested photogrammetric methods on three submerged prehistoric sites in Florida. Photogrammetric methods have been widely utilized to interpret submerged historic sites; however, this has...
Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for the Operations Area of the Treatment Plant Locus of Site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (1999)
Between February 16 and March 12, 1999, a crew of ten to twelve archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants undertook archaeological test excavations at a portion of site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) located within the Operations Area at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility (Treatment Plant). A crew of ten to twelve archaeologists began excavations on February 16, 1999, and proceeded as outlined in the testing plan. The testing was designed to identify and evaluate buried cultural...
Testing Results and a Proposed Treatment Plan for Further Work on the Thompson Draw FLEX Project in Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona (2001)
Test excavations were conducted at six sites to determine their National Register eligibility, prior to a land exchange. Three of the sites, AR-03-12-04-1397/AZ 0:12:81 (ASM), AR-03 -12-04-1403/AZ 0:12:82 (ASM), and AR-03-12-04-1521/AZ 0:12:85 (ASM), demonstrated low overall artifact density, small site size and an absence of subsurface features, and are therefore recommended as ineligible for National Register consideration. AR-03-12-04-13 85/AZ 0:12:80 (ASM) and AR-03-12-04-1449/AZ 0:12:83...
Testing the (Disappearing) Waters: A Preliminary Assessment of the Sedimentary Record of Lake Jackson, Florida (2019)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent coring at the Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve in Northwest Florida investigated the current sediment and stratigraphic integrity in order to assess the research potential of the area for exploring associated cultural events from the Mississippian Period (AD 1050 - 1500). The lake is a unique karst formation with sinkholes that cause dramatic drydown...
Testing the effectiveness of 2D morphometric data for identifying species in Galliformes (2017)
Galliformes, or game birds, are one group of birds commonly utilized by prehistoric people that are particularly difficult to classify beyond family. In addition, bird bone assemblages are often fragmentary and poorly preserved, making avifauna notoriously difficult to identify to species, even by trained specialists. Non-identified bones lead to a decrease in information available about taxa present at the site, hunting preferences of the site inhabitants, environmental conditions, and other...
Testing the Efficacy of Methodologies for the Estimation of Body Size of California Mussel Based on Shell Fragments (2019)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the past decades, archaeologists have developed regression formulae to estimate animal body size based on shell fragments. In this study, we tested the efficacy of five different methods by measuring over 1200 mussel (Mytilus californianus) shells excavated from an archaeological site (CA-VEN-395) in the Santa Monica Mountains, located about 9 km from the...
Testing the Geographical Sourcing of Rivercane Using Pb/Sr Isotopes and Trace Elements in Arkansas and Oklahoma (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The use of rivercane in ancient basketry and other ancient materials presents an opportunity to understand how culturally important objects were used and moved across the landscape. Examples of ritual and subsistence related basketry have been found at Spiro and in the Ozark Mountains, some of which are expected to come from other locations. Modern plant...