Site Stabilization (Investigation Type)
An activity that involves the rehabilitation of eroding, slumping, subsiding or otherwise deteriorating archaeological resources, including structures and building materials.
901-923 (923 Records)
This document is a recommedation for treatments needed at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. There are 4 main areas of focus: Compound A, the Great House, the Ball Court and Compound B. There is some review of past treatment processes and how well those treatments weathered. There is discussion regarding the very poor condition of Compound B and how long it had been since there had been any attention given to that compound. The text includes a recommendtion to backfill Compound B.
Tubac School at Tubac Presidio State Park Preliminary Architectural Evaluation and Recommendations for Use (1985)
The Tubac School, one of the several elements comprising the Tubac Presidio State Park, was constructed in 1885 and is one of the earliest American public schools established in what was then the Territory of Arizona. Although no significant historical events are yet associated with the Tubac School, and many other Territorial buildings are of greater architectural interest, the School is an unusually well-preserved example of 19th Century one-room, rural schools. Today the building consists...
Two Story House Preservation Project (1993)
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Underwater Cultural Heritage at Risk: Managing Natural and Human Impacts (2006)
The ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH) was founded in Australia in 1991 by ICOMOS Australia. The founding president was Graeme Henderson, director of the Western Australia Maritime Museum at Fremantle. The birth of the committee was in reaction to the pressing needs brought to light by the discovery and subsequent exploitation of the remains of the Titanic: it was now evident that technologies capable of working at great depth threatened both known and...
United States Congressional Record Honors the Discovery of Hernando De Soto's 1539 Encampment and the Lost Native American Town of Potano (2017)
United States Congressional Record 115th Congress, 1st Session Issue: Vol. 163, No. 193 US Congressional Record honors the discovery of Hernando de Soto's 1539 Encampment and the lost Native American town of Potano, by the University of Florida professors, Dr. Fred A. White and Dr. Michele C. White, and University of Florida Anderson Scholar and History Honors Graduate, Ethan A. White. This newly discovered archaeological site is the oldest confirmed New World contact site in the United...
Ute No 12 Well Site (1984)
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VAFB-2000-09: Archaeological Excavation and Stabilization at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
This document is a report that describes excavation and stabilization efforts at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503), a rock art site on Vandenberg Space Force Base. Chapter 1 is an introduction that summaries previous work at the site and outlines the scope of work. Chapter 2 provides a context for site interpretations by summarizing the area's natural and cultural setting. The research design prepared and approved prior to field work is included in Chapter 3. Methods used for both the archaeological...
VAFB-2000-11: Stabilization of Four Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
This document is a report that describes stabilization measures implemented at four sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base. Chapter 1 summarizes the scope of work. Stabilization methods common to all sites are described in Chapter 2; site-specific stabilization measures are documented in Chapter 3. The stabilization effort is summarized and assessed in Chapter 4. Updated site records are included in Appendix A (CA-SBA-908), Appendix B (CA-SBA-1040), Appendix C (CA-SBA-1135), and Appendix D...
Vegetation Clearance of a 127Mm Gun Battery (Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll)
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Vibration Study of Arch Ruins Hovenweep National Monument
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Vibration Study of Arch Ruins Hovenweep National Monument
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Viga Testing Project (2002)
These documents are a series of communications regarding stabilization and testing efforts performed and to be performed on the Great House in Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. They outline what projects need to be accomplished, special issues and concerns, and what will be necessary to accomplish the projects. A cost analysis is also provided.
Washington Square Mound Site
Multi-component Caddo mound site located in Nacogdoches, Texas.
West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-01 (2000)
Aztec West, Architectural Documentation team (photographed by Joanie Tracy). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-01: Beth Chambers and Gary Brown in doorway of Room 118; view NW.
West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-02 (2000)
Aztec West, Architectural Documentation overview (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-02: Site overview looking north across plaza from first-story Room 151. Image AZRU-G04-03: Site overview looking SW across North Wing from third-story Room 64.
West Ruin great house architectural documentation AZRU-G04-30 (2000)
Aztec West, Sector 6, overview (photographed by Gary Brown prior to backfilling). Summer 2000 Architectural Documentation. Image AZRU-G04-30: Exterior view looking east along west facade from west of West Ruin.
West Ruin great house room backfilling AZRU-G03-11 (2000)
Aztec West, Sector 3, Backfilling Kiva F (photographed by Gary Brown during backfilling operation). Two-story room conveyor set-up. No publication exists on the kivas excavated by AMNH (but see unpublished Morris kiva notes). Image AZRU-G03-11: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image AZRU-G03-12: Spreading backdirt in Kiva F. Image AZRU-G03-13: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image AZRU-G03-14: Mechanical loading of conveyors for Kiva F delivery. Image...
William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Archeological Investigation of Foundation and Cistern (1975)
Architects Anthony Crosby and Donald E. Hovland, Sr. of the Division of Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, are currently in the process of developing a structural analysis for a Historic Structure report of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio. September 2-18, 1975 they visited the home in order to study the original structural system and state of repair. Of primary concern this trip was the extent and condition of the 1851 east addition foundation. In...
The Willow Lake Site: Archaeological Investigations in Willow & Watson Lakes Park, Prescott, Arizona (2006)
Between October 2002 and April 2003, Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) conducted archaeological excavations at six prehistoric Prescott Culture sites around Willow and Watson Lakes, situated in the Granite Dells, a picturesque area of exposed granite bedrock located approximately 6.5 to 8 km (4 to 5 miles) north of the city of Prescott. The results of these excavations and the specialized studies of recovered artifacts and cultural samples are presented herein and, it is hoped, contribute to an...
Wood Documentation AZRU-G05.01 (2001)
Aztec East, West Roomblock, Room 7 (photographed by Gary Brown). Tree-ring sampling in Room 7. Image AZRU-G05.01: Tom Windes coring lintels in north doorway looking NE. Image AZRU-G05.09: Tom Windes sharpening coring bit. Image AZRU-G05.10: Tom Windes and Peg Kaiser collecting tree-ring core samples.
Wooden timber maintenance on the Great House, Compound A (1996)
These documents are: a form for assessment of action that would impact cultural resources in the Great House in Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and a document supporting the proposed action. The recommendation supports replaced areas on a rotting timber with wood as opposed to epoxy.
Work Plan for Conducting Data Collection and Site Stabilization for Four Endangered Archaeological Sites (LA 38136, LA 38910, LA 112472, and LA 148019) Located on Lands Owned by the US Air Force and on Cibola National Forest Lands Withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base (2005)
Work plan for site stabilization of four sites threatened by either erosion or construction at Kirtland Air Force Base.
Yuma Wall Stabilization, Yuma Territorial State Prison, Arizona (1981)
The State Parks Board and department personnel have expressed the desirablility of developing a wall finish over the existing caliche material that could achieve the texture and color of the original white plaster used in the early 1900s. Previous work with cast-in-place concrete on a similar wall in the New Yard area was completed at a cost of $25.00 to $32.00 per square foot of wall face. A built-up roof frame was also considered in this report. Due to the natural appearance of the other...