Historic Background Research (Investigation Type)

These are investigations of the past using written records and other documents. Evidence from the records are compared, judged for veracity, placed in chronological or topical sequence, and interpreted in light of preceding, contemporary, and subsequent events.

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The 10,000 Years Before Lackland Air Force Base (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Undated informational booklet on Lackland's historic context.


100 Years, 1819-1919: Supplement Commemorating the Founding of Arkansas' first Newspaper (1919)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Arkansas Gazette.

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 comments@tdar.org.


101-105 San Ysidro Blvd. (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

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 comments@tdar.org.


A 10th Century Hohokam Camp Along New River. Archaeological Investigations at AZ T:8:86 (ASM), Peoria, Arizona (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: system user

This report presents the results of archaeological investigations at AZ T:8:86 (ASM), a small Hohokam site located in the path of a proposed extension of 83rd Avenue in the City of Peoria. The project area is located in on Arizona State Trust Land, administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD). The City of Peoria, on behalf of the Pivotal Group, applied to the ASLD for a 20 m (65 feet) wide right-of-way for the proposed extension (Application No. 16 104229). The archaeological work...


11-SD-08 P. M. 8. 5 / 10. 4 11203-189821 Auxiliary Lanes & Sound Barriers (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Harry Price.

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 comments@tdar.org.


11593 Determination of Eligibility Notification, Building 156, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph M. Logan.

The enclosed materials provide adequate documentation to establish the significance of Randolph Field as an eligible historic district in the area of military history under National Register Criterion A. Building 156 was built during the second era (c. 1943) and served as the Post Photo lab. The structure is eligible for listing as a contributing element within an eligible historic district significant under Criterion A in the area of military history.


120th Avenue, Washington to York (M1754(3)) (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sally Pearce.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1261 and 1263 Cave Street (1999)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jerry Schaefer.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1539 – Artifacts and Archaeology from Conquistador Hernando De Soto’s Potano Encampment (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Fred White.

Published by Academic Press Journal - Division of UK Scholarly Open Access The site identified in the Florida Master Site File as MR03538 was the location of one of Hernando de Soto’s early camps during the 1539 entrada and was in later use during the seventeenth century Spanish mission and ranching periods. This previously unknown First Spanish Cultural Period site is located between Ocala and Gainesville, Florida on the wetlands associated with Orange Lake. The European artifact...


1735 Robinson Avenue (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only County Assessor.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1820 Census of the Territory of Arkansas (Reconstructed) (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James L. Morgan.

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 comments@tdar.org.


The 1837 Ioway Indian Map Project
PROJECT Uploaded by: Mary Whelan

In 1837 the Ioway Indians drew a map to bring to treaty talks with the United States government. The 1837 Ioway Map project uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help extract cultural, archaeological, and historical information from this rare document. Centered on what is now the state of Iowa, the 1837 map shows 51 rivers, nine lakes, 23 villages, and over two dozen important Ioway Indian trails.


1850 Mortality Schedules of Arkansas (1968)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bobbie J. McLane. Capitola H. Glazner.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1864 Charles Poston, Description of Casa Grande (1963)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert H. Schroeder.

This document is letter from Regional Archaeologist Albert Schroeder to the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Superintendent. This 1864 letter portion is in regard to a communication from Charles Poston, who was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Arizona at the time. The letter was sent to Wm. P. Dole who was then the Commissoner of Indian Affairs. It is a general review of the condition of the Great House and a request for funds for excavation.


1880 Mortality Schedules of Arkansas (1975)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Capitola H. Glazner. Bobbie J. McLane.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1892-1992 Centennial, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project contains documents relative to the 1892-1992 centennial of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument including a book and related documents and images from an administratve history of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument prepared by A. Berle Clemensen. Additional Documents include the scanned figures and images used in the publication. These documents were prepared for the National Park Service.


1900 Map of Location of Fort St. Joseph (1900)
IMAGE Uploaded by: Erin Claussen

Local-scale rendition of the location of Fort St. Joseph, creator unknown, believed to have been drawn around 1900.


1910 Descriptions of Enumeration Districts, Vol. 2 - Arkansas (1910)
DOCUMENT Citation Only United States Census Office.

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 comments@tdar.org.


1915_Church Street Parramatta Excavation Data (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd.

Final Archaeological Assessment, Context Sheets and associated documentation


1917-1930 Administrative Records (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: alycia hayes

These documents are a collection of administrative correspondence to and from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument between 1917 and 1930.


1926-1930 Pageant at Compound B, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project includes images, documents and maps regarding yearly pageants held at Compound B at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument between 1926 through 1930.


1928 Excavations at Casa Grande Ruins (1928)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold S. Gladwin.

Harold Gladwin's 1928 Excavations at Grande Ruins includes Gladwins investigations in 1927 at Casa Grande Ruins, the Grewe site, and Adamsville. While still at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, Gladwin conducted excavations at sites along the middle Gila River in an effort to create a ceramic typology for the area.


1930-1940 Ruminations of Frank Pinkley, Southwestern Monuments Reports
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project includes compiled and scanned portions of reports from 1930-1940. Frank Pinkley, who was the superintendent of the Southwestern Monuments, frequently added a rumination portion to the Southwestern Monument reports. These ruminations provide a unique look into the personality, insight and sense of humor of Frank Pinkley


1931 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument topographic maps
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project contains hand drawn topographic maps from 1931. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, permission is required to access this data.


1932 Ruins Shelter specifications (1981)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This document is a detailed sketch and description of the shelter built over the Great House at the Casa Grande National Monument. The sketch and description detail the dimensions of the shelter along with materials used and the engineering firm, Allen Bros. Inc., Los Angeles, CA, that installed the shelter. The document also discusses difficulties encountered and the danger of damage to the Great House during construction.