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.

201-225 (6,883 Records)

The Antiquities Act: The First Hundred Years of a Landmark Law (2006)

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Harmon. Francis McManamon. Dwight T. Pitcaithley.

The history of American archaeology, conservation, and historic preservation often is told in terms of legal milestones, and rightly so. An environmental activist working to expand a nearby park, a historic preservationist trying to save a cherished old building, a volunteer working on a national wilderness campaign, an archaeologist investigating an ancient village site in advance of reservoir construction—all are working from a solid foundation of statutory authorities that, law by law, have...

Antiquities of Tennessee and the Adjacent States and the State of Aboriginal Society in the Scale of Civilization Represented By Them; a Series of Historical and Ethnological Studies (1890)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gates P. Thruston.

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.

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park, Spruce-Tree House (1909)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jesse Walter Fewkes.

Fewkes' report on the site of Spruce-Tree House, Mesa Verde National Park. The report describes the ancient architecture and some of the contents of the site, which Fewkes investigated in 1907. He also includes a long section of the 1892 publication by Nordenksiold (The Land of the Cliff Dwellers) describing his earlier investigation of the site.

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace (1911)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jesse Walter Fewkes.

This report describes archaeological investigations and ruins reconstruction and stabilization work done by Fewkes and his crew in the summer of 1909. In that time Fewkes describes repairing "...completely this great ruin and to leave it in such condition that tourists and students visiting it may learn much more about cliff-dwellings than was possible before the work was undertaken." This report describes the excavation and repair work done. It increases existing knowledge by directing...

Antiquities Resources: John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA (1967)

DOCUMENT Full-Text George A. Long.

Summary of 28 archaeological and historical sites on NASA's Kennedy Space Center property.

Apache, Navaho and Spaniard (1960)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jack D. Forbes.

Apalachee: the Land Between the Rivers (1988)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John H. Hann.

Appendices to The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies (2004)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Appendices accompanying Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies. Appendix 1: Vrokastro Survey Methodology: Transects and Site Recording; Appendix 2: Catalogue of Chipped and Ground Stone Implements; Appendix 3: Agricultural and Demographic Statistics; Appendix 4; The Agricultural Year in the Vrokastro Survey Area; Appendix 5: Texts from the Phaneromeni Monastery; and Appendix 6: The Holocene Evolution of the Istron...

Appendix A, Cultural Resource Survey Maps, FY 80 (1980)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gary D. Knudsen.

Appendix A: History and Evaluation of the Sugar Pine Railroad. (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Shelly Davis-King.

Appendix F: Architectural Inventory and Evaluation of Pre-1950 Military Resources at Bellows Air Force Station, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i (2002)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann K. Yoklavich. Spencer Leineweber.

Appendix F to the 2002 Bellows Air Force Station cultural resources management plan. Contains an architectural inventory of pre-1950s military resources at Bellows AFS.

Appendix. Seabee Record (1947)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

Application for funding for the Riverside Drive Extension (2000)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

Application for Ithaca Pottery Site to the National Register for Historic Places

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

These documents include correspondence between Carol Bliss and the Division for Historic Preservation regarding the eligibility for the Ithaca Pottery to be added to the National Register for Historic Places.

Application for Project Authorization under New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act: Van Buskirk Island Park, Oradell & New Milford, New Jersey (2001)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sheffields Archaeological Consultants. Louis DiGeronimo. Robert Daylor. John Bowie Associates.

Application of Complementary Geophysical Survey Techniques in the Search for Fort Louis at Old Mobile: A Comparative Case Study (2005)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Waselkov.

Application of five geophysical survey methods - earth conductivity, magnetometry, thermal imaging, electrical resistivity and ground penetrating radar - in the search for archaeological remains of Fort Louis, original capitol of the French colony of Louisiane (1702-1711), has yielded divergent yet complementary results. This project included test excavations to ground truth the geophysical results and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of these five geophysical survey technologies in...

Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Little Bighorn Reservoir, Big Horn County, Montana (1952)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Franklin Fenenga.

This report is a preliminary evaluation of the character and the quantity of archeological and paleontological materials which will be destroyed by the creation of the Little Bighorn Reservoir. It has been prepared for, and at the request of, the River Basin Recreation Survey, Region Two Office, National Park Service, in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service, approved October 9, 1945. It is based upon an archeological...

Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of the Oahe Reservoir, North and South Dakota (1953)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul L. Cooper.

The present report is intended as a brief, non-technical statement of the archeological resources known to exist in the Oahe Reservoir area (for information relative to the results of archeological research in the area to date, reference should be made to the list of literature cited at the end of this report). It is based primarily upon information collected by Missouri Basin Project reconnaissance parties 1948-1952, but use has been made of various other resources. During the late summer of...

Approaches To Recording And Preserving A WWI Training Camp In Houston's Memorial Park (2020)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Quennoz.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Upon entering World War I the United States built 32 army training camps across the country. Most disappeared beneath commercial and residential development or were incorporated into permanent military installations. Archaeological investigations of WWI camps have been rare. Camp Logan in Houston is unique in that after closing, the city purchased the core of the Camp Logan property to...

Approaches to the archaeology of value (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Penny Crook.

The value of material goods, be it economic, social, spiritual or otherwise, is a key factor in their manufacture, acquisition, use and discard. While changeable, value mediates every phase of the object’s life cycle. It changes over time and amongst subcultures. The consideration of value is fundamental to archaeological interpretation, and yet archaeological theories of value have only recently attracted attention. This is in part a reflection of a broader reconsideration of value across the...

An Archaeological / Historical Evaluation of the Badiee Residence Project (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Larry J. Pierson. Brian F. Smith.

Archaeological / Historical Reconnaissance at Otter Creek Subdivision, New Hanover County, North Carolina (1982)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas C. Loftfield. Tucker Littleton.

On May 14 and 15, 1982 an archaeological reconnaissance was conducted at the Otter Creek subdivision located approximately two miles north of Carolina Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina. One archaeological site was located in this reconnaissance. The boundaries of the site were defined and a determination was made that the site warrants at least additional testing to determine its research potential. The archaeological reconnaissance was conducted by Dr. Thomas Loftfield; historical...

An Archaeological / Historical Study for the Cordtz Family Trust Project (1998)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Clifford. Larry Pierson.

An Archaeological / Historical Study for the Trenfel Subdivision Project (1998)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian F. Smith. Larry J. Pierson.

Archaeological / Historical Survey of the United States Border Patrol Sector Headquarters San Ysidro, CA (1981)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Carrico. Terri Jacques.

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