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.

1,026-1,050 (6,904 Records)

Becheil Village
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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.


Beef, Venison, and Imported Haddock in Colonial Virginia: A Report on the Analysis of Faunal Remains from Jordan's Journey (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joanne Bowen.

In 1984, Henry Miller completed his synthesis of dietary patterns in the Chesapeake, beginning with the first years of settlement as the colonists began to establish plantations and following with how dietary patterns changed as the plantation economy evolved. In this very important piece of work, Miller observed that wildlife helped to sustain the colonists through the early years. On the average, wildlife (excepting oysters and crabs) provided up to 30% of all meat consumed. Only later,...


Before Lewis and Clark: Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804 (1952)
DOCUMENT Citation Only A. P. Nasatir.

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.


Before the Surface Transportation Board: Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 145X), Union Pacific Railroad Co.--Abandonment Exemption--in Stanislaus Co., CA (Tidewater Subdivision Near Modesto, California), Combined Environmental and Historic Report. (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. P., General Attorney Gatlin.

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.


Beginning of the West; Annals of the Kansas Gateway To the American West, 1540-1854 (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Louise Barry.

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.


Behind the Mounds (1963)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lona M. Wilson.

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.


Behind the Scenes--Geology of the Site: Full report on the geoarchaeological data and research objectives (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas W. Stafford.

Stafford presents in this document an argument for additional testing, in this case archaeological excavations of the area of the Columbia River floodplain immediately adjacent to where the remains of Kennewick Man were discovered. He and others submitted, on August 26, 1997, an application to the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an ARPA permit to authorize study of the site where the Kennewick Man skeleton was found (hereafter, the "Site"). The permit application...


Behind These Ozark Hills; History-Reminiscences-Traditions Featuring the Author's Family.. (1947)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jesse L. Russell.

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.


Belle Chance: A Commander's Haven (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Perry Jamieson. Mary Lee Jefferson.

The history of Belle Chance and the land it inhabits from the mid-late 1800s to the time of the document's creation in 2001.


Bellows Air Force Station Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the Bellows Air Force Station cultural heritage resources collection.


Below Red River, Cultural Resources Survey, Testing and Assessment of Eight Areas, Twelve Localities and Eight Archeological Sites (16Av2, 16Av14, 16Av27, 16Av29, 16Av39, 16Av87 and 16Av92) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy C. Klinger. Others.

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.


Benin (2018)
DATASET George Haddad.

Dataset of 43 statuses (positions) found in the archaeological and historical literature on the Benin Kingdom (ca. 1200 to 1897 AD. For each status, the expected roles and actual behaviors are listed, as are the rank (relative position) and bases for legitimacy of anyone holding the given status. Additional information on the society or status-holders' roles and behaviors are given as are all references from which the information came.


Bennett's Bayou, Bennett's River, 1830-1900 (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald S. Hubbell.

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.


Bennett's Point (18QU28)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Gregory Brown

The Bennett’s Point (18QU28) site represents the principal dwelling at a colonial period tobacco plantation located in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. The home of Elizabeth and Richard Bennett III between 1700 and 1749, Bennett’s Point was also a major port. Bennett was a lawyer, planter, merchant and one of the wealthiest men in the colony. The Bennett’s Point collection represents the domestic core of a large tobacco plantation, one of a very few early to mid-18th-century household sites...


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Brick (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, brick


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Case Bottles (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, case bottles


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Domestic Material (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, domestic material


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Porcelain (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, porcelain


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Tin-Glazed Earthenware (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, tin-glazed earthenware


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Tin-Glazed Tiles (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, tin-glazed tiles


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Vessels by Function (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, vessels by function


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, White Clay Tobacco Pipes (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, white clay tobacco pipes


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, White Clay Tobacco Pipes (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, White Clay Tobacco Pipes


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, White Salt-Glazed Stoneware (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, white salt-glazed stoneware


Bennett's Point (18QU28): Artifact Distributions, Wine Bottles (2004)
IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, wine bottles