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.

6,051-6,075 (6,892 Records)

Sheldon Rock Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brad Geeck.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Sheldon Rock, a rock inscribed "Sheldon-1864," located on State Trust Land. The file consists of a site data form and a news piece from The Arizona Miner in 1869 relating the murder of an Arizona pioneer named James Sheldon.


Shell Artifact Photographs, Field School at Sites 12G9 and 12G10 1975-1976 (2012)
IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

Photographs of shell artifacts collected during the archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed site 12G10 along the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant and Wabash Counties, Indiana.


Shell Artifact Photographs, Field School at the Biface III Site (12MI18) 1981-1982 (2012)
IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

Photographs of shell artifacts collected during excavations of the Field School at the Biface III Site (12MI18) 1981-1982 located in Huntington, Miami, and Wabash counties, Indiana.


Shemya Island and the Question of Inland Sites (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Debra Corbett.

During the July 2002 excavation of sewer lines at Eareckson Air Station, two prehistoric midden deposits containing shell, bone, whalebone, stone and bone artifacts, and human remains were exposed. The Air Force Remote Sites archaeologist, Karlene Leeper, halted the work until archaeologists could determine whether the remains represented an in situ cultural deposit, or whether midden was transported as fill from elsewhere. Joined by Diane Hanson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Leeper...


Sherman Heights Historic District (1890)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Various.

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.


Shetimasha Indians of St. Mary's Parish, Southern Louisiana (1883)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Albert Samuel Gatschet.

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.


Shifting Deltaic Coast of the Lafourche Country and Its Prehistoric Settlement (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard A. Weinstein. Sherwood M. Gagliano.

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.


Shining in the Tar Woods: An Examination of Illicit Liquor Distillation Sites in the Francis Marion National Forest (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine G Parker.

Hell Hole Swamp, located in Berkeley County, South Carolina, was home to some of the largest moonshine distillation operations in the nation during the Prohibition Era.  Although liquor distillation sites in the state date as early as the 1750s, few of these sites have been formally documented.  These sites may have only ephemeral remains due to short and clandestine periods of use, and can be frequently overlooked as modern debris or refuse scatters.  Utilizing archaeological models established...


Shipwrecks of Mallows Bay: An Historic Overview, Mallows Bay, Maryland Submerged Cultural Resources Survey (1994)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald G. Shomette.

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.


Shooting the Sky: Cold War Archaeology of Air Defense Training on McGregor Range (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lori S. Hawthorne-Tagg.

This report is a follow-up to a survey and evaluation of Cold War military archaeological sites in Maneuver Areas 1 through 8 on Fort Bliss (Hawthorne-Tagg 2001). Whereas the first project focused on Fort Bliss’ maneuver areas, the current report documents the role of McGregor Range within the Army’s Military-Industrial context of the Cold War. The project objectives included (1) preparing a historical context of McGregor Range in the Cold War period and (2) locating and documenting cultural...


Short History of CA-CAL-0842 and CA-CAL-0843, the Pleasant Springs Site (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Costello.

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.


Short Reports Compendium: 1992-1998 (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only MD State Highway Administration Archeology Group.

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.


Short Stories and Poems of the Ozark Hills (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Chris Meadows.

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.


SHPO: 3D Digital Documentation of Historic Launch Complexes at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Brevard County, Florida (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Blaylock.

Baseline terrestrial laser scanning survey and spatial recordation for six historic launch related facilities.


SHPO: Architectural Survey and Evaluation of NASA-owned Facilities on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara A Naylor. Robert F. Bendus.

SHPO correspondence on the NASA-owned CCAFS Industrial Area Historic District survey results.


SHPO: Case Study for the Demolition of Facility 4120-Transformer Building (8BR2252), Launch Complex 1/2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Penders.

The 45th Space Wing (45 SW) of the United States Air Force (USAF) proposed to demolish Facility 4120-Transformer Building (8BR2252) at Launch Complex 1/2. The Florida SHPO concurred that the undertaking would be an adverse effect and requested a case study be prepared to demonstrate that all possible alternatives were addressed prior to the decision to demolish the properties. This case study has been prepared per the request of the Florida SHPO.


SHPO: Concurrence Letter for Structures at Fort Sam Houston (1972)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Letter regarding the concurrence of the Quarters 179 Artillery Post, Pershing House, Main Post Chapel, and Building No. 16 and No. 40.


SHPO: Demolition of Hangar M Annex (8BR2972) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara A Naylor. Susan M. Riordan-Smith.

Letter to the ACHP regarding the demolition of Hangar M Annex.


SHPO: Letter from Texas Historical Commission Regarding Historic Preservation Search for Lackland Air Force Base (1983)
DOCUMENT Full-Text LaVerne Herrington.

Correspondence regarding a historic records search for Lackland AFB.


SHPO: National Register Determination of Eligibility and Documentation for the Cape Point Site (8BR2343), the Canaveral Town Site C (8BR238-C), and the Canaveral Town Site D (8BR238-D), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Penders.

SHPO Correspondence and documentation concerning the National Register eligibility of the Cape Point Site, the Canaveral Town Site C, and the Canaveral Town Site D.


SHPO: Programmatic Agreement between the 45th Space Sing, United Space Air Force and the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Protection of Archaeological Resources and the Rehabilitation, Maintenance, Documentation, and Development of Historic Structures within Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Anthrony J. Cotton. Robert F. Bendus.

Programmatic Agreement between the 45th Space Sing, United Space Air Force and the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding the Protection of Archaeological Resources and the Rehabilitation, Maintenance, Documentation, and Development of Historic Structures within Cape Canaveral Air Force Station


SHPO: Programmatic Agreement for the Long-Term Lease and Property Transfer at Kelly Air Force Base, TX (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The enclosed Programmatic Agreement (PA) regarding the referenced project has been executed by the Council. This action constitutes the comments of the Council required by Section106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the Council's regulations.


SHPO: Repairs to 17 Historic Properties and Two Historic Districts Due to Damage from Hurricane Matthew, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Victoria L. Menchaca. Timothy A. Parsons.

SHPO and Seminole Tribe of Florida correspondence regarding Hurricane Matthew Damage to Historic Properties on CCAFS.


... Sickness and Medical Care Among a Rural Bituminous Coal-Mining Population of Arkansas (1940)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Isabella C. 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.


... Sickness and Medical Care in the Ozark Area In Arkansas (1938)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Isabella C. Wilson. William H. Metzler.

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.