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.

6,076-6,100 (6,892 Records)

Significance Evaluation of Stagecoach Road and Highway 150 (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexandra C. Cole.

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.


Significance Evaluations for Three Cultural Resources on the Ditz-Crane Mission Creek Property, Riverside County, California (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul.

Limited archaeological testing and archival research was conducted on three cultural resources located along Mission Creek in Riverside County, California. All three resources are located on land formerly belonging to the Mission Creek Indian Reservation. Two of the resources, the Kitchen/Thomas settlement complex and a subterranean stone structure, were occupied by former residents of the reservation during the early portion of the twentieth century. The third resource, CA-RIV-269, consists of...


Significance Testing at Site 41Lb41, a Historic Site in Liberty County, Texas (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Heartfield, Price & Greene, Inc.. 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.


The Silver Creek Development Committee An Historical Perspective 1969-1975 (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thelma Renshaw.

An in-depth study of the Silver Creek watershed, providing insight on the landscape, composition, and historic and proposed land use activities of the area.


Silver Flag Alpha Range Survey, Nellis Air Force Base Including Research for the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Holly Hughes.

Three research questions were addressed. Two were related to the historic events surrounding the LV&T Railroad, specifically with regards to the presence or absence of the Hell on Wheels phenomenon and the standardizations of sidings. The third research question was related to the prehistoric use of the area, addressing possible areas of agave or yucca stock processing.


Simpson House Inn 121 East Arrellaga Street Santa Barbara, California (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Pandora Snethkamp.

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.


Sioux At the Time of European Contact (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Raymond DeMallie.

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.


Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Indian Fur Trade, 1820-1838 (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Nancy L. Woolworth.

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.


Site 8BR00212 Historical Data (1876)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph Hergesheimer.

Historical data for the Cape Lighthouse sight 8BR00212.


Site Boundary Identification Testing in Northern Los Pozos AZ AA:12:91 (ASM), for the Pima County Flood Control Drainage Channel Extension, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

In 2013, Pima County planned to construct a temporary channel in a small City of Tucson parcel along the northwestern margin of Los Pozos, AZ AA:12:91 (ASM). A limited data recovery program conducted in the parcel revealed a new portion of a known paleochannel complex related to the Santa Cruz River eastern floodplain and a small area with Hohokam era features, including several burials and a possible ceramic kiln. The discovery of these significant cultural features, with the potential to...


Site Examination of the Col. James Barrett Farm Property, Concord, Massachusetts (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christa Beranek.

A site examination of the Col. James Barrett Farm in Concord,Massachusetts, in 2007, provided evidence for significant late 18th and early to mid 19th-century landscaping activities around the standing house and discovered and tested a mid-19th century primary ceramic trash deposit. The property is historically significant because of Col. James Barrett’s association with the American Revolution, the well-preserved early 18th-century architecture, and the continuous history of the land as a...


Site Form, Locus 1 Block 10 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site form, Locus 1 Block 10, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 2 Block 14 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 2 Block 14, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 3 Block 67 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 3 Block 67, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 4 Block 130 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 4 Block 130, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 5 Block 144 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 5 Block 144, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 6 Block 174 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 6 Block 174, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 7 Block 187 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 7 Block 187, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Locus 8 Block 231 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Locus 8 Block 231, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU133 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU133, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU134 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU134, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU135 and 28BU136 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU135 and 28BU136, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU137 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU137, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU411 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU411, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.


Site Form, Site 28BU412 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base.

Site Form, Site 28BU412, for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.