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.

6,301-6,325 (6,892 Records)

Spanish Colonial Frontier Research (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Henry F. Dobyns.

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.


Spanish Colonial Settlements in Texas (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathleen Gilmore.

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.


Spanish Contact (1982)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William B. Griffen.

The principal institutions of Spanish contact were, as elsewhere on the Spanish frontier, the mission, the mine, the hacienda, and the military. The mission contact situation, handled by the religious arm of Spanish administration, will be discussed more fully in later pages. The few sections that follow immediately here are an attempt to sketch some aspects of the non-mission aspects of seventeenth and eighteenth-century north Mexican society in order to give a more complete picture of the...


The Spanish in the Mississippi Valley, 1762-1804 (1974)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

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.


Spanish Regime in Missouri, a Collection of Papers and Documents Relating To Upper Louisiana Principally Within the Present Limits of Missouri During the Dominion of Spain, from the Archives of the Indies at Seville.. (1909)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Louis Houck.

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Special Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, for the Information of Homeseekers.. (1886)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kansas Board of Agriculture.

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A Special Study of the Sale of the White Alice Communications System (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Allen.

This report is a historical overview of the development of communication in the Alaska region for civilian and military communities. It describes the history and development of the White Alice Communication System in detail.


A Spin Around the Field, The Service News, Randolph Field Edition (1931)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Norfleet G. Bone.

An article by Lieutenant Norfleet G. Bone, Army Landscape Expert, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The article touts the completion of Randolph Field - the newest, largest, and most modern air field in the world. It gives an overview of the buildings and grounds of Randolph Air Field, as well as the landscape development throughout the property.


Spiro Mounds Archeological State Park (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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Spiro Mounds Site (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Ann Holmes. Marsha Hill.

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Sponge Decorated Whiteware from Nineteenth-Century Contexts (2014)
IMAGE RGA Inc. . Allison Gall.

Top Row: Plate fragment (PCN 975; 73c). Bottom Row, Left to Right: Saucer (PCN 1094; 70c); Saucer (PCN 782; 71c); Cup (PCN 878; 61c); Cup (PCN 976; 67c).


Sprint PCS East Orange Site Evergreen Medical & Professional Building 134 Evergreen Place City of East Orange, Essex, NJ (2002)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

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Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications (Legacy 05-239)
PROJECT Douglas Cubbison.

This project evaluated the different materials of military fortifications and particular conditions created by military fortifications in which a range of different materials are integrated, causing challenging preservation scenarios. The report offers integrated, proven sets of procedures to preserve and stabilize fortifications.


Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications - Report (Legacy 05-239) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Cubbison. Travis Beckwith.

This project evaluated the different materials of military fortifications and particular conditions created by military fortifications in which a range of different materials are integrated, causing challenging preservation scenarios. The report offers integrated, proven sets of procedures to preserve and stabilize fortifications.


Stabilization Procedure and Equipment (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This document is a detailed description of the materials needed and procedures outlined for stabilization of prehistoric structures at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Featured is a mixing procedure that includes the formula mixture of amendment, soils and sand. There are details of application timing and consequences in mixing and applying incorrect mix formulas.


Stabilization Records, Compound B, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 031 (1958)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roland Richert.

This report is a record of the stabilization of north, south, east and west walls of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.


Stage 1A Cultural Resource Investigations for the Newport Research Facility (Tanner Hill and Irish Hill) Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael D. Bamberger.

Stage 1A cultural resource investigations were conducted for the Newport Research Facility located at Tanner and Irish Hills in the Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York. The Facility was investigated in conjunction with the potential excessing of properties associated with the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. The purpose of the investigation at the Newport Research Facility was to locate and identify any unrecorded cultural resources, prehistoric or historic, that might be...


Stage 1A Cultural Resource Investigations for the Stockbridge Research Facility, Towns of Stockbridge and Lincoln and City of Oneida, Madison County, New York (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carolyn A. Pierce.

Stage 1A cultural resource investigations were conducted for the Stockbridge Research Facility located in the Towns of Stockbridge, and to small degree, Lincoln as well as the City of Oneida, in Madison County, New York. The Stockbridge Research Facility was investigated under a variety of Federal and State directives and regulations, as well as the assessing of some properties associated with the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. The purpose of the investigation at the...


Stage 1A Cultural Resource Investigations for the Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carolyn A. Pierce.

Stage 1A cultural resource investigations were conducted for the Verona Research Facility located in the Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York. The Verona Facility was investigated under a variety of Federal and State directives and regulations, as well as the excessing of some properties associated with the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. The purpose of the investigation at the Verona Research Facility was to locate and identify any unrecorded cultural resources,...


Stage 1B Cultural Resource Investigations for the Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carolyn A. Pierce.

Stage 1A cultural resource investigations were conducted in 1997 for the Verona Research Facility located in the Town of Verona, Oneida County. The Facility was investigated in conjunction with the potential excessing of properties associated with Air Force Research Laboratory/Rome Research Site in Rome, New York. The Facility was stratified in terms of archaeological sensitivity. While most of the Facility acreage consisted of designated wetlands, several locations had potentially well-drained...


Stage 2 Cultural Resource Investigations for the Area K Site (A065-22-0101) Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lu Engineers.

Stage 1A and IB cultural resource investigations were conducted at the Verona Research Facility, Town of Verona, Oneida County, New York for the United States Air Force Rome Research Site. These investigations resulted in the identification of a prehistoric archaeological site, the Area K Site (A065-22-0101). Stage 2 site evaluation investigations, consisting of close-interval (10-foot) shovel testing and excavation of 22 test units across the site, determined that the locus was utilized,...


A Stage I Archaeological Survey of Portions of Northern Burlington County, New Jersey (1983)
DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Alan Mounier.

A preliminary archaeological survey has been completed as part of the overall assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed northern Burlington County regional sewerage system. As a result of this survey a number of cultural resources, including both historic and prehistoric properties, have been identified in or near the project area. Most of the sites recognized by this research will be unaffected by the proposed undertaking, however, five prehistoric sites are likely to be adversely...


Stage IA Cultural Resources Survey (Revised) and Stage IB Survey of the Phase I Construction Area of the Fort Dix Sanitary Landfill Site, U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Dix Military Reservation, Block 942, Lot 1, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert S. Webb. Mary E. Gantt.

A cultural resources assessment was conducted for the Fort Dix Sanitary Landfill Site, Fort Dix Military Reservation, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The assessment was authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and conducted by Law Environmental) Inc. Mr. Robert S. Webb served as the Principal Investigator. The study is contained within a 126-acre tract of land including a 76-acre landfill area. In view of the intensive survey findings, no further work is recommended...


Standard History of Oklahoma; an Authentic Narrative of Its Development from the Date of the First European Exploration Down To the Present Times.. (1916)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph B. Thoburn.

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Standlund Family Residence (1926)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Various.

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