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.

6,451-6,475 (6,892 Records)

Survey Report Project Bs 0392(8) Cow Creek, South of Briggsdale (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sally Pearce.

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Survey Report: Archeological Resources of Old Fort Gibson (MS-94) from a Portion of an Area Being Considered for the "Three Forks Company Recreation Park", Muskogee County, Oklahoma (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles S. Wallis, Jr..

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Survey Report: Bridgeville, Delaware (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter E. Kurtze.

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Surveyors Dividers (2014)
IMAGE RGA Inc. . Allison Gall.

Surveyors Dividers (PCN 961).


Surveys and Surveys of the Public Domain, 1785-1975
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lola Cazier.

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Sustaining Irrigation Agriculture for the Long-Term: Lessons on Maintaining Soil Quality from Ancient Agricultural Fields in the Phoenix Basin and on the North Coast of Peru (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Colleen Strawhacker.

Irrigation agriculture has been heralded as the solution to feeding the world’s growing population. To this end, irrigation agriculture is both extensifying and intensifying in arid regions across the world in an effort to create highly productive agricultural systems. Over one third of modern irrigated fields, however, show signs of serious soil degradation, including salinization and waterlogging, which threaten the productivity of these fields and the world’s food supply. Surprisingly, little...


Sutphin Farmstead Survey (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas E. Jones.

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Sweetwater Gold: Wyoming's Gold Rush 1897-1871 (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marion McMillan Huseas.

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The Swilling Legacy (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Earl Zarbin.

Each year thousands of people come to the Salt River Valley, some to visit and some to live. They see a thriving, growing community. But like many who have spent most, or all, of their lives there, they don't know much about the Valley's origins or how it developed. The men and women who built the Valley were like today's people. They were trying to improve their own condition. In doing that, they contributed to the well-being of one another. Jack Swilling was one of them. Swilling...


Switzler's Illustrated History of Missouri, from 1541 To 1877.. (1881)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Chancy R. Barns.

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A Synthesis of Tonto Basin Prehistory: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Claudine Gravel-Miguel

Between 1989 and 1993, the Bureau of Reclamation funded four archaeological projects in Tonto Basin of central Arizona, all associated with the modification of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The projects were assigned different research objectives and were conducted by separate research teams. The Roosevelt Bajada Survey (RBS) was a sampling survey by SWCA Inc. of portions of the bajada and foothills surrounding Tonto Basin. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) conducted by Statistical Research...


A Systematic Study of Air Combat Command Cold War Material Culture. Volume III: Summary Report and Final Programmatic Recommendations (Draft 1) (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine J. Roxlau. R. Blake Roxlau.

Air Combat Command (ACC) contracted Mariah Associates, Inc. (Mariah) through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District (ACE, FW) to locate, evaluate, interpret, and prioritize important Cold War material culture at 27 selected ACC bases within the United States and Panama (Figure 1.1). The project was primarily funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), with some additional funding from the Legacy Program. The contract was managed by the ACE, FW. As a basis for the project, Mariah...


A Systemic Study of Air Combat Command Cold War Material Culture, Volume I: Historic Context and Methodology for Assessment (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Lewis. Katherine J. Roxlau. Lori E. Rhodes. Paul Boyer. Joseph S. Murphey.

This study presents the results of an Air Combat Command (ACC) command-wide baseline assessment of Cold War historic resources. The goal of the study was to locate, evaluate, interpret, and prioritize ACC material culture at 27 bases within the continental United States and Panama (including Seymour Johnson AFB). The study was designed to evaluate real property, personal property, and records and documents sites that may be exceptionally significant due to their relationship to the Cold War,...


Tables from Chapter 11 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 11 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 12 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 12 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 13 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 13 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 14 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 14 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 2 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 2 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 3 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 3 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 4 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 4 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 5 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 5 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 6 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 6 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 7 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 7 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 8 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 8 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.


Tables from Chapter 9 (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara J. Hayden.

Tables from Chapter 9 of Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies.