Geophysical Survey (Investigation Type)
Investigations that rely on ground-based instrument sensing techniques to create images and/or maps for archaeological research (e.g. magnetometry, resistivity, or ground penetrating radar).
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Fort St. Joseph, a seventeenth- to eighteenth-century archaeological site in southwestern Michigan, and the adjacent Lyne site provide a recent and ongoing example of historical archaeology posing questions about the notion of culture contact during French colonialism. Effective research questions, increasingly systematic procedures, and a balance between historical and archaeological material have served to solidify and situate the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project’s contributions to...
The Discovery of Conquistador Hernando De Soto’s 1539 Encampment (2012)
The College of Central Florida - New World Archaeology Series Documentary Interviews with: Dr. Jerald T. Milanich, Curator Emeritus in Archaeology of the Florida Museum of Natural History Dr. Michele C. White, Clinical Professor University of Florida, Bioarchaeologist and Excavation Team, 1539 De Soto Project Site Dr. Alan M. Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University Ethan A. White, Site Survey, Grid Layout and Excavation Team, 1539 De Soto Project Site, University of...
The Discovery of the Lost Mission of San Buenaventura De Potano (2012)
The College of Central Florida - New World Archaeology Series Documentary Interviews with: Dr. Jerald T. Milanich, Curator Emeritus in Archaeology of the Florida Museum of Natural History Dr. Michele C. White, Bioarchaeologist and Excavation Team,1539 De Soto Project Site Dr. Alan M. Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University Ethan A. White, Site Survey, Grid Layout and Excavation Team, 1539 De Soto Project Site, Trinity Catholic Honors Program Dr. Ashley White,...
The Dolores Archaeological Program
From 1978 until 1985 the University of Colorado contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation (Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562) to mitigate the adverse impact of a large water impoundment project on the cultural resources in the project area. This complex and evolving long-term mitigation plan known as the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP) has been called a “truly unique chapter in American archaeology” (Breternitz 1993:118) and was applauded by Lipe (1998:2) for its ability to “increase the power and...
Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-020: Magnetometer Results (1981)
As part of Dolores Cultural Resources Mitigation Program Field Operations in 1978, a magnetometer survey test program was implemented to determine the efficacy of such methods in facilitating excavation strategies. The program was begun on 12 September 1978 and was continued until late October . A total of 46 20 by 20m blocks at 14 prehistoric sites was surveyed and the result ant data sent to the University of Nebraska for analysis and interpretation. By the report submission date (May 1979) 90...
Dolores Archaeological Program: Synthetic Report (1986)
The Dolores Project was a large water-impoundment project constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in southwestern Colorado. From 1978 until 1985 the University of Colorado contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation (Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562) to mitigate the adverse effects of the Dolores Project on the cultural resources in the project area; Washington State University was the major subcontractor. The mitigation program was called the Dolores Archaeological Program (DAP). This volume presents...
Dolores Archaeological Program: Synthetic Report 1978-1981 (1984)
The Dolores Project was a large water project constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation in extreme southwestern Colorado. The Dolores Archaeological Program was responsible for the Dolores Project Cultural Resources Mitigation Program under Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 8-07-40-S0562. At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Dolores Archaeological Program produced this report entitled Dolores Archaeological Program Synthetic Report 1978-1981. This report provides the Bureau of...
The Dolores Legacy: A User's Guide to the Dolores Archaeological Program Data (1999)
A user's guide to the Dolores Archaeological Program data, compiled with assistance from a State Historical Fund grant from the Colorado Historical Society. This is highly recommended as a point of entry into the large and complex DAP datasets. It contains a general introduction to the DAP and its datasets, by Richard Wilshusen; an introduction to the provenience data and DAP temporal-spatial taxonomy and interpretations, by Christine Ward; brief descriptions of each of the major databases; an...
Early Collecting in the Vicinity of Fort St. Joseph (1900)
Early 20th century collectors, likely Beeson and Crane in the vicinity of the site of Fort St. Joseph. At the time, the land was in till.
Eating Ethnicity: Examining 18th Century French Colonial Identity Through Selective Consumption of Animal Resources in the North American Interior (2004)
Cultural identities can be created and maintained through daily practice and food consumption is one such practice. People need food in order to survive, but the types of food they eat are largely determined by the interaction of culture and their environment. By approaching the topic of subsistence practices as being culturally constituted, the study of foodways provides an avenue to examine issues of cultural identity through selective consumption. Eating certain foods to the exclusion of...
Economical Methods of Geophysical Exploration: Tests at Fort Laramie (1993)
Experiments for an NPS course that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).
The Effectiveness of Historic Human Detection Dog Teams in Locating Historic Unmarked Cemeteries – Article (Legacy 12-510) (2015)
This article describes a scientific study testing the effectiveness of Historic Human Remains Detection (HHRD) dogs and comparing HHRD dog results against geophysical survey results at multiple, unmarked, burial sites.
Elements of mapping (2009)
How to set up geophysical grids
An Equipotential Survey at Fort Vancouver (2002)
A simple and graphical survey; done as part of the 2002 course that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).
Evaluating Mobility, Monumentality, and Feasting at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex (2011)
Two of the most salient anthropological questions regarding southeastern shell ring sites are related to the season(s) that they were occupied and whether or not the deposits represent monumental constructions and/or feasting remains. This paper addresses these questions through the analysis of growth band of clams (Mercenaria spp.) (N = 620) and stable oxygen isotope ratios of clam and oyster shells (Crassostrea virginica) (N = 58) at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring complex located on the Georgia...
An Evaluation of Geophysical Survey Instruments for Detecting Unmarked Graves at the Mission Cemetery, Spalding, Idaho (2000)
In December 2000, a team working for the Midwest Archeological Center and Nez Perce National Historical Park evaluated the suitability of geophysical survey instruments for mapping the location of unmarked graves in the Mission Cemetery at Spalding, Idaho. A small grid was examined with a fluxgate magnetometer, a soil resistance meter, a conductivity meter, and a ground-penetrating radar unit. All but the conductivity meter detected positive anomalies in association with marked historic graves...
An evaluation of magnetic data from the Grand Plaza at Cahokia (2003)
Analysis of data from an NPS course; for Berle Clay, Rinita Dalan, and Steve De Vore.
EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL FROM A PALEOSEISMIC TRENCHING STUDY IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA (1997)
A single bulk soil sample was recovered from a paleoseismic study trench in San Francisco Bay, California. Botanic components and detrital charcoal in the sample were identified, where possible, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated. Radiocarbon dating of the detrital charcoal present in the sample will aid in interpretation of the timing of the most recent earthquake along the San Gregoria fault.
An Examination of Gunflints From the Fort St. Joseph Site (20BE23) in Niles, Michigan (2011)
French colonial North America was settled in order to expand the fur trade and also secure the North American interior from British incursions. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, France had come to occupy huge swathes of land in North America, establishing a trading empire from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, and from Hudson Bay southward along the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. As the fur trade expanded, the Great Lakes region proved vital to France’s interests, and near...
An Examination of Jesuit (Iconographic) Rings from the Fort St. Joseph Site in Niles, MI (2010)
First circulated by French traders and Jesuit missionaries on their visits to New France in the 17th and 18th centuries, copper-alloy finger rings bearing Jesuit and secular iconography are found wherever French traders or colonists ventured. Fort St. Joseph was a Jesuit mission and later both a trading post and a military garrison near the modern city of Niles, Michigan. The fort allowed the French to gain better control of southern Michigan and easier access to the Mississippi River and...
The Excavated Bead Collection at Fort St. Joseph (20BE23) and Its Implications For Understanding Adornment, Ideology, Cultural Exchange, and Identity (2009)
Fort St. Joseph in Niles, Michigan was a French and later and English fort built along the St. Joseph River. It had a military presence, but the majority of its activity involved the fur trade. A variety of French, French-Canadian, Native and Métis people called this fort locale home, which led to a blending of cultural practices. Documents such as the baptismal register for the fort suggest this site hosted daily interactions between the French inhabitants and the neighboring Miami,...
Excavation (2010)
Images illustrating the excavation process at the site of Fort St. Joseph, 2006-2010.
Excavation Units (2010)
Images illustrating, in most cases, the plan view of the final depth of excavation, with all units from 2006 through 2010 represented.
An Experimental Project to Conduct Digital Survey for Ring Midden Features using Aerial Lidar Data (2016)
This poster presents an experimental research project performed for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Permian Basin Mitigation Program exploring the use of aerial lidar data to identify and document ring midden features. The project was carried out in three study areas in southeastern New Mexico situated along the eastern foothills of the Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains. Previous archaeological surveys indicate that ring middens are common along rocky escarpments in the piedmont zone and...
Faunal Artifact Photographs, Brookville Reservoir Survey 1991-1992 (2012)
Photograph of a faunal artifact collected during the archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed Brookville Reservoir area in Franklin and Union Counties, Indiana.