Data Recovery / Excavation (Investigation Type)

These investigations include substantial field investigation of an archaeological site (or sites) involving the removal, and systematic recording of, archaeological matrix. These activities often mitigate the adverse effects of a public undertaking. This includes the description, analysis, and specialized studies of artifacts and samples recovered during excavations.

1,201-1,225 (27,308 Records)

Apportioned pottery assemblages from Roman Britain (long form) (2023)
DATASET Scott Ortman.

Data analyzed in: Ortman, Scott, Olivia Bulik, Rob Wiseman, José Lobo, Luis Bettencourt and Lisa Lodwick (2023) Transport Costs and Economic Change in Roman Britain. European Journal of Archaeology:1-24 AND Wiseman, Rob, Olivia Bulik, José Lobo, Lisa Lodwick and Scott G. Ortman (2023) The Impact of Transportation on Pottery Industries in Roman Britain. Open Archaeology 9(1).


Apportioned pottery assemblages from Roman Britain (wide form) (2023)
DATASET Scott Ortman.

Data analyzed in: Ortman, Scott, Olivia Bulik, Rob Wiseman, José Lobo, Luis Bettencourt and Lisa Lodwick (2023) Transport Costs and Economic Change in Roman Britain. European Journal of Archaeology:1-24 AND Wiseman, Rob, Olivia Bulik, José Lobo, Lisa Lodwick and Scott G. Ortman (2023) The Impact of Transportation on Pottery Industries in Roman Britain. Open Archaeology 9(1).


Appraisal of the Archaeological Resources of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite Reservoirs Snake River, Washington (1948)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Osborne.

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An Appraisal of the Archaeological Resources of the Lafayette and Patoka Reservoirs and a Report of the Test Excavation Conducted at Site HR 11 in Harrison County Indiana (1966)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James O. Bellis.

The proposed archaeological surface surveys and test excavations were conducted under the terms of Contract No. 14-10-0529-2880, and the report was submitted to the National Park Service and the United States Department of the Interior. Surveys and test excavations were conducted in the Lafayette Reservoir, Wildcat Creek, Patoka Reservoir, and the Patoka River areas in Indiana. The surveys began on June 14, and completed on July 8, 1966. The objective of these surveys was to locate and evaluate,...


Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota: Supplement (1953)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert B. Cumming, Jr..

The purpose of this supplemental report is to summarize the archeological and paleontological work accomplished in the Fort Randall area by the Missouri Basin Project and the cooperating agencies since the issuance of the Preliminary Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Fort Randall Reservoir. South Dakota, September, 1947. This includes archaeological survey in the years 1950, 1951,and 1952. Examination of identified sites took place in 1951 and 1952. In total,...


Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Jamestown Reservoir North Dakota: Supplement (1953)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard P. Wheeler.

Archeological and paleontological investigations were conducted in the Jamestown Resevoir area, Stutsman and Foster Counties, North Dakota, by field units of the Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution, in 1946, 1947, 1952. In a five-day preliminary survey, August 27-31, 1946, J. Joseph Bauxar and Paul L. Cooper, archeologists, located seven archeological sites in the resevoir area (Bauxar, 1947). In August, 1947, Theodore E. White, paleontologist, and John C. Donohoe, assistant, found...


Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of the Big Hill Reservoir, Labette County, Kansas (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James O. Marshall.

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Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of the Big Hill Reservoir, Labette County, Kansas (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. O. Marshall.

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Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of the Oahe Reservoir, North and South Dakota (1953)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul L. Cooper.

The present report is intended as a brief, non-technical statement of the archeological resources known to exist in the Oahe Reservoir area (for information relative to the results of archeological research in the area to date, reference should be made to the list of literature cited at the end of this report). It is based primarily upon information collected by Missouri Basin Project reconnaissance parties 1948-1952, but use has been made of various other resources. During the late summer of...


Appraisal of the Archeological Resources, Buford Reservoir in Hall, Forsyth, Dawson and Gwinnett Counties, Northern Georgia (1953)
DOCUMENT Full-Text River Basin Survey, Smithsonian Institution.

The Corps of Engineers is constructing a large power and flood control dam on the upper Chattahoochee River in north central Georgia. The dam site is located 3 1/2 miles from the little town of Buford and about 25 miles from Gainesville. From this point the reservoir area will extend up the Chattahoochee for about 35 miles, and a lesser distance along the various tributaries, occupying parts of Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, and Gwinnett counties. The dam is expected to begin holding water in 1955. The...


Approach To the Sampling and Storage of Waterlogged Timbers Form Excavations (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only S. Keene.

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The Aquipaguetin Island Site (21ML2), Minnesota (1949)
DOCUMENT Citation Only L. A. Wilford.

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Arapaho Pass: Glacial Geology and Archaeology At the Crest of the Colorado Front Range (Center For Mountain Archaeology Research Report No.3) (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James B. Benedict.

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Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir
PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone‐Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re‐house the archaeological material...


Arcahaeological Excavations in the Oroville Locality, Butte County, CA 1975 (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard E. Markley.

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Arcahaeological Investigation of the Northern Front: Rear Area of Canedo Adobe (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Imwalle.

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Arcahaeological Investigations at Site W-1921 Poway, California (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lesley C. McCoy. Sandra Day.

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Arch. Data Recovery at 42Sa18646, Natural Bridges (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only S. Chandler. J. Firor.

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Arch. Data Recovery Excav. at SIHP Sites 1916 and 18028. the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Project Area, Land of `O`oma II, North Kona District, Island of Hawai`i (TMK: 3-7-3-09:4) (final) (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Alan B. Corbin.

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Arch. Data Recovery: Sites: 50-10-27-10211, 50-10-27-10212, 50-10-27-10213, for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Autho-rity Kalaoa 5 Ahupua`a, Ke-ahole Point, North Kona District, HI (final) (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Alice K. S. Roberts. Stephen J. Roberts.

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Arch. Mit. Program for the Keauhou View Estates, Inc. Plans for Data Recovery and Preservation, Pahoehoe 3rd & 4th, La`aloa 1st & 2nd, & Kapala`alaea 1st, North Kona, (TMK: 7-7-08:11, 30, 96) (final) (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas R. Wolforth.

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Arch. Monitoring and Sampling During Excavations for the Removal of Excess Land Underground Storage Tanks at Site ST-11 at Bellows Air Force Station Hawai`i, Waimanalo, Ko'olau Poko, Oahu (final) (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael F. Dega. David K. Latinis. Randy H. Ogg.

At the request of CH2M Hill, Scientific Consultant Services provided archaeological monitoring during the removal of five underground storage tanks (UST) at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS). Fieldwork was conducted from 29 July to 8 August 1997. Removal or mitigation of these tanks was performed by Environmental Sciences Pacific, Inc. as part of the Excess Land Underground Storage Tank Removal Project at Site ST-11. A sparse scatter of recent historic debris, mostly glass fragments, was found...


Arch. Monitoring Report for Kaka`ako Improvement District 3, Pohulani Elderly Rental Housing and Kauhale Kaka`ako, Hono., O`ahu (TMK: 2-1-30, 31, 32, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54), an (final) (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John P. Winieski. Hallett H. Hammatt.

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Arch. Monitoring Report for Street Lighting Improvements Along a Portion of Kalakaua Avenue from the Natatorium to Poni Mo`i Road, Waikiki, Island of O`ahu (TMK: 3-1-31, 32, & 43) (draft) (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary P. Perzinski. Hallett H. Hammatt.

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Arch. Monitoring, and Salvage Data Recovery Excavations for the Removal of Underground Storage Tanks at Bellows Air Force Station Hawai`i, Waimanalo, Ko`olaupoko District, O`ahu Island (final) (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael F. Dega. Robert L. Spear. D. Kyle Latinis.

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