Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis (Investigation Type)

A non-field study of archaeological theory, method or technique. These investigations may also include broadly synthetic regional studies.

1,076-1,100 (3,496 Records)

Costly Signaling, Cost Masking, and the Classic-Postclassic Transition: Slipped Ceramics and other Media in the Context of the Petén Lakes Region, Guatemala. (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Schwarz.

Costly signaling theory indicates that highly visible acts of public generosity and display, which exact costs not easily recouped, however, can provide social benefits to those engaged in such acts. Such signaling is associated with the strength or fitness of the provider. Analyzing slipped and fineware ceramics in display contexts, and obsidian use and architecture, this presentation explores how Maya elites and rural sub-elites engaged in costly signaling and modified their actions by cost...


Cottonwood Creek Rock Art Survey (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas K. Larson.

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.


Council of Texas Archeologists Microfilm Archive of Texas Archeology, Index Section I, Rolls 1-15 (1980)
DOCUMENT Citation Only H. Simons.

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.


Council of Texas Archeologists Microfilm Archive of Texas Archeology, Index Sections I and II, Rolls 1-33 (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only H. Simons.

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.


County-level radiocarbon dates for the upland US Southwest (2020)
DATASET Kyle Bocinsky. Darcy Bird. Robert Kelly.

These are the radiocarbon data reported in Robinson et al. 2020, "Dendrochronological dates confirm a Late Prehistoric population decline in the American Southwest derived from radiocarbon dates". The dates are drawn from the NSF project ‘Populating a Radiocarbon Database for North America’, which have been uploaded to the Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD; https://www.canadianarchaeology.ca). Dates are aggregated to county level for the upland US Southwest, and are...


Court-card birds in "copper" style (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phillip Phillips. James Brown.

This is an illustration and description of bird-man like images on an engraved shell from Spiro. From Phillips and Brown 1978, Plate 165.1.


Creamware Teapot Found in Feature 5 (2014)
IMAGE RGA Inc. . Allison Gall.

Left to Right: Teapot (PCN 774, 775, 966, 967, 968, 972, 973; 250c); Lid (PCN 775; 250c).


A Critical Evaluation of Recent Gendered Publishing Trends in American Archaeology (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bardolph Dana.

This paper explores the relationship between gender identity and patterns of authorship in peer-reviewed journals as a lens for examining gendered knowledge production and the current status and visibility of men and women in American archaeology. Drawing on feminist theory and the feminist critique of science, I examine how gender imbalance and a lack of diversity continue to affect the work that archaeologists produce. The evaluation of publishing trends serves as a means to investigate...


Crops Across Eurasia (2018)
DATASET Jade d'Alpoim Guedes. R. Kyle Bocinsky.

Database of appearance of crops, period of use and associated radiocarbon dates across Eurasia


Crow Morning Star (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy McCleary.

This is an image of a Crow Morning Star bundle. From McCleary 1997.


Cultural Change and Continuity: Essays in Honor of James Bennet Griffin (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles E. Cleland.

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.


Cultural Diversity and Social Identity atop Perry Mesa (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Nanebah Nez.

A brief introduction to the rock art of Perry Mesa and the ways in which the region's rock art can contribute to studies of movement and identity.


Cultural Dynamics, Deep Time, and Data: Planning Cyberinfrastructure Investments for Archaeology (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Kintigh. Jeffrey Altschul. Ann P. Kinzig. Fred Limp. William Michener. J. A. Sabloff. Edward Hackett. Timothy A. Kohler. Bertram Ludäscher. Clifford Lynch.

Archaeological data and research results are essential to addressing such fundamental questions as the origins of human culture; the origin, waxing, and waning of civilizations and cities; the response of societies to long-term climate changes; and the systemic relationships implicated in human-induced changes in the environment. However, we lack the capacity for acquiring, managing, analyzing, and synthesizing the large data sets needed to address these fundamental questions. We propose...


Cultural Landscape Report for Fort Hill, Cape Cod National Seashore (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Kneedler-Schad. Katharine Lacy. Larry Lowenthal.

The subject of this report is a tract of land in the Town of Eastham, Barnstable County. on the outer part of lower Cape Cod. It encompasses about 100 acres of salt marsh aod upland located south of Hemenway Road, west of Nauset Harbor, northwest afthe Town Cove, and east of U.S. Route 6. This report refers to the entire tract as Fort Hill after its most prominent feature. However, the subject area of the report extends well beyond Fort Hill proper; e.g., it includes part of nearby Skiff Hill,...


Cultural Resource and Probability Analysis of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc..

This Technical Memorandum describes the procedures used to produce geographic information system (GIS)-based cultural resource maps for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). These maps will assist the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron/Conservation Section (673 CES/CEANC) in meeting its cultural resource management responsibilities. The maps were developed in concurrence with the 673 CES/CEANC to satisfy the requirements of Air Force Instruction 32-7065 Section 4.9 and the State Historic...


Cultural Resource and Probability Analysis of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Revised Final: Update 1, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This cultural resource and probability analysis report includes the addition of all cultural resource sites added to the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) and all cultural resource surveys conducted on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and reported on between October 2011 and March 2015. It also includes updated prehistorical and historical contexts. Updates have been made to Sections 1.0, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, 5.0, and Appendix A.


Cultural Resource and Probability of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This probability analysis report includes the addition of all cultural resource sites added to the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) and all cultural resource surveys conducted on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and reported on between October 2011 and March 2016. It also includes updated prehistorical and historical contexts. Updates have been made to all cultural resources feature point information and the known cultural resources studies.


Cultural Resource Assessment of Chemical Waste Disposal Facilities, Kennedy Space Center (1977)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carlos Martinez.

Cultural Resources Assessment conducted in support of an Environmental Assessment for the Chemical Waste DIsposal Facilities Preliminary Engineering Report.


A Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of Land Management Unit 5, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Penders.

In December 2011, the 45th Space Wing Cultural Resources Manager (45 SW CRM) conducted an archaeological and historical Phase I survey of the Land Management Unit 5 (LMU-5) parcel on behalf of the US Air Force. 45 SW CRM identified one previously recorded archaeological site (8BR237) within the project area during the investigation. 45 SW CRM determined that Site 8BR237 is the remains of the historic DeSoto Beach subdivision and a radar pole associated with Project Teepee. Despite its...


A Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of Land Management Unit 6, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Penders.

Between June 2006 and December 2011, the 45th Space Wing Cultural Resources Manager (45 SW CRM) conducted an archaeological and historical Phase I survey of the Land Management Unit 6 (LMU-6) parcel on behalf of the US Air Force. 45 SW CRM identified one previously recorded archaeological site (8BR2029) and one previously unrecorded historic road corridor (8BR2544) within the project area during the investigation.


A Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of Land Management Units 50 and 166, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Penders.

The survey revisited two previously recorded sites (8BR222 and 8BR223). It is recommended that 8BR222 be considered a destroyed site and that artifacts previously recovered from the site be considered redeposited and have no context. Furthermore, it should be removed from the 45 SW and FMSF databases. The Quarterman Site (8BR223) should retain its determination of being eligible for listing in the NRHP.


A Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of Proposed Falcon Vertical Landing Site, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Penders.

SpaceX, under a lease agreement with the USAF proposed to conduct vertical landings of the Falcon first stage vehicle at LC-13 at CCAFS. This included land clearing, and construction of a main landing pad at LC-13, contingency pads, and supporting infrastructure modifications to the existing facility. There were six cultural resources located within or adjacent to the project area; however, non were found eligible for listing in the NRHP either individually or as part of a district.


Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the NASA Causeway Bridge Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study, FM No. 440424-1-22-01, Brevard County, Florida (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Janus Research.

This report presents the results of a cultural resources assessment survey in support of a potential bridge replacement. The historic resources survey identified three previously recorded historic resources: the NASA Causeway Bridge/Indian River Bridge (8BR2956), Abandoned Segment of US 1 (8BR1869), and Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway (8BR1870).No newly or previously recorded archaeological sites were identified within the archaeological APE.


Cultural Resource Inventory of Areas Affected By Reject Stream Replacement Projects (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William T. Eckhardt.

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.


A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Tolicha Peak Gravel Pit Project Area (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathleen Ann Bergin.

Environmental Solutions, Inc. conducted archival research and an intensive pedestrian survey for historic properties within the Tolicha Peak Gravel Pit project area within the Nellis Air Force military reservation. Encompassing approximately 96,624 m2 (24 acres), the project area is situated along the southern perimeter of the Nellis North Range northwest of the town of Beatty in Nye County, Nevada. The research efforts resulted in the conclusion that the project area is devoid of cultural...