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.

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Digital curation, data and replication of results - the foundation for the future of archaeology (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text W. Fredrick Limp.

This is a pdf copy of the PPT slides used for this presentation in the SAA symposium. The first principle of the SAA’s Ethics states “The archaeological record …[including]... archaeological collections, records and reports, is irreplaceable. It is the responsibility of all archaeologists to work for the long-term conservation and protection of the archaeological record...” As a profession, we’ve been reasonably responsible as stewards of archaeological sites, but considerably less responsible...


Digital Data Curation and Access: Why You and Your Organization Should be Actively Involved -- An ACRA White Paper (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Duane E. Peter. Francis McManamon. Keith Kintigh. Leigh Anne Ellison.

Most are aware that the curation of archaeological and historical data and associated records has been a challenge for quite some time. Adequate curation of objects and associated records has received significant attention in the past two decades; however, professional archaeologists within academia, the Cultural Resources Management (CRM) industry, and federal and state agencies are keenly aware that we need to do more, if we are to successfully preserve our heritage, advance evidence-based...


Digitizing The Anasazi Origins Project: A Geodatabase (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Plaza.

Archaeology is faced with the inheritance problem of managing legacy collections, partly due to the high expense of maintaining them. Often these datasets are unorganized, thus rendering them underutilized, and difficult to properly preserve or to integrate into the current archaeological dialogue. Unfortunately, this problem is a common issue. To address this problem, an examination of the condition of the records and artifacts of legacy archaeological collections is needed. In this thesis,...


Digitizing the Archives of Archaeology Series (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph Tiffany.

The Archives of Archaeology Series is a 29-volume set jointly published by the University of Wisconsin Press and the Society for American Archaeology on opaque microcards, a now obsolete format. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse has digitized the original opaque microcards and made the digital copies available through tDAR. This article describes the digitization of the original records on opaque microcards.


Dimensions of Status in the Burials at Spiro (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James A. Brown.

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.


DINAA Means "Everybody Can Be a Digital Curator": Community-Powered Disciplinary Curational Behaviors with the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joshua Wells. Eric Kansa. Sarah Kansa. David Anderson. Stephen Yerka.

This is a pdf copy of the PPT slides used for this presentation at the SAA symposium. The Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) has a massive compilation of archaeological site data. This paper presents recent findings from development of DINAA’s site database, efforts to link DINAA with mined references from digital literature, and efforts to prepare DINAA for future crowd-sourced professional data citations. The continental United States spans eight million square kilometers,...


The Disappearing Island: The Effect of Imminent Displacement on Social Exchange Relations on Tangier Island (WGF - Dissertation Fieldwork Grant) (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jonna Yarrington.

This resource is an application for the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Tangier Island is a small, incorporated town, just over one square mile, of 470 inhabitants in the Chesapeake Bay, belonging to Accomack County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. Its residents are densely related watermen and their families--mostly white, lower income, politically conservative, Christian, and skeptical of science and climate change. Endogamous marriage is preferred,...


Discovering Past Behavior: Experiments in the Archaeology of the American Southwest (1972)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Grebinger.

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.


The discovery of gold in the graves of Chiriqui, Panama (1919)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Samuel Lothrop.

Scanned image of the book containing this Volume of the "Indian Notes" journal. This article, written in 1919, briefly describes the authors,Samuel Lothrop, first hand account of exploration and exploration of grave goods, specifically gold grave goods (the author claims that the excavation extracted a some of two million in gold images and dust).


Dismal River ceramic sherd data (2015)
DATASET Sarah Trabert.

These are the results from an analysis of ceramics from 43 Dismal River sites. A full description of the sites and the results can be found in the Trabert 2015 document.


Dismal River ceramic sherd INAA data (2015)
DATASET Sarah Trabert.

A sample of ceramics from 25CH1 and 14SC1 were submitted for INAA. This file contains the results. These data are also on file with the Missouri Research Reactor.


Disposal of Real Estate, Army Regulation 405-90 (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John A. Wickham.

This regulation sets forth authorities, responsibilities, policies, and procedures for the disposal of military and industrial real estate under the custody and control of the Department of the Army (DA) worldwide. Chapters 1 through 6 apply to Army military and industrial real estate in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands. Chapter 7 applies to real estate in foreign countries. Where...


Distance in Space and Time: Issues with a Mortuary Database of the First Farmers in the Southern Southwest (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Watson.

This paper describes issues associated with the construction of a biocultural database from samples of the earliest farmers from the southern Southwest and northwest Mexico. Currently over a dozen archaeological sites dating to the Early Agricultural period (circa 1,600 B.C.-A.D. 150) have produced a large sample of mortuary features (n = 431). These samples, and thereby the data, face unique challenges in interpretation compared to similar large data sets in that the materials (sites, features,...


The Distant Early Warning (Dew) Line: A Bibliography and Documentary Resource List (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Matthew J. Farish. Jennifer Arthur-Lackenbaur.

The Distant Early Warning Line was a string of continental defense radars, ultimately stretching from Alaska to Greenland. This research compendium provides a list of relevant sources on the DEW Line and Cold War continental defense. It focuses on primary sources available in Canada, and a systematic survey of published sources from Canada and the United States.


Distribution and Density Patterns of Lithic Materials in Cimarron County, Oklahoma (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Roger S. Saunders. Kenneth E. Saunders.

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.


Distribution of Paleoindian Sites in Kansas (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kenneth L. Brown. B. Logan.

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.


The distribution of prehistoric population aggregates (1971)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Southwestern Anthropological Research Group (U.S.).

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.


Diversity in Hohokam Subsistence Strategies: A View from The Big Canal (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Gasser.

This paper will synthesize the macrobotanical findings from the Tucson Aqueduct Project, Phase A (TAP), conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona and will highlight some of the pollen and flotation results from the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Project (SGA), completed by the Arizona State Museum. Both projects were segments of the Central Arizona Project, a huge canal bringing water from the Colorado River to the farms and towns of southern Arizona. The ...


Documentation of Rock Art At Petroglyph Canyon 24CB601 (1984)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence L. Loendorf.

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.


Documentation of the Sherds in the Road Site (8BR02314) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Dale K. Hawkins. Thomas E. Penders. Frederick P. Gaske.

Site form, correspondence and photos associated with site 8BR02314.


DoD Cultural Heritage Playing Cards for Afghanistan - Poster (Legacy 06-324) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurie Rush.

This poster displays images of playing cards distributed to inform Service members of cultural resources within Afghanistan.


DoD Cultural Resources Business Data Standards (Legacy 08-369)
PROJECT Brian Crane.

This report proposes a minimum set of Cultural Resources Business Data Standards for use in DoD cultural resources management programs. These draft standards represent the minimum set of data and associated attributes that DoD is recommended to collect and maintain in order to support its cultural resources management program. The standards were developed by assessing the current state of cultural resources data collection and management processes in the DoD and identifying all of the data...


DoD Cultural Resources Business Data Standards - Report (Legacy 08-369) (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Crane.

his report proposes a minimum set of Cultural Resources Business Data Standards for use in DoD cultural resources management programs. These draft standards represent the minimum set of data and associated attributes that DoD is recommended to collect and maintain in order to support its cultural resources management program. The standards were developed by assessing the current state of cultural resources data collection and management processes in the DoD and identifying all of the data...


DoD Cultural Resources Data Management Needs Assessment (Legacy 09-443)
PROJECT Brian Crane.

This project prepared an assessment of current DoD cultural resources data and data management practices with recommendations for incorporating existing DoD cultural resources data into newly developed data standards developed for the Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE), and for DoD cultural resources spatial and associated business data.


DoD Cultural Resources Data Management Needs Assessment - Report (Legacy 09-443) (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Crane. Dennis Knepper.

This report describes a project that prepared an assessment of current DoD cultural resources data and data management practices with recommendations for incorporating existing DoD cultural resources data into newly developed data standards developed for the Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE), and for DoD cultural resources spatial and associated business data.