Shell (Material Keyword)
Modified or unmodified objects made from mollusc shell.
1,026-1,050 (7,413 Records)
This report presents the results of an archaeological project conducted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu, the purpose of which was to monitor the initial construction phase of five replacement antennas for the United States Air Force. The fieldwork, which began on October 18, 1983 and was completed on February 10, 1984, was conducted by the author.
Archaeological Site Examination of the Field East of the Grapery/Greenhouse, Drive Circle, Straight Walk, and South Lawn at Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts (2010)
A landscape restoration plan for the 45-acre historic estate of Massachusetts governor and United States senator, Christopher Gore and his wife Rebecca, recommended archaeological investigations to identify the location, character, and integrity of Gore-period features that could potentially be included in restoration efforts. Investigations began in 2004, focusing on better known landscape elements including the carriage drive, carriage house foundation, greenhouse, vegetable and flower...
Archaeological Site Form: Wherry II Site (2005)
Florida Master Site File Archaeological Site Form for the Wherry II Site recorded as part of the Shell Midden Site Survey at Tyndall Air Force Base.
Archaeological Site Identification and Site Boundary Testing at the Northwest Corner Interstate 10, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2015)
This report contains the results of archaeological testing at the northwest corner alignment and Frontage Road. The project was conducted at the request of the CalPortland Company, who would like to expand its mining of sand and gravel into a 9-acre parcel in the pecan orchard property. This land is owned by Pima County and leased to CalPortland. The sand and gravel mining would remove the entire parcel to a depth of more than 6.0 m. The work was conducted to comply with the Pima County Board of...
An Archaeological Site Near Gleeson, Arizona (1940)
This series is a record of the excavations near Gleeson, Arizona, the first publication of the Foundation, crystallizes a belief long-held by the Director that only in making available successive records of the work it accomplishes can the existence of a research institution be justified. The text of this monograph is largely the work of Mr. Carr Tuthill whose competent supervision of the actual excavations and whose adequate field notes have made possible the completeness of this report.
Archaeological Site Significance Evaluations for Cienega Ventana Project (1984)
At the sponsorship of Cienega Properties, Inc., the Institute for American Research has conducted investigations on archaeological sites located on the Cienega Ventana project area, a 300-acre land parcel located in the northeastern Tucson basin, Arizona. The sites, which contain both Archaic and Hohokam cultural materials, have been designated AZ BB:9:44, AZ BB.9.73, A Z BB:9:91, and A Z BB:9:143 by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona.
Archaeological Site Study at the Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations Facility Milcon P-100 Naval Submarine Base, Ballast Point San Diego, California. (1987)
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.
Archaeological Sites Record Notebook for Hanscom Air Force Base, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (2004)
Since 1993 eight archaeological surveys have been conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB). As a result of those surveys two prehistoric and two historic period sites have been identified. This report is a summary of the investigations and findings for these archaeological surveys conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base.
Archaeological Sites, Crawfish and Rock River Valleys, Rock, Jefferson, and Dodge Counties, Wisconsin
From 2000 through 2010, GLARC has conducted numerous archaeological studies within the Rock and Crawfish River valleys, in southeastern Wisconsin. Collectively these studies have included identification, National Register evaluations, and archaeological data recovery operations at sites ranging from the Late Paleoindian through Late Woodland periods. Archaeological data recovery operations were completed at three open air Native American sites in the region. The sites are Sauerhammer...
Archaeological Sites, Driftless Area, Grant County, Wisconsin
From 2004 through 2006, GLARC conducted archaeological data recovery operations at four open air prehistoric Native American sites in the Driftless Region of southwestern Wisconsin. The sites are Roling (47GT628), Kieler I (47GT593), Bend in the Creek (47GT693), and Kieler II (47GT594) and include Early Archaic (8000-4000 B.C.), Late Archaic Durst Phase (1000-5000 B.C.), Early Woodland (300 B.C. to 100 A.D.), and Late Woodland Eastman Phase (A.D. 700-1000) occupations. Each site contains in...
Archaeological Specimen Catalog, Adelphi, 200 Area, Historic Foundation #2 (1999)
Specimen catalog for shovel tests conducted at site number 18PR437, in the 200 area, Historic Foundation #2.
Archaeological Studies (Inventory, Testing and Evaluation) on the Mojave Siphon Project, Summit Valley, San Bernardino County, California (1989)
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.
Archaeological Studies at Az BB:13:223 (ASM) and Nearby Sites in the Santa Cruz Industrial Park Tucson, Arizona (1986)
From March 21 through August 22, 1985, the Institute tor American Research conducted archaeological studies for the City of Tucson in the Santa Cruz Industrial Park, Tucson, Arizona. One archaeological site was excavated to accommodate scheduled land development. In addition, earth-moving activities were monitored to identify and investigate archaeological and paleontological remains exposed or threatened during construction of a road and drainageway.
Archaeological Studies at Oro Grande Mojave Desert, California (1979)
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Archaeological Studies at Oro Grande, Mojave Desert, California (1983)
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Archaeological Studies at the Colosseum Mine: Surface Collections and Test Excavations At CA-Sbr-4889, -5300, -5301, and -5303, Clark Mountain Range, San Bernardino County, California (1985)
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Archaeological Studies in No Name West Basin, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, California: Volume 1: the Field Phase of Data Recovery at 10 Loci (1985)
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Archaeological Studies in No Name West Basin, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, California; Volume 2: the Field Phase of Data Recovery at Two Sites (1985)
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Archaeological Studies of the Avra Valley, Arizona For the Papago Water Supply Project, Vol. 2: Archaeological Site Descriptions (1987)
This document contains descriptions of sites within the Schuk Toak and San Xavier study areas. These site descriptions include information on site dimensions, cultural features, and types of artifacts. The relationships between features and artifacts as well as any disturbance to the sites are also discussed. The document also discusses collection strategies used within the project, and finally, it evaluates the site occupation time periods along with site function as well.
Archaeological Studies of the Avra Valley, Arizona, for the Papago Water Supply Project, Volume 1: Class III Archaeological Surveys on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation (1987)
The Papago Water Supply project was an effort to deliver and apply Central Arizona Project water to farmland on the Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) Indian Reservation as part of the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982. The project involved construction of a water delivery system and development of new agricultural fields in the Schuk Toak and San Xaiver districts of the Reservation, located in the Avra Valley west of Tucson, Arizona. Environmental planning studies for the...
Archaeological Study for 260 Acres South of Agua Hedionda Lagoon (1987)
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Archaeological Study for Humboldt Harbor and Bay Navigation Improvement Project, Humboldt County, California (BLM) (1974)
Pursuant to a navigational improvement project authorized by Congress in 1968 , involving dredging of Humboldt Bay to facilitate widening and deepening, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected five alternative spoils locations for the disposal of dredge spoils. This report discusses eight archaeological sites reported by Loud in 1918.
An Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture
Using detailed comparisons of the archaeological assemblages from 18 early sites in the Chesapeake, this project explores the material conditions of culture contact, plantation development and organization, the rise of slavery, and consumer behavior. Comparable artifact databases have been created for the 18 sites, and analysis of artifact distributions has provided great insight into differences and similarities.
Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture, Coding Conventions for Comprehensive Artifact Catalog (2004)
Coding Conventions for the use of the comprehensive artifact catalog associated with the Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture project. Also linked to the Manual for the comprehensive artifact catalog.
Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture, Comprehensive Artifact Catalog (2004)
Comprehensive artifact catalog for the Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture project, an NEH-funded comparative analysis of 18 early seventeenth-century archaeological sites in the Chesapeake region. The artifact catalog, composed of about 186,000 records, was created from the individual artifact catalogs for the 18 sites, combined and standardized into a single MS Access database. The associated manual and coding conventions documents (below) explain in detail how to use the...