Shell (Material Keyword)

Modified or unmodified objects made from mollusc shell.

6,851-6,875 (7,086 Records)

UHM Summer Field School: Investigation Forms from the Site 511-018 (1975)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Christopher Frady

Investigation forms such as layer, artifact, and features forms from the 1975 field school at the Site 511-018.

Uncovering Tucson's Past: Test Excavations in Search of the Presidio Wall (2004)

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

In March and April of 1998 and 1999, volunteers and archaeologists from the Center for Desert Archaeology searched for traces of Tucson's Presidio fortress. The project had several goals: (1) to determine if archaeological deposits survived in several areas around the perimeter of the Presidio; it was not certain if archaeological deposits survived years of construction, demolition, utility installation, and other ground-disturbing activities; (2) to locate portions of the Presidio Wall — the...

Underground Railroad Archaeology Project (URAP), Albany NY

PROJECT Uploaded by: Marilyn Masson

Investigations at the Myers, Elkins, and Ten Broeck properties in historical Albany, NY. Project focused on archaeological questions of daily life of African American abolitionists of the mid-1800s, excavating spaces to the rear of the Myers and Elkins residential locations. The project also investigated the daily lives of enslaved persons of the early 1800s, from the perspective of deposits associated with two rear outbuildings at the Ten Broeck mansion. Research was part of a University at...

Unit 14_Cremation summaries (2011)

DATASET Rebecca Hill.

Data regarding the grave form, dimensions, integrity, & placement of human remains within the feature were collected in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s cremation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can also be found in tDAR. Bone mass data were collected in the lab by one of SSI's osteologists. Twenty-seven cremations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...

Unit 14_Inhumation Summaries (2011)

DATASET Rebecca Hill.

These data were recorded in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s inhumation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can be found in tDAR. Types of data collected included variables related to grave form & dimensions, position & orientation of the human remains contained within, and integrity of the feature & associated human remains. Fourteen inhumations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River...

Unit Plan Drawing, Phase I Archaeological Survey of Point Lookout Tracking Station and Adjunct Theodolite Stations, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, St. Mary's County, Maryland (2000.019) (1995)

IMAGE Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

This resource is an image of a hand-drawn plan view of Unit 29916 of the Phase I archaeological excavations at Point Lookout, Maryland. A computer-drawn version of this map with a complete key is located in the Point Lookout survey official report, also included in the Point Lookout Survey, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (2000.019) project and collection. Additional resources are located at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation lab. For further information and access to resources contact the...

United States Congressional Record Honors the Discovery of Hernando De Soto's 1539 Encampment and the Lost Native American Town of Potano (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only United States Congress.

United States Congressional Record 115th Congress, 1st Session Issue: Vol. 163, No. 193 US Congressional Record honors the discovery of Hernando de Soto's 1539 Encampment and the lost Native American town of Potano, by the University of Florida professors, Dr. Fred A. White and Dr. Michele C. White, and University of Florida Anderson Scholar and History Honors Graduate, Ethan A. White. This newly discovered archaeological site is the oldest confirmed New World contact site in the United...

Units of Analysis and Prehistoric Land Use on Outer Cape Cod (1986)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon.

There are a number of problesm that must be resoloved in order to identify and delimit archaeological units of analysis that accurately correspond to past occupations. The general problem is to make operational definitions for concepts that are used and useful for intepretations about past human behavior or cultural systems. For the Cape Cod Archaeological Survey, an operational unit labeled "concentration" was used to subdivide archaeological site areas into smaller, more internally...

University of Colorado Fieldwork at the Triple J (5La5833) Site Las Animas County, Colorado (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy G. Baugh. S. Karhu. S. Boerlin. K. Googins. J. Bridges.

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.

University of Hawai`i Archaeological Research on Bellows Air Force Station: Report of the 1989 Field School and a Proposal for Further Research in 1990 (1990)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barry V. Rolett.

Unlike classroom instruction, university-sponsored archaeological field schools offer students a unique, hands-on outdoors experience. Field schools combine the excitement of a treasure hunt with rigorous training in scientific methods for collecting and interpreting the remains of humanity's past. These field schools are a mainstay of archaeology programs at American universities, allowing students and professors to work together on excavations that are both research projects and training...

University of Illinois’ 2008 Archaeology Field School web page (2008)