Textile (Material Keyword)
Artifacts (e.g., clothing, bags, woven cloth, cordage, etc.) comprised of fibers and/or cord that are made from plant or animal material (e.g., animal hair, cotton, flax, hemp, other vegetal fibers, wool).
451-475 (1,456 Records)
Yucca Needle, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5346. Morris FS 96. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Yucca-leaf needle with cotton fiber yarn, twisted 4Z-S. Image: AMNH 29.0/5346A: yucca-leaf needle with cotton yarn. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1928:357) indicates that “Room 122-2 is situated above Room 112. Refuse, more than half of its bulk composed of vegetable and other perishable substances, had been thrown in through the door connecting with...
Perishable: Yucca Plant AZRU8-2832 (2006)
Yucca Plant, Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2832. Morris FS 5287. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Complete narrowleaf yucca plant with roots. Tips of leaves missing. A few leaves are broken off near base and have charred tips. Measurements: L 37.0, W 5.0 CM. Image: AZRU8-2832 A: narrowleaf yucca plant. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 189, Lower Level, Aztec West Ruin. Morris noted that Room 189 “contained the largest quantity of perishable objects from the Chaco period that...
Perishable: Yucca Yarn AMNH 29.0/5272 (2006)
Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #5272, (with 7729, 7599). Cat. #5272 is Morris FS 21. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Fine, plied, 2(2Z-S)Z, cordage. Images: AMNH 29.0/5272A: (with 7729, 7599) possible evidence of twined sandal manufacture. AMNH 29.0/5272B: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft. AMNH 29.0/5272C: (part of), 2z-s yucca yarn, highly processed, poss for sandal weft 2. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room122-2, Aztec West Ruin. Morris...
Perishable: Yucca Yarn AMNH 29.0/7729 (2006)
Yucca Yarn, Accession AMNH29.0, Catalog #7729. Morris FS 1322. Analyzed by Laurie Webster, 2006. Bundle of yucca yarn, plied, 3Z-S, possibly for twined sandals. Image: AMNH 29.0/7729A: bundle of 3z-S yucca yarn, possible warp for twined sandals. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 48, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 48 at the time of excavation is as follows. “The floor was covered with refuse.. The greater proportion of this deposit was of vegetable substance;...
Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (1877)
"Peru: Incidents and Exploration in the Land of the Incas" is E. George Squier's detailed account of his extensive travels in Peru and his investigation of many large archaeological sites during his appointment as US Commissioner to Peru in the mid-1860's. The main objective of Squier's work was, as he professed, to "illustrat[e] Inca civilization from its exisiting monuments" (Squier 1877: 4). The following excerpts from the book's introduction summarize Squier's accounts. "At that time a...
Phase 1 Archaeological Investigation Composite Report for the Proposed U.S. Army Materiel Command Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland (1996)
This report presents the information formerly contained within two reports: 1), Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland, prepared by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, December 1994, and 2) Phase I Archaeological Investigation for the Proposed US Army Materiel Command Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi Laboratory Center Adelphi Maryland, prepared by Ebasco Environmental, October 1993. In December 1995, the US Army Corps of Engineers...
Phase 1 Archaeological Investigations at Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, Oneida County, New York (1995)
Panamerican Consultants, Inc. was contracted by Tetra Tech, Inc. of San Bernardino, California in October o f 1994 to conduct a Phase I Archaeological Investigation at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York. A pedestrian survey was conducted to supply baseline archaeological site information for the installation and assess preliminary determinations of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. The results of this investigation were prepared for incorporation into the base...
Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Pennsylvania Route 166 Bridge Over Georges Creek, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1993)
This report contains the results of a Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of an area which will be disturbed by the construction of the Pennsylvania Route 166 bridge replacement located in the community of New Geneva, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Previous cultural resources work conducted in the project area associated with the proposed construction of the Gray’s Landing Lock and Dam by GAI Consultants, Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, also confirmed that archaeological remains associated with...
Phase 1 of the Demolition of the Frank Luke Addition Project, Phoenix, Arizona - Archaeological Monitoring and Data Recovery (2011)
The Frank Luke Addition was built in 1952 as one of three public housing complexes making up the City of Phoenix East Asset Management Program (East AMP). In an effort to revitalize the City’s public housing facilities and meet goals of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Phoenix Housing Department proposes to redevelop the Frank Luke Addition. A portion of the Frank Luke Addition falls within the 250 foot buffer zone around the Patrick Locus, which is a...
Phase I and Phase II Archaeological Investigations of Site 38SU62, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina (2007)
Phase I and Phase II Archaeological Investigations of one historic site (38SU62) were performed at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County, South Carolina. The work was accomplished by New South Associates, Inc, subcontractor for Geo-Marine Inc., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and the U.S. Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB). Initially site 38SU62 was believed to represent an earlier occupation in the area. Artifacts recovered from surface collection during the previous...
Phase I Archaeological Survey of 4,147.1 acres, and Phase II Site Evaluations at 8HG24, 8HG767, and 8PO3405, Avon Park Air Force Range, Polk and Highlands Counties, Avon Park, Florida (2005)
In 2004, Headquarters Air Combat Command (HQ ACC) conducted a Phase I archaeological survey and Phase II evaluations at three previously documented sites within the boundaries of Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR). Between January 5, 2004 and February 27, 2004, a pedestrian and shovel test survey was completed of approximately 4,147.1 acres (1,678.3 ha) in the central part of the property. The acreage was stratified as high, medium, and low probability areas, as defined by a previously prepared...
Phase I Investigation, The Button Site, Fort Lee (FL2009.007)
This project contains an artifact catalog and accompanying photographs of artifacts excavated at the Button Site located at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Phase I Literature Review and Archeological Field Investigation, Monitoring Fiber Optic Cable Installation, Maiden Lane, City of Albany, Albany County, NY (2001)
Phase I investigations and monitoring for the installation of a fiber optic cable in Maiden Lane. The monitoring work uncovered a 19th-c. foundation and associated sheet midden, as well as a late 17th-c. feature and two 18th-c. features. Samples were recovered from each feature.
Phase IB/III Archeological Investigations, Hudson River Way Pedestrian Bridge, Maiden Lane, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2002)
Investigation of 17th, 18th, and 19th features in the colonial center of the City of Albany. Includes examination of a culverted stream, a late 18th-c. privy, and evidence of massive fires in 1793 and 1797.
Phase II Archaeological Site Evaluation at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey, Volume 2 (2016)
In accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Air Force must institute a program to identify, locate, evaluate, nominate cultural resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and then protect them from adverse effects in accordance with Section 106 of the NHPA. The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) has partnered with US Forest Service (USFS) TEAMS Enterprise Unit for a Phase II evaluation of 15 archaeological...
Phase II Investigations of Sites 18DO81, 18DO80, 18DO407, US Navy Bloodsworth Island (2001.049)
This project contains an artifact catalog for phase II investigations of sites 18DO81, 18DO80, 18DO407, US Navy Bloodsworth Island, Maryland, as well as the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Registration Form, Bloodsworth Island Archaeological District. The Bloodsworth Island Archaeological District lies within Dorchester County, Maryland, and is located in the eastern-shore section of the Coastal Plain physiographic province. The proposed boundary comprises the northern third of...
A Phase II National Register Evaluation at Higbee Tavern (15FA222), Harrodsburg - Lexington Road, Fayette County, Kentucky (1996)
From July 24 through August I, 1995, Cultural Resource Analysts' personnel completed Phase II archaeological investigations at site 15FA222 along the proposed Harrodsburg-Lexington Road, U.S. 68 upgrade in Fayette and Jessamine Counties, Kentucky. The Phase II investigations were conducted at the request of Mr. Clyde Brown of T.H.E. Engineers, Inc. Archival research indicated that the site was once the Levi Grow Hotel that was built in 1870. Archival research also indicated that a tavern...
Phase II Site Evaluation, New York State Court of Appeals, City of Albany, Albany County, New York (2001)
Phase II investigation of archaeological features associated with the construction of the early 20th-c. Court of Appeals and 19th-c. privy features. Survey provides evidence of landscape alterations from the colonial period onward.
Phase II/III Archeological Site Evaluation and Mitigation/Data Retrieval, Jessie Cottage Historic Archeological Site, Center for the Disabled Housing Project, 644-646 South Pearl Street, City of Albany, Albany County, NY (2006)
Phase III excavations of a mid 19th-c. to early 20th-c. cottage house just south of Albany's downtown and near the banks of the Hudson River. In addition to an analysis of artifacts found at the site, there is some architectural treatment of the house, which was adapted to an industrial use and razed in 1993.
Phase III Data Retrievals on Historic Archaeological Sites in Albany, New York
This is a group of Phase III data retrieval reports on nine historic archaeological sites in Albany, New York. The group covers a broad range of cultural and temporal contexts, including one of the nation's first railroads, colonial period downtown sites, and mid to late 19th-century domestic contexts.
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, CHARCOAL, AND FIBER ANALYSIS AT CA-IMP-6427, CALIFORNIA (1996)
Six paired pollen and phytolith samples, as well as a charcoal sample and several fiber and bark samples, were examined from the Elmore Site (CA-IMP-6427) in the Imperial Valley of California. Pollen and phytolith analysis was undertaken to identify plants used by occupants of this site. Charcoal and fibers were recovered from a clothes-burning ceremonial pit associated with a burial. Identification of these remains contributed to identification of clothes and items burned in the ceremonial...
POLLEN, MACROFLORAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSES AT SITE LA 134890, NEW MEXICO (2002)
A packrat midden from inside a small, south-facing rockshelter (site LA 134890) in southeast New Mexico was sampled for pollen and macrofloral remains. The remains of a burned packrat midden and general fill of the shelter also were examined for macrofloral remains. Charcoal samples from the packrat midden and from the shelter fill were identified prior to submission for radiocarbon analysis, while four lithic flakes were tested for possible protein residues. Radiocarbon analysis of charcoal...
PreHispanic American Southeast and Southwest Comparative Mortuary Database (2013)
The Prehispanic American Southeast and Southwest Comparative Mortuary Database is a relational database that served as the primary data management tool for the dissertation titled "Interactions with the Incorporeal in the Mississippian and Ancestral Puebloan Worlds." The database contains mortuary data for the following prehistoric settlements: Mississippian - Irene Mounds site Zuni area - Hawikku and Kechiba:wa Hohokam (Salt River Valley) - Pueblo Grande, Casa Buena, Grand Canal Ruins,...
Principles for Reconstruction of Costumes and Archaeological Textiles (2009)
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 EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these 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 using the...
Privy Photographs from the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY (2002)
Photographs of several privies from about 1740-1880 at the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY