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In 1980, Congress authorized the establishment of James A. Garfield National HIstoric Site, with the park jointly administered through a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Western Reserve Historical Society. These institutions recently determined that the Carriage House would be adaptively reutilized as a visitor center. This action will require considerable ground disturbance inside and around the margins of the building. To minimize the construction impacts upon...
Archeological Investigation, Stage II, at the Washburn Brothers Company Brick Yard, Glasco, Town of Saugerties, Ulster Co., N. Y., for Proposed Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Glasco Sewer District (1982)
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Archeological Investigations Along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (1979)
In 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) directed the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to complete an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed alignment for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, a feature of the Central Arizona Project. The survey area was 11,115 acres and included the 60 mile-long transmission line (with a typical width of 200 meters), three proposed utility line locations, one flood retention dike location, 11 possible spoil or realignment areas, and a subsidence well....
Archeological Investigations at Boston Village, Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, Part I: Inventory and Evaluation at the Boston General Store, 1991 (1996)
This report summarizes the results of a three-week-Iong archeological investigation of the grounds about the Boston General Store at Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. This timber-frame structure has survived relatively intact since its construction in 1836. It exhibits elements of Classical and Greek Revival architecture combined with vernacular components. Located along the towpath (west side) of the Ohio and Erie Canal in the village of Boston, Summit County, Ohio, the structure is...
Archeological Investigations at Boston Village, Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, Part II: Inventory and Evaluation of the Grounds Surrounding the Boston General Store, 1993 (1997)
This report summarizes the results of a three-week archeological survey and testing program within a National Park Service-owned parcel of land in Boston Village, Summit County, Ohio. This small, historic community straddles the Cuyahoga River and the Ohio and Erie Canal between the cities of Cleveland and Akron. The archeological project is part of the ongoing planning for restoration of an early 1830s historic structure, the Boston General Store, and development of visitor services related to...
Archeological Investigations at Kauhako Crater, Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA) Makanalua Ahupua'a, Island of Moloka'i (2001)
At the request of the National Park Service (NPS), Pacific Islands Support Office (PISO), Paul H. Rosendahl, Ph.D., Inc. (PHRI) completed an archaeological investigation of approximately 49.5 acres within Kauhako Crater, Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA), Moloka'i, Hawai'i. The investigation consisted of an archival background study and a surface reconnaissance of the interior of the crater. The investigation was conducted in accordance with the NPS PISO scope of work, and in compliance...
Archeological Investigations at Puerco Ruin, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona (1990)
During 1988 and 1989, archeologists from the Western Archeological and Conservation Center conducted data recovery excavations at Puerco Ruin, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Puerco Ruin is the remains of a 100-plus-room pueblo dating to the late Pueblo III to middle Pueblo IV periods. The data recovery, conducted to mitigate the effects of proposed visitor facilities at the site, included surface collection, excavation, and analysis. In addition, over 1,000 rock art elements...
Archeological Investigations at the Harriet Dean House (11SG272), Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois (2005)
In conjunction with the restoration and adaptive reuse of the Harriet Dean House, one of several historic structures within Lincoln Home National Historic Site, the Midwest Archeological Center carried out limited archeological testing on the house lot associated with that former dwelling. Those investigations were designed to examine areas that might be impacted by the restoration effort and to provide information that might also contribute to historical accuracy of the restoration plan. In...
Archeological Investigations Conducted in Support of the Fort Smith Barracks/Courthouse/Jail Rehabilitation (2000)
Archeological investigations were conducted at Fort Smith National Historic Site as part of mitigation measures for site development. Excavations were undertaken around the exterior of the courthouse/jail complex and in the vicinity of the guardhouse site. The guardhouse site was found to have been destroyed by later Fort Smith town-building activities. The excavations around the courthouse/jail complex recovered evidence of the original galleries and porches that once existed on either side...
Archeological Investigations for the Barn Relocation at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri (2002)
Archeological investigations were undertaken in August of 2000 in the area proposed for relocating a barn at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. The excavations were undertaken as part of compliance activities to determine the effect that the proposed barn relocation might have on the site. Geophysical techniques, traditional shovel testing, and limited test excavations located a substantial stone foundation and a series of piers or footers believed to be remains of an 1818 barn. The...
Archeological Investigations of Minute Man National HIstorical Park Volume 1: Farmers and Artisans of the Historical Period (1990)
Since the establishment of Minute Man National Historical Park (MIMA) in 1959, archaeological research has been an important and valuable tool for providing information crucial to the interpretation of its cultural resources (Regional Director 1961). To this end, archaeological research has been conducted over the course of 23 years, beginning in the early 1960s (Synenki 1987). While this research has provided valuable information, not only did important interpretive questions remain, but it was...
Archeological Investigations of Minute Man National Historical Park Volume 2: An Estimation Approach to Prehistoric Sites (1990)
Minute Man National Historical Park (MIMA) is located about 12 miles (19.2 km) west of Boston in the towns of Concord, Lincoln, and Lexington, Massachusetts (Figures 1-1, 1-2). The park consists of about 750 acres and is divided into three separate parcels. The North Bridge parcel is located just north of the center of Concord along the Concord River, the Wayside parcel is a small area along Lexington Road east of Concord center and the remainder of the park extends for four miles from Meriam's...
Archeological Investigations of the Hampton Mansion Subsurface Drainage and Cistern System: 1979 and 1988 Seasons (1990)
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Archeological Investigations of the Ice House and the Summer Kitchen/Stone Building at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri (2001)
Archeological investigations were undertaken in the spring of 1999 at the Summer Kitchen/Stone building and the Ice House at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. The excavations were undertaken as part of compliance activities to mitigate the effect of restoration work on the two historic buildings, and to gain information on their origin and function. The Summer Kitchen excavations yielded a wide variety of artifacts. Their distribution suggests that the kitchen's south room was a food...
Archeological Investigations Related to Fort Larned NHS Refrigerant Line Replacement and Officers' Cellars Stabilization (1998)
Archeological testing and mitigation was performed for two projects at Fort Larned National Historic Site. The first project consisted of relocating a buried air conditioner refrigerant line that passed through the 1860 adobe Commissary Storehouse and Enlistedmens' Barracks (HSll) and near a feature (Feature 17) previously identified by Earl Monger as a possible privy pit. The second project entailed testing in cellars located under the Officers Quarters (north cellar, HS7 and north and south...
Archeological Investigations Relating to Restoration of the Charles E. Arnold House, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Sangamon County, Springfield, Illinois (2001)
In response to preliminary plans for restoration of the Charles E. Arnold House, the Midwest Archeological Center initiated field investigations within Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the summer of 1991. The excavation team sought specific information about the original position of the relocated structure, as well as more general information on associated cultural resources that might be present on the house lot. We found no unambiguous physical remains that would refine the restored...
Archeological Investigations, Cresthill Suites Hotel, Washington Avenue, City of Albany, Albany County, NY (2001)
This report details the discovery and examination of a segment of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad berm and rail bed, c.1832-1844. The survey investigated what is likely the last remaining portion of this early rail line and documented elements that provided previously unknown historical engineering data.
Archeological Mitigation at the Old Commissary, HS5, Stabilization at Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas (2005)
Archeological testing and mitigation was performed on the Old Commissary, HS 5, at Fort Lamed National Historic Site in partial compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as amended. The structure, built in 1866 and the oldest original structure at the fort, requires extensive foundation and stabilization work to preserve its condition (Figure I). Archeological field work was carried out between July 11 and 17 by Douglas Scott, Melissa Baier, and Thomas Thiessen. Fort...
Archeological Mitigation of Cultural Resources in the Substructure Mound at Site 9 CLA 62, Walter F. George Dam Mound Complex, Cemochechobee Archeological District, Clay County, Georgia, Cemochechobee (1979)
The Cemochechobee Archeological District consists of a series of archeological exposures identified over a number of years by various institutions. The district has never been comprehensively surveyed. It is bounded on the north and northwest by the Walter F. George Lock and Dam, on the west by the Chattahoochee River (technically the uppermost end of the George W. Andrews Lake), on the south and east by Cemochechobee Creek, and on the northeast by a low rise bordering the alluvial river...
Archeological Monitoring and Limited Testing During 2001-2003 at the Monroe Elementary School and Playground Field, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Shawnee County, Kansas (2004)
Following the Civil War and Reconstruction Period, African-Americans struggled to find equal opportunity in the southern states. As a result of the Homestead Act of 1862 and continuing racial oppression, African-Americans began migrating westward during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in search of new economic and social opportunities. The “Exoduster” migration into Kansas and Nebraska caused a significant ethnic transformation that is still evident to the present day. This report...
Archeological Monitoring During Excavation of a Fire Suppression Waterline Trench, Fort Scott National Historic Site, Bourbon County, Kansas (1997)
This document focuses on the excavation of a backhoe trench (Figures 1 and 2) from July 22 through August 6, 1996 at Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC). The purpose of this trench was to allow subsurface installation of a IO-in waterline, the first step in the eventual installation of a fire suppression system in all FOSC buildings. Monitoring followed the construction crew's work schedule, which utilized a work week of four lO-hour days followed by a three-day weekend. Because of FOSC's...
Archeological Monitoring of the Koch Adobe Town #9 Well Location, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (1981)
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Archeological Monitoring, Installation of Fire Suppression System, Fort Scott National Historic Site, Bourbon County, Kansas: 1997-1998 (1998)
From April 1997 to January 1998 trenchlng for the installation of a fire suppression system was undertaken at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas. The excavations were monitored to determine if cultural features or artifacts were located in the areas of disturbance. Monitoring revealed historic features and artifacts relating to the military and post-military hlstory of the fort.
Archeological Notes On Texas Canyon, Arizona No. 2 (1934)
In the paper “ Archeological Notes on Texas Canyon, Arizona ” (Vol. XII, No. 1 of this series) which covered the work accomplished at the Double F Ranch in 1933, it was intimated, if the findings warranted, that a further report would ensue for the season of 1934. In the publication above mentioned there was expressed the thought, though from very meagre evidence, that the culture here might be Hohokam with a few trade pieces intermingled. The work this season has strengthened the conclusion...
Archeological Notes On Texas Canyon, Arizona No. 3 (1938)
In the introduction to Archeological Notes on Texas Canyon, Arizona, published in 1934 (Vol. XII, No. 2 of this series), certain conclusions were drawn and set forth as being “personal opinions, naturally subject to revision when and if..." In the earlier monograph referred to above, it was stated: ". . it is my present belief that from the time of the first settlement on this site, the inhabitants lived and developed in their own way without any interference, either friendly or otherwise, and...