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Archaeological Testing and Evaluation of the North County Transit District Maintenance Facility Alternatives Oceanside, and Carlsbad, California (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Pigniolo. Kathleen Crawford. Delman James.

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Archaeological Testing and Management of 11 Sites, Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina and associated correspondence
PROJECT J.W. Joseph.

Including a management summary, testing reports and preliminary memos, these documents present the results of Phase II archaeological testing of eleven sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. The eleven sites include: 38SU56, 38SU60, 38SU106, 38SU153, 38SU157, 38SU163, 38SU167, 38SU169, 38SU204, 38SU205, and 38SU230. Of these sites, seven are prehistoric and four are historic. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. All of the sites are...


Archaeological Testing at 40DV39, the Brick Church Pike Mound Site (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert L. Jolley.

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Archaeological Testing at the Espindola Adobe Site, Sonoma, California (CA-SON-1900H) (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Adrian Praetzellis.

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Archaeological Testing at the Lighthouse Site, Sapelo Island, Georgia (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Nicholas Honerkamp. Dickinson Tanya.

As part of the 2011 Weekend For Wildlife program sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), two days of archaeological testing were carried out at the Sapelo Island Lighthouse Site on Sapelo Island, in McIntosh County, Georgia. This project was a combined effort on the part of 12 Weekend for Wildlife volunteers and 11 archaeologists associated with DNR, the University of West Florida, the University of West Georgia, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The goal of...


Archaeological Testing at the Romero Ruin: Part 2 (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

Limited archaeological testing was conducted at the Romero Ruin, AZ BB:9:1 (ASM), during the spring of 1993 by archaeologists from the Center for Desert Archaeology. The site is a large prehistoric Hohokam village with an overlying historic component, located in Catalina State Park approximately 10 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The purpose of the testing program was threefold: 1) to expose archaeological features along the interpretive trail prior to the features' being stabilized, 2) to...


Archaeological Testing at Valencia Vieja West, AZ BB:13:15 (ASM) (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ellen C. Ruble.

Archaeological testing was conducted in the northwest portion of the Valencia site, AZ BB:13:15 (ASM), to determine if significant subsurface archaeological remains were present in a City of Tucson parcel that may be acquired and developed by Pima Community College. The information collected from this project contributes to defining Valencia Vieja, the Early Ceramic period occupation of the Valencia site. Fifteen new features were discovered in 1,120 m of backhoe trenches that were strategically...


Archaeological Testing of 11 Sites, Poinsett Electronic Bombing Range, Shaw AFB, Sumter County, South Carolina (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ashley A. Chapman. Natalie Adams. Mark Swanson. Patrice White.

This report presents the results of Phase II archaeological testing of 11 sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina (38SU56, 38SU60, 38SU106, 38SU153, 38SU157, 38SU163, 38SU167, 38SU169, 38SU204, 38SU205, 38SU230). Of these 11 sites, seven are prehistoric and four are historic. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. All of the sites are located on land owned by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the testing was conducted in order to assess...


Archaeological Testing of 38CH2017 Beazer Bolton Tract (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles F. Phillips Jr..

Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological testing investigations at 38CH2017 on the Beazer Bolton Tract in September-November 2004. Site 38CH2017 is associated with a portion of the inland settlement of the former Bolton on the Stono Plantation. Site 38CH2017 contains subsurface archaeological deposits related to a former agricultural complex and a former slave settlement. We recommend 38CH2017 eligible for the NRHP. Site 38CH2017 should be preserved. If the site cannot be...


Archaeological Testing of 38CH463, 38CH1774, 38CH1775, and 38CH1777 and Assessment of Grimball's Causeway and Manigault's Siege Line (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ralph Bailey. Brent Lansdell. Scott Butler. Charles F. Phillips Jr..

Brockington and Associates, Inc., undertook testing investigations at 38CH463, 38CH1774, 38CH1775, and 38CH1777 on the Grimball Farms Tract in January - March 2004. We recommend sites 38CH463 and 38CH1777 not eligible for the NRHP. We recommend sites 38CH1774 and 38CH1775 eligible for the NRHP. These sites cannot be preserved and development activities at these sites will have an adverse effect on the sites. We recommend data recovery excavations at 38CH1774 and 38CH1775 to mitigate the...


Archaeological Testing of Block 174 and Block 175, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

Presented here are the results of an archaeological testing project to determine if subsurface cultural resources are present on Block 175 and a small area within Block 174 in downtown Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. These blocks are within the original Tucson town site, surveyed in 1872. Block 174 was the location of the First Baptist Church and dwellings, block 175 was primarily the location of private residences. The two parking lot areas are owned by the Industrial Development Authority of...


Archaeological Testing of Seven Sites for the Stardust Golf Course Realignment Project, City of San Diego, California (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolyn Kyle. Dennis Gallegos.

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Archaeological Testing of Sites 3PU442, 3PU444, and 3PU450 at Little Rock Air Force Base (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert F. Cande. Steven Imhoff. Robert H. III Lafferty.

From July 16–21, 1997, Mid-Continental Research Associates (MCRA) conducted National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluation of 3PU422, 3PU444, and 3PU450 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 3PU444 and 3PU450 do not meet the eligibility criterion and no further work is recommended. 3PU422 has significant research potential and is considered eligible for nomination to the NRHP. It is recommended that this site be protected from any adverse impacts and be...


Archaeological Testing of the Tubac Schoolhouse Ramp Footers (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

The Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is renovating the southern addition to the 1885 Tubac Schoolhouse. As part of this renovation, the park is making the structure handicapped-accessible by installing a covered ramp along the east side of the structure. Excavation of holes for footers for the ramp had the potential of disturbing intact cultural resources. Therefore, the Arizona State Parks contracted with Desert Archaeology to conduct excavations to mitigate the impacts caused by the footers....


Archaeological Testing of Unit 13 at Pueblo Grande, AZ U:9:1(ASM), Arizona Federal Credit Union Property, 44th and Van Buren Streets, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard.

The Arizona Federal Credit Union (AFCU) property was a 3.26-acre parcel undergoing commercial development at the northeast corner of 44th and Van Buren Streets in Phoenix, Arizona. The parcel is located immediately southwest of Unit 7 and immediately west of Unit 11 at Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)), where archaeological features including burials had been encountered previously. Because of its proximity, there was a high probability that archaeological remains including burials would also be...


Archaeological Testing on the Rio Nuevo South Property, Tucson, Arizona (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

The City of Tucson is considering plans to develop the Rio Nuevo South property, which is located along the west bank of the Santa Cruz River near the downtown area. Currently the lot is vacant. However, this area has seen intensive usage during the Early Agricultural (ca. 1500 B.C. to A.D. 50), Hohokam (A.D. 750 to 1450), Protohistoric (A.D. 1450 to 1694), and Historic periods (A.D. 1694 to 1945). To date, the Early Ceramic period (A.D. 50 to 750) is not known from this area. As part of the...


Archaeological Testing Within the Santa Cruz Industrial Park, Tucson, Arizona (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John C. Ravesloot.

The Institute for American Research, while under contract with the City of Tucson, conducted a program of archaeological testing within the Santa Cruz Industrial Park. The Santa Cruz Industrial Park, which is currently under development by the city, covers 186 acres of city owned land in southwestern Tucson. The purpose of the testing program within the Industrial Park was to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts that construction of a road segment would have on cultural resources within the...


An Archaeological Transect Across the Western Prescott Periphery: Prehistoric Site Distribution Based on Combined Survey Results (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Wright. David E. Purcell.

Three archaeological surveys have been conducted along parallel transects through west-central Arizona: the Museum of Northern Arizona's survey of the Mead to Phoenix powerline right-of-way, SWCA's survey of Mead to Phoenix project construction access roads, and Archaeological Research Services's survey of the U. S. Highway 93 right-of-way for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Combining the results of these surveys and previous research reveals three major concentrations of sites. These...


Archaeologists Discover de Soto's Artifacts and Lost Mission (2012)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paula Neely.

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Vol. 16 No. 3 A team of Florida archaeologists working with Dr. Ashley White, a member of the Governing Board of the Archaeological Institute of America, Dr. Michele White, a bioarchaeologist for the Florida Archaeological Survey, and Ethan White from Trinity History Honors, have confirmed the discovery of the lost city of the extinct Potano and the associated 1539 army encampment of Conquistador Hernando de Soto.


Archaeology and History of Fort St. Joseph Panels (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

Series of interpretive panels created for the 2008 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House. Individual panel themes are: What is Archaeology?, Project History, Fort History, Change and Continuity at Fort St. Joseph, Religious Life at Fort St. Joseph, Military Presence at Fort St. Joseph, Commercial Activities at Fort St. Joseph, and Public Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph.


Archaeology Arpa Permit, May 1992, Ballast Point Whaling Station (Lighthouse Project). (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ronald V. May.

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Archaeology at Mobile's Exploreum: Discovering the Buried Past (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bonnie L. Gums. George W. Shorter, Jr..

The University of South Alabama's Center for Archaeological Studies conducted archaeological excavations at the proposed site of the Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center in downtown Mobile, Alabama. Field work was directed by Bonnie Gums and George Shorter in the two areas explored in depth. Among the project finds was an earthfast Spanish-colonial building's foundations and associated discarded possessions of the Espejo family, the first archaeological glimpse of that aspects of Mobile's...


Archaeology at the Debtor's Jail, Gloucester County Archaeological Project, May, 1976 (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Sanford.

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Archaeology at the Free School House (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Sanford.

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Archaeology at the French Colonial Site of Old Mobile (Phase 1: 1989-1991) (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Waselkov.

Following the discovery by James C. "Buddy" Parnell of archaeological features at the French colonial site of Old Mobile, 1MB94, in the spring of 1989, the University of South Alabama began excavations and a systematic shovel testing survey of the site. With grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alabama Historical Commission, the State of Alabama, and numerous private sponsors, the archaeological research team was able to locate, by 1991, the remains of at least 26...