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DOCUMENT Citation Only Steven J. Phillips.

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PROJECT Department of the Navy.

This project contains resources associated with the 1983 archeological investigations at the St. lnigoes Manor House (18ST87) on Priest's Point, which uncovered the buried foundations of the west wing and central portion adjacent to the east wing ruin. Archeological, historical, and artifactual data are combined to present the appearance, construction, and eventual destruction of this important structure. Finally, suggestions for preservation and interpretation are presented focusing upon the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. R. Woolworth.

The purpose of this report is to describe the archeological remains found during the excavation of the Northwest Company's Post at Grand Portage, Minnesota by the Minnesota Historical society in 1936-1937. These excavations were sponsored by the U. s. Indian Service as a Civilian Conservation Corps project for the purpose of providing work for local residents. Historical values were incidental, and funds were not provided for a full scale interpretation of these archeological excavations. A...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Bauermeister. William J. Hunt, Jr..

Archeologists from the Midwest Archeological Center, assisted by the Chief of Interpretation and Cultural Resources for Central High School National Historic Site, conducted geophysical surveys and documentary research at CHSC from September 15-18, 2003. The work focuses on the vacant lot located at the northeast comer of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Street and South Park Street that is the proposed site of a new Visitor Center. Beginning at least as early as 1897, the lot served both residential and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey J. Richner. Ann C. Bauermeister.

This report documents the planning process for identifying and protecting archeological resources within Everett in Cuyahoga Valley National Park with regard to a proposed sewer system to be developed to serve numerous historic structures in the crossroads community. It also describes the components, content, and context of 14 archeological sites that occur on the properties to be served by the new sewer system. The sewer system would be a unified, single system connected to the City of Akron...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

In 2006, Grand Portage National Monument (GRPO) planned to upgrade its handicapped access through resurfacing of existing graveled pathways and natural dirt paths. The pathway extends southwest from the Kitchen/Great Hall area through the west gate of the reconstructed stockade, links to the restrooms and Canoe Warehouse, and joins with a pedestrian crossing on County Road 17 leading to the new Grand Portage Visitor Center. In October 2006, the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) conducted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey J. Richner.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt, Jr..

The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) was established in 1944 as a resting and wintering area for migratory waterfowl in Stoddard and Wayne Counties in an area of southeastern Missouri known as the Bootheel. Annual visitation is approximately 20,000 persons per year. The current Refuge Visitor Center was constructed in 1973 just off Missouri State Highway 51 north of the town of Puxico. It occupies a narrow ridge overlooking the pools and marshlands of the abandoned channel. Deterioration of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

Buffalo National River (BUFF) has requested the assistance of the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) in conducting archeological investigations at the Casey-Clark House property during the week of August 4, 2003. The inventory is planned in advance of the installation of water lines, sewer lines, electric lines, and a septic tank. Since the property has never been fully investigated, a Phase I inventory of the property was recommended and concurred with by the Arkansas SHPO office (Steve...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dawn Bringelson. Amanda Davey. Jonathan Weiland.

Staff of the Midwest Archeological Center investigated archeology associated with the James Staples House (HS-09) at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site during fall 2005 and spring 2006. These investigations ensued as a part of a rehabilitation project to upgrade staff housing, to restore the home’s historic character, and to improve conditions for its long-term preservation. Geophysical and shovel test inventories, as well as evaluative testing and data recovery excavations all provided...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon. Christopher Borstel.

From October to December, 1980, the Division of Cultural Resources, North Atlantic Region, examined potential impacts on cultural resources of proposed visitor use facilities of the Eastham unit, Cape Cod National Seashore. Of five areas studied, two, the Three Sisters of Nauset and Doane Rock development, lacked cultural resources. Two additional areas, the Nauset Light and Little Creek Staging Area, had cultural resources but these seem not to be eligible for the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vergil E. Noble.

During June and July of 1988, archeologists from the Midwest Archeological Center performed limited testing at four historic lighthouse complexes within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The lighthouses, which still protect shipping at the western end of Lake Superior, were scheduled for exterior restoration work. Specifically, immediate plans called for the installation of drainage systems about certain structures on Sand Island, Michigan Island, Outer Island, and Devils Island to mitigate...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt, Jr..

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jay W. Bouchard.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

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....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey J. Richner.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey J. Richner.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert B. Rechtman. Jack David Henry.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery F. Burton.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vergil E. Noble.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott. William J. Hunt, Jr..

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeannine Disviscour. Alison D. Dwyer. W. F. Fisher. Martha Holland. Gerald K. Kelso. Joyce Lee Malcolm. Nora Sheehan.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Duncan Ritchie. Marsha K. King. Christy Vogt. Patricia Fragola.

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul Y. Inashima.

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