House (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Domestic Structures
A relatively small dwelling occupied by a single nuclear or extended family. May appear archaeologically as a stone foundation or pattern of post molds.
1,001-1,025 (2,655 Records)
To better understand the role of globalization in culture change, this thesis investigates how the growing global economy of the twentieth century has affected the Maya community of Silvituc, Campeche, Mexico, and how those influences are reflected in the archaeological record. By applying both a macro-scale and microscale approach this study demonstrates how wage labor and surrounding land developments, such as the introduction of a highway, have been incorporated into a subsistence-based...
El Potrerito Midden 1 Coring Field Notes (1998)
Scanned copy of field notes recording the core sampling within Midden 1 at the site of El Potrerito.
El Rio Bonito: An Ethnoecological Study of the Bonita Creek Watershed, Southeastern Arizona (1993)
The Bureau of Land Management is aware of the evidence for long-term human habitation along Bonita Creek. It has been said that, at times during the last century, Bonita Creek was home to perhaps dozens of families. Details of this period of occupation are, however, wanting. In addition, the town of Safford has been drawing substantial quantities of water from Bonita Creek for many years. How has this history of human use affected the environment of Bonita Creek? To answer this question, the...
Email Correspondence (2001)
This document has an email from Dean Snow to Charles Welden. The second email is from Charles Welden to Dean Snow. This is a communication about why the collection is not at the New York State Museum.
Email Regarding NRHP Eligibility of Properties at Joint Base Andrews (2014)
Correspondence between Joint Base Andrews and the Maryland Historic Trust (MDSHPO) concerning Belle Chance and it's National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility and future survey of buildings that are 50-years of age and older.
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
End of Field Work Report, Data Recovery for the Las Canopas Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2006)
This is a report on the end of fieldwork for the data recovery program conducted on the Helen Smith property from June 27, 2005 to January 12, 2006 at the site of Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137 [ASM]) in Phoenix, Arizona. The excavation was conducted to assist the property owner in complying with Arizona Statute A.R.S. 41-865 regarding the repatriation of burials and the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic Preservation (Chapter 8, Section 802). The Las Canopas project is Pueblo Grande Museum...
Engineering Study: Bank Erosion Protection, Blossom Point, Maryland, Harry Diamond Laboratories (1978)
This report examines the alternative methods of slope protection to check the erosion of the existing bank at Blossom Point. This erosion, if permitted to continue, will result in damage and eventual collapse of an existing structure at the top of the bank known as the Ballast House. Alternative solutions, permit information, and recommendations are discussed in this report.
An Enigmatic Monarch: The Biography of a Headless, Mold-made, White Pipe Clay Pipe King Recovered in 17th Century Maryland (2007)
This article follows a diminutive, headless, seventeenth century pipe clay figurine of a king from its conception in post-medieval Europe through its use, interment, and rebirth three centuries later in southern Maryland, USA. It is not so much the monarch it represents or the historical figure who owned it, but the meanings embodied by the artifact and our role in that process that this biography develops. This battered 300 year old figurine beckons us with its props and its demeanor. ...
Environmental Assessment, Travis Air Force Base, Burke Property Housing (1999)
In support of previously reviewed, approved, and implemented Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, Travis Air Force Base (AFB) proposes to construct military family housing on the 101-acre Burke Property on the north side of the base. The use of the property for that purpose was previously reviewed and approved along with the other BRAC actions in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), from which this Environmental Assessment (EA) is tiered (40 CFR 1502.20). To meet the BRAC-related...
Environmental Assessment, Travis Air Force Base, Burke Property Housing
This project contains draft versions of a complete environmental assessment for the construction of new base housing on Travis Air Force Base, as well as a stand-alone archaeological report related to the project.
An Environmental Evaluation of Scenic, Historic and Land Use Considerations for the Coronado Project, St. Johns, Arizona (1975)
From January to April of 1974, Wirth Associates, as part of a larger study team, conducted environmental studies for the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) on their proposed Coronado Generating Station. The purpose of these studies was to assess the potential environmental conflicts of the proposed 1050 MW generating station on the scenic, historic and land use resources of two alternate plant sites (near the towns of St. Johns and Snowflake, Arizona) and their...
Estimates from the Expert House Movers Inc. to the Harry Diamond Laboratories (1977)
Handwritten estimates for the movement of the Ballast House and its foundation.
Ethnoarcheology of the Bay Springs Farmsteads: a Study of Rural American Settlement (1982)
This report details the archeological testing investigations of eight late nineteenth and early twentieth century farmsteads using the combined disciplinary approach of history, oral history, and archeology. The farmsteads were located within the Bay Springs Impoundment, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. This testing program was part of the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District mitigation geing conducted by the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers. The report investigates the relationship of the...
An Evaluation of Historic Cultural Resources in Relation to the Central Arizona Water Control Study (1984)
This is a final, summary report on historic cultural resources in relation to the Central Arizona Water Control Study (CAWCS). The objectives of the CAWCS were to identify and evaluate alternative measures for flood control and regulatory water storage in Central Arizona in conjunction with construction of the Central Arizona Project. Having considered numerous alternative plans to meet these objectives, the Bureau of Reclamation defined a preferred alternative (Plan...
Evolution of the Oldest House (1972)
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.
An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58 (2007)
Seventy-nine flotation samples from an 18th century Mashantucket Pequot homestead in Connecticut were submitted to the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research for paleoethnobotanical analysis in order to examine both the maintenance of and changes in subsistence practices during the reservation period. Wood, nutshells and nutmeat, seeds, and other plant parts were among the thousands of botanical remains recovered. These plant remains came from a variety of ecozones, and may show evidence for...
Excavated and Surface-Collected Sites (1985)
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.
Excavation Photographs, 1993-1997 Survey of Mattapany, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2014)
This record contains excavation photographs generated during archaeological investigations of the Mattapany site, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. This datasheet was originally accessioned under the MAC lab number 1998.034.
Excavation Photographs, Phase I and II Investigations, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C., Part 1 (2012)
This records contains part 1 of 75 excavation photographs taken during phase I and II investigations of site 51SE66, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C. The corresponding photograph log associated with this project and is located at: https://core.tdar.org/document/393121
Excavation Photographs, Phase I and II Investigations, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C., Part 2 (2012)
This records contains part 2 of 75 excavation photographs taken during phase I and II investigations of site 51SE66, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C. The corresponding photograph log associated with this project and is located at: https://core.tdar.org/document/393121
Excavation Photographs, Site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade (1 of 2) (2011)
This record contains part 1 of the excavation photographs associated phase II investigations of site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade, Maryland. Photo record for these excavation photographs are located at https://core.tdar.org/document/392627 Photo Record from Site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade, Maryland.
Excavation Photographs, Site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade (2 of 2) (2011)
This record contains part 2 of the excavation photographs associated phase II investigations of site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade, Maryland. Photo record for these excavation photographs are located at https://core.tdar.org/document/392627 Photo Record from Site 18AN973, Downs Family Cemetery and Farmstead, Fort Meade, Maryland.
Excavation Photos from Structure 03 at the Old Mobile Site (1MB94), Mobile County, Alabama. (1992)
Excavation photos from structure 03 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).