House Mound (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Domestic Structures
A slightly raised, mounded area of earth or rock built to provide a platform for a single domestic structure.
26-50 (118 Records)
The primary purpose of these informal reports is to outline the current work in the Missouri Basin and discuss some of the general problems involved. Response to such reports in the past has been encouraging and helpful, even aiding in the settling of some future policies. We hope we will, with this report, continue to receive response and constructive criticisms that will assist in getting the most out of the Salvage Program. This is one of the most crucial periods in the entire Inter-Agency...
Archeological Progress Report No. 9, Field Season of 1964 (1964)
This is the ninth in a series of reports presented to provide a summary of current field activities within the Missouri River Basin. Twenty-three field parties, representing one federal and seven state agencies, participated in the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program within the Missouri Basin during the summer of 1964. Fourteen parties were fielded by the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution. Eleven of these worked within the Oahe, Big Bend, and Fort Randall reservoirs...
Archeological Survey of the Sulphur Spring Valley, Southeast Arizona (1987)
The Willcox Playa Study grew from the realization that though surveys had been initiated in the Sulphur Spring Valley during the early days of Southwestern archeology, scarcely any subsequent work was undertaken, with the result that southeastern Arizona remains one of the least known regions of the prehistoric Southwest. We felt that a project would fill a gap in our knowledge of the area and would also contribute generally to Southwest archeology. The fact that the playa area is in the...
Avon Park AFR Architectural and General Base History
This project contains documents relating to both the architectural and the general history of the Avon Park Air Force Range. The documents range from amateur histories of the air force range to Historic American Engineering Record-like documentation.
Bird and Fish Remains from Isla Cilvituk: Evidence of Market Niche Construction in a Postclassic Maya Lacustrine Environment (2014)
Through evolutionary ecology and niche construction theory, animal exploitation among the inhabitants of Postclassic Isla Cilvituk (A.D. 900-1520) is explored in light of both subsistence and market strategy. An ecological approach is taken to understand how local ecosystems influenced animal exploitation in relation to hunting strategies and market trade at Isla Cilvituk and other sites across the Maya Lowlands. An ecological approach also contributes relevant data to aid in modern conservation...
Ceramic database and script files - Projet Maya Wandala/DGB Project - Southern Lake Chad Basin
This project includes ceramic data files and R scripts used to analyse ceramic variation on a collection of Neolithic and Iron Age archaeological sites around the northern Mandara Mountains of Cameroon and Nigeria. Fieldwork was undertaken in the mid-1990s. The primary focus of the present project has been investigation of the degree to which novel algorithms can be used to detect variability in the ceramic assemblages.
Ceramic dataset (2015)
Ceramic dataset file
A Class I Cultural Resources Inventory of the North-South Corridor Study, Pinal County, Arizona (2011)
Under contract with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR), has been tasked with the preliminary planning and predesign of a north-south highway corridor in Pinal County, Arizona (Federal Highway Administration Project No. STP-999-A [BBM]; TRACS No. 999 PN H7454 O1L). This highway will link Interstate 10 (I-10), in the vicinity of Picacho, to U.S. Highway 60 (also known as the Superstition Freeway), in the vicinity of Apache Junction. HDR has subcontracted...
A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Southwest Loop Freeway Project (1987)
The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Route 218) in the Phoenix metropolitan area which would extend around the western and southern sides of South Mountain. This is a report on the historic and prehistoric cultural resources of the area. The construction of State Route 218 will be funded by the State of Arizona, and this work has been conducted under the State Historic Preservation Act of 1982 (A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 4.2, Article 1). A...
Cultural Resources Inventory of the Oyster Point Tract (2005)
In March and April 2000, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted a cultural resources inventory of the 80 hectare Oyster Point Tract in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The objectives of the inventory were to locate all above ground and subsurface cultural resources within the project tract and to assess each resource for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places. Investigators identified eight archaeological resources during the cultural resources inventory of the Oyster...
Cultural Resources Survey and Testing of the Weber Research Tract (2006)
"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resources survey of selected portions of the 325-hectare Weber Research Tract in Charleston County, South Carolina. The project tract is located west of Interstate 26, east of Ladson Road, and south of US Highway 78 between North Charleston and Summerville. This work was done in compliance with state and federal regulations concerning the management of cultural resources affected through development activities in the Coastal Zone of...
Cultural Resources Survey for the SRP Browning-to-Dinosaur Substations 500kV/230kV Transmission Line, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (2005)
This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of the right-of-way corridor and associated work areas for a new double circuit 500kV/230kV transmission line to be built between the existing Salt River Project (SRP) Browning Substation in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona and the proposed SRP Dinosaur Substation located on unincorporated, state-owned land east of Queen Creek in Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was requested by...
Cultural Resources Survey of Improvements to the Georgetown County Airport Tract (2006)
"From 19 September-5 October 2005, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of approximately 426 acres proposed for development at the Georgetown County Airport Tract in Georgetown County, South Carolina. This survey was conducted for Talbert & Bright, Inc., of Columbia, South Carolina. We investigated this tract for the presence of historic properties (sites, buildings, objects, or districts listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Centex Port Royal Tract (38BU2174) (2006)
On 22-24 February 2006, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the Centex Port Royal Tract in Beaufort County, South Carolina. These investigations were completed for Thomas and Hutton Engineering Co. on behalf of the property owners and the developer Centex Homes, who is planning a residential development for the property. This survey was requested in compliance with state laws and federal regulations concerning the management of historical...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Lee Nuclear Station Utilities Project (2009)
"In December 2008 and January 2009, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the Lee Nuclear Station on-site utilities. This survey includes the proposed wastewater line, on-site transmission lines, construction spoils area, and construction rebar laydown area within the Lee Nuclear Station in Cherokee County, South Carolina. These investigations included background research, archaeological survey, and architectural survey. The work was...
Cultural Resources Survey of the NHC Tract (2006)
"In July 2006, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the 22-acre NHC Tract in Charleston County, South Carolina. This work was conducted for JL Woode Limited of Charleston, South Carolina, in compliance with state laws and regulations concerning the management of historic properties (i.e., archaeological sites, buildings, structures, objects, or districts listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]) affected by...
Cultural Resources Survey of the North Columbia Quarry Tract (2010)
"Between April 20 and May 1, 2009, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the 315 uplands acres of the 508-acre North Columbia Quarry project tract in Richland County, South Carolina. The project tract was divided into 315 acres of uplands, consisting of ridges and drainages, and 193 acres of the Broad River and Nipper Creek floodplains. Geoarcheology Research Associates conducted the geoarchaeological survey of the floodplains. This work was...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed SC Route 642 Improvement Project (2007)
"... We identified five new historic architectural resources (Resources 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, and 1151) within the architectural survey universe. We recommend Resources 1147-1151 not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). No further management consideration of these resources is warranted. In addition, we reassessed Resource 491 1047 (Salters Cemetery) because of its proximity to the project. Since the cemetery is not eligible for the NRHP and the current plans call...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed US Highway 78 Improvement Project (2007)
"In July–August 2006, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the proposed US Highway 78 Improvement Project in Dorchester County, South Carolina. This work was conducted through Davis & Floyd, Inc., for the Dorchester County Sales Tax Authority in advance of road improvement activities along this portion of US Highway 78. The project corridor is approximately 39.6 kilometers (24.6 miles) long. The proposed project is located along existing US...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Stratford Parcel 13 Tract (2009)
"During November and December 2008, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the 342-acre Stratford Parcel 13 Tract in Jasper County, South Carolina. The investigations were conducted for SLF III-Hardeeville, LLC, to provide compliance with state and federal regulations concerning the management of historic properties (i.e., sites, buildings, structures, objects, and districts eligible for or listed on the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP])...
Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl Archaeological Project
This archive contains all of the data derived from field research at the site of Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico. This is a multi-year project consisting of intensive survey and mapping, as well as comprehensive excavations. The mapping and survey are designed to provide a detailed topographic map of the site and provide a basic temporal and spatial settlement description. Intensive excavations are focused on residential areas. This project has been financially supported...
Data Recovery for Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project: Historical Archaeology at the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona (1984)
In the spring of 1984, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. was contracted by the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community to conduct data recovery at historic sites which would be impacted by Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project. The sites are located on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona. Nine sites were studied. Two of them were canals: the Government Ditch, dating from 1866 to ca 1940, and the Jones Ditch, dating from 1896 to present....
Data Recovery Investigations at Waterford Plantation (38GE550) (2005)
"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at portions of site 38GE550 in the Allston Bluffs tract, Georgetown County, South Carolina in February through April 2003....These investigations recovered considerable information about the colonial and antebellum occupations of 38GE550. We employed this information to address all of the research questions outlined in the approved Treatment Plan for 38GE550, as well as other issues that the data provided...
The Eastern Mining Area Transmission Line Survey: Archaeological Resources in the Salt-Gila Uplands of Central Arizona (1994)
SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA), of Tucson, Arizona, conducted the Eastern Mining Area (EMA) survey project under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) between October, 1993, and February, 1994. One central purpose of the project was to create an inventory of archaeological resources to assist in the planning of future improvements and other modifications to existing SRP transmission lines. The project included 107 person-field days of Class III archaeological survey along...
Faunal Analysis Data for Terrace S25 (2015)
This file contains all of the data from Dr. Heather Laphams analysis of the animal bones collected during the 2015 excavation of Terrace S25 on Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl, Oaxaca, Mexico