Rock Shelter (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Domestic Structures

Overhang, indentation, or alcove formed naturally by rock fall or in a rock face; generally not of great depth. Rockshelters may or may not be modified with structural elements for human use.

326-350 (387 Records)

Public Outreach Booklet - Rocks Telling Stories: Rock Art in New Mexico's Guadalupe Mountains / Carlsbad Region (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Myles Miller

Public outreach and education booklet describing the results of documentation and interpretation of 21 prehistoric and historic rock art sites in southeastern New Mexico


Quarterly Progress Report, National Park Service Activities with the Cooperation of the Smithsonian Institution, 1967 (1967)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Project.

This document contains three quarterly progress reports from Fiscal Year 1967. These statements are intended to provide the Field Committee with a summary of archeological studies within the Missouri Basin, undertaken by the River Basin Surveys of the Smithsonian Institution in cooperation with the National Park Service and other agencies.


Quitchupah Creek Ethnographic Study for the Proposed Quitchupah Creek Coal Haul Road, Preliminary Draft (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Stoffle. Kathleen A. Van Vlack. Fletcher P. Chmara-Huff.

This is an Executive Summary of the field activities conducted by the University of Arizona (UofA) for the Southern Paiute Ethnographic Assessment of the Quitchupah Creek Road Proposal, Fishlake National Forest (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Richfield District, Sevier and Emery Counties, Utah. This executive summary contains (1) a brie overview of the proposed project and ethnographic study, (2) a detailed schedule of activities, (3) a talley of interviews, and (4) a sketch of the...


Radiometric dates from Mumba Rockshelter
DATASET Mary Prendergast.

Includes dates from Mehlman (1989) and Prendergast et al (2007; Prendergast 2008) excavations. Does not include dates currently in progress by Gliganic, Jacobs and Roberts.


Recent Cave Exploration in Kentucky for Animal and Human Remains (1923)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Arthur M. Miller.

Description of several archaeological and paleontological cave sites excavated in 1922 by Arthur McQuiston Miller. All described cave sites are primarily located within Wayne County, in southern Kentucky.


Red Rock Canyon Arizona Site Steward File (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Craig Weaver. L. Finchum. James P. Holmlund. Henry D. Wallace.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Red Rock Canyon sites, comprised of petroglyphs, pictographs, a rock shelter, and artifact scatter, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form, cultural resource vandalism report form, a site steward patrol report form, two pages with sketches of graffiti, six Arizona State Museum archaeological survey forms, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1988.


Reevaluation of Archaeological Sites on Nellis Air Force Base (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer. Susanne J. Rowe.

Report of results from a revaluation of archaeolgoical sites on Nellis Air Force Base.


Report of an Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of Lost Valley Reforesta-Tion Project, Lost Valley Scout Reservation (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dana Bleitz. Paul Porcasi.

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.


A Report of Archaeologial Resources Survey Extended Initial Study and Phase II Investigation for a Proposed Highway Widening Project on Route 15 in San Diego and Riverside Counties (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian F. Smith. James R. III Moriarty.

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.


Report of Archaeological Data Recovery Excavations at CA-MRP-382, Mariposa County, California, Publications in Anthropology No. 13. (1991)
DOCUMENT Citation Only K. L. Hull.

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.


Report of the Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Site 300 San Joaquin County, California
DOCUMENT Citation Only Archaeological Consulting & Research Services, Inc..

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.


Report of the Sheer Timber Compartment Archaeological Reconnaissance. (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas L. Jackson.

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.


A Report on a Bluff Shelter in Northeastern Oklahoma (D1-47) (1959)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Baerreis. Joan E. Freeman. J. T. Curtis. A. Elkins.

This report on D1-47, a bluff shelter in northeastern Oklahoma, is one of a series of reports on sites in Delaware County prepared by the staff and graduate students of the Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin. An extensive series of sites were excavated between 1937 and 1940 by means of the Works Projects Administration archaeological program sponsored by the University of Oklahoma prior to the inundation of much of the river valley land by the construction of a dam on the Grand...


Research Design Archaeological Characterization Sampling For the EC South Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Marcus Grant.

The purpose of this project is to conduct a characterization sampling study for the EC South which includes a portion of Quartz Mountain. They are mountainous areas that research has demonstrated has high potential for identifying significant sites. This project is a 4% sample of 200,000 acres to identify eligible sites for preservation, management with the mission, and Native American visitation.


A Research Design to Conduct an Archaeological Characterization Study of the Belted Range and Southern Kawich Valley, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc..

Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. (Far Western), was retained by Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) to complete a research design to conduct an archaeological characterization study of the Belted Range and southern Kawich Valley as part of the Air Force’s ongoing Section 110 compliance. The following research design includes a synthesis of existing data on the environmental context and known archaeology of the area, and provides an issue-oriented research and sampling methodology for...


Results of an Archaeological Survey and the Evaluation of Cultural Resources at the Indian Hills Campground Project (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian F. Smith.

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.


Results of Archaeological Survey and Site Investigations for Year 2, Pintwater Cave Area Archaeological Research Program (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Desert Research Institute.

The Treatment Plan identified three research issues as vital for adequate scientific understanding of the prehistory and paleoenvironments of Pintwater Cave and the vicinity: (1) the meaning of variability seen in southern Nevada dart points; ( 2) local effects of climatic variability on human occupation; and (3) Archaic period subsistence. Report comments attached.


Rockshelters, Rockart and Grinding Activity: A Preliminary Assessment of Relationships in Picket Wire Canyonlands, Comanche National Grasslands (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ralph J. Hartley. Anne Wolley Vawser.

The Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) has undergone extensive inventory over the last two decades. Although several thousand Native American sites have been recorded within the PCMS boundaries there are 662 that can be used for this analysis. In these cases, the observations were recorded in a consistent fashion. This limited database contains both nominal and categorical variables or fields. Within this data set there are 171 sites that possess observations with at least one of the following...


ROI053, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs Areas of the Hoosier National Forest, Crawford County, Indiana
PROJECT Angie Krieger. USDA Forest Service.

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 053 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. An archaeological investigation of rockshelters in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs areas of the Hoosier National Forest in Crawford County, Indiana was conducted during the summers of 1997 and 1998. During the 1997 project, six previously recorded rockshelters were resurveyed, one previously unrecorded rockshelter was surveyed, two open sites...


ROI053, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs Areas of the Hoosier National Forest, Crawford County, Indiana, Volume One (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Nikki A. Waters. Donald R. Cochran.

An archaeological investigation of rockshelters in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs areas of the Hoosier National Forest in Crawford County, Indiana was conducted during the summers of 1997 and 1998. During the 1997 project, six previously recorded rockshelters were resurveyed, one previously unrecorded rockshelter was surveyed, two open sites (12-Cr-321 and 12-Cr-385) were tested, and one large rockshelter, (12-Cr-59, Indian Cave) was tested. In 1998, thirteen new rockshelters and two open...


ROI053, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs Areas of the Hoosier National Forest, Crawford County, Indiana, Volume Two (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Nikki A. Waters. Donald R. Cochran.

An archaeological investigation of rockshelters in the Hemlock Cliffs and Mesmore Cliffs areas of the Hoosier National Forest in Crawford County, Indiana was conducted during the summers of 1997 and 1998. During the 1997 project, six previously recorded rockshelters were resurveyed, one previously unrecorded rockshelter was surveyed, two open sites (12-Cr-321 and 12-Cr-385) were tested, and one large rockshelter, (12-Cr-59, Indian Cave) was tested. In 1998, thirteen new rockshelters and two open...


ROI056, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Proposed Archaeological District Hoosier National Forest, Perry County, Indiana
PROJECT Angie Krieger. USDA Forest Service.

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 056 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. Additional archaeological investigations of rockshelters within the Bear Hollow and Oil Creek regions of the proposed Branchville Archaeological District of the Hoosier National Forest in Perry County, Indiana were conducted during the summer of 1999. Approximately 2.6 linear miles of cliff line and 92 acres of hillslopes, plateau tops and bottomlands were...


ROI056, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Proposed Archaeological District Hoosier National Forest, Perry County, Indiana, Volume One (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew V. Martin. Nikki A. Waters.

Additional archaeological investigations of rockshelters within the Bear Hollow and Oil Creek regions of the proposed Branchville Archaeological District of the Hoosier National Forest in Perry County, Indiana were conducted during the summer of 1999. Approximately 2.6 linear miles of cliff line and 92 acres of hillslopes, plateau tops and bottomlands were surveyed within the proposed Branchville Archaeological District in search of rockshelter sites for this project. A total of 17 previously...


ROI056, Rockshelter Survey and Testing in the Proposed Archaeological District Hoosier National Forest, Perry County, Indiana, Volume Two (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew V. Martin. Nikki A. Waters.

Additional archaeological investigations of rockshelters within the Bear Hollow and Oil Creek regions of the proposed Branchville Archaeological District of the Hoosier National Forest in Perry County, Indiana were conducted during the summer of 1999. Approximately 2.6 linear miles of cliff line and 92 acres of hillslopes, plateau tops and bottomlands were surveyed within the proposed Branchville Archaeological District in search of rockshelter sites for this project. A total of 17 previously...


ROI060, Test Excavations at the Celina Shelter, 12-Pe-1023, Perry County, Indiana (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kimberly Nagle. Donald R. Cochran.

Testing of the Celina Shelter (12-Pe-1023) revealed that the site has been partially buried by a colluvial fan. Approximately 10% of the site area was tested through the excavation of four test units that included both 1 x 1 m squares and 1 x 2 m squares. The maximum depth reached was 1.75 m and excavations were stopped by a massive layer of breakdown. An attempt to break through the breakdown was stopped by the size of the sandstone blocks that were present. The majority of the artifacts were...