Burial Pit (Site Type Keyword)

DATASET Mona Colburn. Bonnie Styles.

This data set contains the vertebrate and molluscan remains excavated in 1984 from the Main Trench, and processed with 1/4" water-screening. The Main Trench, which is located within the Main Shelter area of Modoc, includes Units A, B, I, C, and E. 1984 excavations were funded by the National Science Foundation. Vertebrate remains were identified by Mona Colburn using the Osteological Collections of the Illinois State Museum; and checked by Dr. Bonnie Styles. Bivalves were identified by...

DATASET Mona Colburn. Bonnie Styles.

Unit D was excavated in an elevated non-sheltered area between the Main Shelter and the West Shelter (the latter was excavated earlier, in 1980). Unit D shows that the two shelters areas at Modoc have independent and separate stratigraphies, and that they need to be treated as two sites. Faunal remains were recovered via 1/4" waterscreen and 1/16 " waterscreen. Remains include vertebrates, freshwater mussels, and gastropods. Faunal remains were identified by Mona Colburn using the...

DATASET Mona Colburn. Bonnie Styles.

Faunal remains were excavated from the West Pillar (Unit F) at Modoc Rock Shelter (11R5) and processed with 1/4" waterscreening. Remains include vertebrates, gastropods, and freshwater mussels. Remains were identified by Mona Colburn using the Osteological Collections of the Illinois State Museum; and checked by Dr. Bonnie Styles.

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The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...

GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This raster is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the raster file opens...

DOCUMENT Full-Text W. Raymond Wood.

The purpose of this study is to describe the remains from 25KX1, the Ponca Fort, and to assess the position of the site in Plains archaeology. While the ethnology of the Ponca has received some attention, the archaeology of the tribe is still subject for speculation. One of the objectives of the excavation program of the Nebraska State Archaeological Survey in north central Nebraska between 1933 and 1940 was to locate precisely and excavate a Ponca village site. Of the several sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott A. Spellmon.

This is a copy of the official determination by the Division Commander of the Northwestern Division of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brigadier General Scott A. Spellmon, that for the purposes of compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kennewick Man skeletal remains should be considered "Native American." The 14-page report describes the information and research results that support this determination. The determination is based on review...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This document is a newspaper clipping from December 10th 1859 that describes several explorers aboard the schooner the "Nautilus." These explorers went to investigate the "gold deposits" that were found in the "Indian" graves in Chiriqui.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald C. Fiero. Robert W. Munson. Martha T. McClain. Suzanne M. Wilson. Anne H. Zier.

In the spring of 1970, the Museum of Northern Arizona contracted with Arizona Public Service Company to provide archaeological investigations for the Navajo Project 500kV Southern Transmission Lines from Page to Phoenix, Arizona. The right-of-way, 330 feet wide and approximately 256 miles long, crossed four major environmental zones - plateau, mountain, transition, and desert - and portions of five prehistoric culture areas. Eighty-eight sites were recorded along the line, 20 of which were...

PROJECT Uploaded by: Matthew Boulanger

This project pertains to the compositional analysis of ceramic materials from Nigeria. These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fessenden Otis.

This 1859 newspaper article briefly describes the then new findings in Chiriqui. It concentrates on the gold figurines and artifacts presumably looted from graves.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Meagher.

Public Domain Article: Chronicles his first hand account of an expedition to Chiriqui in the 1850's (spans almost the entire decade). This magazine article provides a good first hand account, more as an ethnohistorical piece, in a fantastical adventuristic tone.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Shelby Manney

This newspaper clipping from 1859 briefly describes what was found in Chiriqui and the estimated dollar amount.

PROJECT Uploaded by: Chris Morehart

This project examines the long term and continuous production of human landscapes in the northern Basin of Mexico. Building off of several long term and short term projects in this area, this project combines regional archaeological and environmental research with local-scale survey and excavation of communities, households, and water management features. This project examines how the landscape shaped and was shaped by the ways local communities confronted various political entities across time,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Blake.

This article describes the five stone "celts" that were submitted to Charles Blake in 1860 from the collections of antiquarian objects from Chiriqui. These objects were obtained from the graves in the area. These "celts' exhibit what the author calls a "well-known" scalpriform sharpening. Four of the celts are composed of "porphyritic" stone and the fifth celt is made of "indurated" clay.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R White.

This 1884 article by White refers to a strip of country about 600 miles in length and 250 miles in width on the west of the pacific ocean. The author describes his interpretation of the cultures and provides regional/locational differences. He also describes past and present burial rituals and techniques.

DOCUMENT Full-Text George MacCurdy.

This brief 1913 article argues that the "...faunal environment of a given region is apt to be reflected in its primitive art, especially when the art is primarily of local origin." The region of interest is Chiriqui Panama. The author, George MacCurdy, describes the animal forms of the ceramic art found in the region to illustrate his argument.

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. De Zeltner.

This article is in Spanish and describes the tombs in Chiriqui, Panama

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Stark.

A.J. Vonarx recorded attributes of obsidian bifacial tools. All appear to be projectile points.

DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

This file contains all of the data for the nearly 1200 pieces collected during the 2051 excavations on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl. Including material categories (prismatic blade, flake, point, etc.), measurements, color assignments, provenience, etc.

PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Black

Ossabaw Island State Land Files

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel T. Elliott.

This report documents emergency archaeological data recovery and survey efforts performed in late 2008 at site 9CH155 on Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia. The project included salvage excavation of an eroding human mortuary feature (Burial 1), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of selected portions of the site, topographic mapping, and a minor surface collection from a rarely exposed mud flat in Newell Creek. Each of these phases was completed successfully and provided new...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronnie Rogers.

Four partial skeletons were excavated from the eroding west bank of Ossabaw Island at Newell Creek. They became exposed after unusually high tides and wind caused areas of the bank to slump to the toe of the bluff. Three were determined to be of prehistoric origin according to the ceramics associated with them. The same three are of Native American descent and are probably all males of differing ages. There was not enough material recovered from the fourth skeleton to make these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer Bedell. Ronnie Rogers. Chip Morgan.

Site Visit Reports, Field Notes, and Photos

DOCUMENT Full-Text David C. Crass. Ronnie Rogers. Jennifer Bedell.

Purpose of visit: In response to a DNR notification of the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns about burials exposed and discovered on Ossabaw Island, we had several objectives in the interest of keeping the council informed and DNR in compliance with state law...