Ball Court (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Non-Domestic Structures
An unroofed structure associated with the playing of the Mesoamerican ball game, found in the American southwest and parts of Mesoamerica.
1,101-1,125 (1,267 Records)
Over the next several years, State Route 260 (S.R. 260) from Payson, Arizona to Heber, Arizona will be realigned and improved by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). This includes the construction of 45.8 mi of highway between Mileposts (MP) 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites are found only in the western 22 mi of highway below the Mogollon Rim. Archaeological data recovery has been completed for the Preacher Canyon (Herr, Stein, and Cook 2000) and Christopher Creek segments (Herr...
Sacred or Secular: Religious Materiality on the French Colonial Frontier (2011)
My research examines archaeologically recovered artifacts and documentary sources to gain an understanding of the role that religious material culture played on the French colonial frontier, ca. 1608-1763. This study revisits the claims made by Rinehart (1990), stating that religious items are more likely to be recovered from the archaeological record at sites near Jesuit missions. I examined a large portion of the French colonial archaeological literature and located 30 sites that have yielded...
Sacred vs Secular: Pre-Hispanic Village Landscapes in Southwest New Mexico (2015)
In the pre-Hispanic Southwest, it is well known that certain places on the regional landscape were considered sacred or ritually charged, such as summits, springs, and caves. Less understood is the way that sacred and secular spaces were partitioned within prehistoric villages. In this paper we examine the relationship among secular and sacred spaces during the PIII/PIV periods at two villages along the Rio Grande. Each village includes roomblocks, agricultural features, resource processing...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Class III Cultural Resources Survey, Maricopa County, Arizona (1991)
Between March 11 and 21, 1991, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 2,300 acres of Pima -Maricopa Indian Community Lands in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was conducted in order to locate and describe cultural remains within the project area that might be adversely affected by proposed development of the area in conjunction with the Central Arizona Project, Water Distribution Facilities. A total of 20 sites (AZ U:5:41 through AZ...
Salt River Project Diversion and Conveyance System Historic District: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (2017)
The Salt River Project Diversion and Conveyance Historic District consists of nine main canals, the diversion dam that feeds water to those canals, and one hydropower plant situated on one of those canals. The contributing properties are: Granite Reef Diversion Dam (a structure); the Southside Gatekeeper’s house at the dam (a building); three canals serving land on the north side of the Salt River (the Arizona, Grand, and New Crosscut canals, all structures); six canals serving land on the south...
Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station, Coal Haul Railroad - Realignments 1 & 2 and the Western Alignment, Private, Federal, and State Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Final Report for Preliminary Evaluation of Realignments 1, 2, and the Western Alignment of the Salt River Project Coronado Station Coal Haul Railroad (1976)
During the months of April and May, 1976, Salt River Project requested that the Museum of Northern Arizona inspect a number of test pit and bore hole locations along the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. Proposed test locations were examined along three alternative alignments, Realignment 1, Realignment 2, and the Western Alignment. A total of 19 archaeological sites were found during these investigations. Based on the data collected during this time, numerical evaluations...
Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station, Coal Haul Railroad - Realignments 1 & 2, Private, Federal, and State Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Final Report for Preliminary Evaluation of Realignments 1 and 2 of Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad (1976)
At the request of Salt River Project, an evaluation of Realignments 1 and 2 of the proposed D-2 alignment of the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad has been prepared. Archaeological investigations of both realignments were conducted on two occasions. On April 13, 1976, an aerial reconnaissance of the realignments was conducted and on May 3-7, 1976, the proposed locations of 24 bore holes and 19 test pits, located along the realignment were surveyed. Based on information collected...
Salvage Excavation and Evaluation at Site 13JH371, Coralville Reservoir, Johnson County (1997)
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.
Salvage Excavation in the Buttes Dam Site, Southern Arizona (1967)
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.
San Andrés figurine photograph set (2004)
Processed digital photographs of figurines recovered by the PLC from San Andrés, Tabasco.
Sanchez Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Arizona Site Steward File (1995)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the 1936 Sanchez Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, comprised of concrete and masonry walls, cobble walkways, and trash dumps, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1995.
Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island Project
Sapelo Island: Contract to build Lighthouse from 1813 (1813)
Signed Contract Agreement
Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Gallery Pamphlet
Misc. Photos
Sapelo Island: Memorandum of Cession by Georgia
Sapelo Island Light Station, Ga
Sapelo Island: Public Archaeology at supposed Location of the Original 1820s Keeper's House (2004)
Preparations, Notes, and Report Weekend for Wildlife Program 2004
Sapelo Island: Removal of Brick Base around the Perimeter of the Lighthouse (1998)
Notes and Sketch Map
Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife Program 2011 (2011)
Preparations, Logistics, Notes, and Correspondence for W4W '11
Sapelo Storage Building (1990)
Correspondence and Photos of Historic Storage Building
Scanned Asset Key, Survey of 8250 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1996-1997 (2014)
This is the scanned asset key for the Survey of 8250 Acres of Timber Harvest Area at Strom Thurmond Lake 1996-1997 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.
Second Preliminary Report Documenting Test Excavations Along the North Wall of the Preserve House, Villa Louis, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin (1984)
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.
Selected Phase III Prehistoric Artifacts (2014)
Top Row, Left to Right: Prehistoric Ceramic (PCN* 1094); Chert Biface (PCN 964); Jasper Biface, Amos-like corner notched (PCN 1155); Chert Biface, LeCroy-like, bifurcated base (PCN 1156); Chert Biface tip (PCN 1158). Bottom Row, Left to Right: Quartz Scraper (PCN 962); Quartz Biface, Bare Island-like (PCN 953); Chert Biface, Poplar Island-like (PCN 957); Quartz Biface (PCN 962). *Provenience Control Number
Settlement Zone Communities of The Greater Blue Creek Area - Occasional Paper 2 (2000)
The present work is an archaeological study of the settlement zone of the greater Blue Creek Area, located in the upper Rio Hondo drainage of northwestern Belize. The excavation data reported here were recovered during the 1997 and 1998 field seasons of the Maya Research Program's Blue Creek Project inder the direction of Dr. Thomas H. Guderjan PhD.
Settlement, Subsistence, and Specialization In the Northern Periphery: The Waddell Project. Vols. 1 and 2 (1989)
Under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Reclamation, the New Waddell Dam Borrow Areas Mitigative Data Recovery Project, more simply known as the Waddell Project, performed data recovery at 17 sites in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant, Arizona. Supplemental surveys conducted under the same contract added two sites to the inventory slated for investigation. The project area, composed of multiple survey areas, was spread across two drainages, the Agua Fria and New River, in what is considered the...
Seymour Townsite Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file that consists of Seymour Townsite, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site consists of artifact scatter and a partial rock wall, and was the site of a stage station, mill, and post office. The file consists of a site data form and two maps of the site location.