PaleoIndian (Temporal Keyword)
176-200 (268 Records)
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Data Recovery Excavations at the Hello Site (42TO5136), Utah Test and Training Range-South, Tooele County, Utah (2024)
Far Western, through subcontract with Argonne National Laboratory, conducted data recovery excavations at the Hello site (42TO5136) between July 11th and 21st, 2022. In total, 4.2 cubic meters of sediment were excavated, but no artifacts were found intact in the subsurface. A presumed hearth identified in 2017 was demonstrated to be a thin layer of naturally deposited charcoal upon excavation. Although no hearth was found, effort supports the initial interpretation of the Hello site as a...
E. CAS.2021.120_TAC Permit 8723 Issued.pdf (2021)
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E. CAS.2021.120_TAC Permit 8723_Master Photo Log.xls (2021)
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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...
Final Report: Archaeological Survey on the Lower Zuni River - 1984 Season (1984)
This report provides a substantive and administrative summary of the results of an intensive archaeological survey of about 9 square kilometers along the Zuni River in east-central Arizona that was conducted by the University of Arizona, Arizona State Museum. This survey was funded by a Survey and Planning Grant from the National Park Service administered by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and by matching funds provided by the University of Arizona. Because this final report for...
Final Report: Prehistoric Settlement Along the Lower Zuni River - 1987 Season (1987)
This report provides a substantive and administrative summary of the results of an intensive archaeological survey of about 8 square kilometers along the Zuni River in east-central Arizona about 25 miles north-northeast of St. Johns. The survey was directed by Keith W. Kintigh of the Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University. This survey has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under provisions of the...
Flood Assessment of Archaeological Sites Located IN the Upper Iowa River Winneshiek County (1994)
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.
Geologic, Geoarchaeologic, and Historical Investigation of the Discovery Site of Ancient Remains in Columbia Park, Kennewick, Washington (1998)
During December 1997, a research team from the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) conducted geologic investigations at a site in Columbia Park, Kennewick, W A where human remains had been found in the summer of 1996. This study was conducted at the request of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Walla Walla (CENWW), in support of the Corps' resource stewardship responsibilities and to represent the Federal interest in legal issues related to the remains known as Kennewick Man. It...
Geologic, Geoarchaeologic, and Historical Investigation of the Discovery Site of Ancient Remains in Columbia Park, Kennewick, Washington (1998)
During December 1997, a research team from the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) conducted geologic investigations at a site in Columbia Park, Kennewick, WA, where human remains had been found in the summer of 1996. This study was conducted at the request of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Walla Walla (CENWW), in support of the Corps' resource stewardship responsibilities and to represent the Federal interest in legal issues related to the remains known as Kennewick Man. It...
Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology Investigations in the Salado Draw Watershed, Lea County, New Mexico (2023)
The unusually high concentration of Paleoindian period sites in the Salado Draw area provides a unique opportunity to gain significant new knowledge about the Paleoindian period occupation of southeastern New Mexico. In addition to Paleoindian period materials—which include Clovis, Folsom, Dalton, Plainview, Midland, Angostura, Golondrina, and Wilson projectile points—the Salado Draw project area also contains site components dating to the Archaic, Formative, and historical periods. This study,...
Haskett Spear Point - The Needle (2012)
An early Paleoindian Haskett specimen of the Western Stemmed Tradition, this is the longest functional spear point archaeologically documented in North America. It measures 22.6 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm. Larger Clovis specimens, such as at Wenatchee, are not completely manufactured. The artifact was found on the Utah Test and Training Range (U.S. Air Force). It was located in the south-central Great Salt Lake Desert on the fossil Old River Bed delta. Age is estimated at ca. 12,300 cal BP.
The Historic Properties Management Plan for the Mississippi River, Pools 11 - 22, Rock Island District COE - Draft. (1995)
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 Historic Properties Survey of the Inert Storage Facility, Patrick Air Force Base, Brevard County, Florida (2007)
Upon review of several documents pertaining to cultural resources at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB) it was observed that several World War II related properties had never been assessed. In response to this, the Civil Engineering Squadron/Environmental Planning Division (CES/CEVP), 45th Space Wing (45 SW) conducted a cultural resources assessment survey. The purpose of this survey was to document the World War II Inert Storage Facility which was part of the Naval Air Station, Banana River. The...
Holcombe Caribou People in the Light of Studies of Similar Surviving Hunters (1967)
This article describes the behaviors and migratory patterns of caribou and the hunting practices that the Holcombe people used to catch them. Wahla draws some comparisons of these practices with the Eskimo and other northern groups, as well as some comparisons with the buffalo hunting groups of the plains. This resource is a pre-print version of the published article in the Totem Pole, the bulletin of the Aboriginal Research Club.
IDENTIFICATION AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF CHARCOAL AND POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES AT THE GENEVIEVE LYKES DUNCAN SITE, 41BS2615, TEXAS (2011)
Charcoal samples from the Genevieve Lykes Duncan Site, 41BS2615, were submitted for identification and AMS radiocarbon dating. This site is a buried, open campsite located in Brewster County, Texas, and includes three locales. This area experienced multiple occupations including Paleoindian, Early Archaic, and Middle Archaic. Charcoal was recovered from features exposed in the vertical cut bank of an unnamed arroyo running generally northeast to southwest at this site. Identification of charcoal...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan 45th Space Wing (2015)
This ICRMP provides goals, standards, directions, and guidelines for the proper management of 45 SW historic and prehistoric cultural resources at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB), Malabar Transmitter Annex (MTA), and Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex (JDMTA), Florida.
Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of Church Point School Tract Beaufort County, South Carolina Final Report (2008)
On May 27–29, 2008, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the 25-acre Church Point School Tract in Beaufort County, South Carolina. These investigations were completed for Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung. This survey was requested in compliance with state laws 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...
An Interagency Agreement Between DOA and DOI on the Delegation of Responsibilities for the Kennewick Human Remains [March 24, 1998] (1998)
Interagency Agreement Between the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior on the Delegation of Responsibilities under Section 3 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act pertaining to Human Remains Discovered Near the City of Kennewick, Washington.
An Introducton and Index to Documents and Reports about the Kennewick Man (2013)
This document provides an overview, introduction, and listing of the various reports and related documents regarding the Kennewick Man remains.
Investigation of Four Sites at Poinsett Weapons Range, Sumter County, South Carolina
Phase II Testing of four archaeological sites located within the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), South Carolina, was conducted by New South Associates for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and the U. S. Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) . Most of PECR is located in Sumter County's Manchester Township, with the southern end extending into Fulton, and the eastern edge crossing over into Privateer. The four sites under examination are, from north to south, 38SU18,...
Investigations at Ojo Bonito: The 1988 Arizona State University Summer Field School (1988)
The 1988 Arizona State University Archaeological Field School under the direction of Dr. Keith Kintiqh was held at the privately-owned Hinkson ranch just southwest of the Zuni Indian Reservation. The Hinkson ranch holds qreat research potential because of a dense prehistoric occupation (primarily Pueblo II & III) that has been relatively undisturbed by pothuntinq or other destructive processes. If the great house and great kiva of the Hinkson Complex were built and occupied after the collapse...
Kennewick Man Case: Scientific Studies and Legal Issues (2014)
The human skeletal remains referred to as the "Kennewick Man" or the "Ancient One", were found in July 1996 below the surface of Lake Wallula, a section of the Columbia River pooled behind McNary Dam in Kennewick, Washington. The discovery was made by a pair of college students wading in the shallow water along the southern lake bank. Most commentators and reporters described the legal controversy that developed and swirled around the Kennewick remains in rather super-heated rhetoric pitting...
Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume VI: Synthesis of Regional Archaeological Data (2004)
The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...