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1-19 (19 Records)
These images are various division master plans for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are topographic maps in reference to headquarter, interpretation, road and trail systems, archaeological base map, general utilities and general development. The information reflects a very comprehensive future endeavor to revamp the monument.
1957-1958 Development Master Plan images and documents (1958)
These images are various division master plans for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are topographic maps in reference to headquarter, interpretation, road and trail systems, archaeological base map, general utilities and general development. The information reflects a very comprehensive future endeavor to revamp the monument.
A 3D Scan of a Large Lead Seal from the Port Dauphin Village site (1MB221), Mobile County, Alabama. (2000)
A high-resolution 3D scan of a large British lead seal from the Port Dauphin Village site (1MB221) produced by Graph Synergie of Quebec and Montreal for the University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies. These files can be viewed with Blender (http://www.blender.org) or GLC Player (http://www.glc-player.net). This lead seal was originally gilt.
Archaeological Investigations at the Old Manse, Concord, Massachusetts (1999)
This report presents the results of archaeological investigations conducted at The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts between 1994 and 1998 at the request of The Trustees of Reservations. The Old Manse is one of the best known historic properties in the United States. The period of Emerson and Hawthorne's residence at The Old Manse was relatively brief when compared to the more than 300 years of continuous occupation by English and then American owners, to say nothing of the Native American...
The Archaeology of Belfair Plantation
Belfair Plantation tract is located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, that features prehistoric and historic sites. 38BU1419 is a historic eighteenth/nineteenth century plantation. It also has a small multi-component prehistoric occupation at the site. Artifacts recovered indicate continuous, though intermittent, use of the site from the Early Archaic Period through the Woodland Period. 38BU1302 is a prehistoric shell midden.
CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE SILVER BLUFF-NORTH AUGUSTA 115kV TRANSMISSION LINE, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA (2009)
"This study reports on an intensive cultural resources survey of an approximately 12 mile corridor in Aiken County, South Carolina. The work was conducted to assist Central Electric Power Cooperative comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the regulations codified in 36CFR800."
Data Recovery Excavations at 38BU1419: A Historic Site on Belfair Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1996)
Site 38BU1419 was identified during the June 1994 survey of the Belfair Plantation Tract, conducted by Brockington and Associates, Inc. Testing to refine the site's NRHP status was conducted in October 1994. Artifacts recovered during testing suggested high status and considerable wealth for the site occupants. The site was recommended as eligible for the NRHP, and a data recovery plan was developed. Data recovery investigations were carried out in 1995. Archival research revealed the occupants...
Field Specimen Catalog for Port Dauphin Village (1MB221), Mobile County, Alabama. (1997)
Field Specimen Catalog for the Port Dauphin Village Site (1MB221).
Glass Beads from the Port Dauphin site (1MB221), Mobile County, Alabama. (1997)
Glass beads recovered from the Port Dauphin site (1MB221).
"Neither a Desert nor a Paradise:" Historic Context for the Archaeology of Agriculture and Rural Life, Sussex County, Delaware, 1770-1940 (1993)
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PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM SITE 31BW787**2 ORTON PLANTATION CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (2014)
Site 31BW787**2, a cemetery on the Orton Plantation in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is located on the banks of the Cape Fear River near the Atlantic coast. It contained a burial thought to date from 1759 and representing a male of European ancestry aged 50+ years. Sediment from the abdominal region of this burial in Vault 4 was collected and submitted for parasite analysis.
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM GARDEN SPACES WITHIN THE CARRIAGE TURNAROUND IN FRONT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST RETREAT HOUSE, BEDFORD, VIRGINIA (2014)
Outside of the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson constructed his Poplar Forest retreat house near the center of his Bedford County plantation in 1806. A large carriage turnaround in front of the north side of the main octagonal portion of the house, as well as the surrounding five acres of grounds, were planted with ornamental landscaping. A circular road lined with trees bounded the property. Archaeological investigations of the turnaround have exposed various features associated...
POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM PRIVY VAULTS IN ALBANY, NEW YORK (2014)
Two privy vaults were discovered on lots at 184–186 Sheridan Avenue (Feature 14) and 103–109 Sheridan Avenue (Feature 3001) in an area known as Sheridan Hollow in Albany, New York. Sheridan Hollow, a poorly drained low-lying area developed slowly into a downtown neighborhood beginning during the Civil War era, becoming more densely populated during the Victorian era. Pollen and parasite analysis were conducted on night soil deposits noted in the bottoms of each privy vault.
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE ISAIAH DAVENPORT HOUSE, CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA (2014)
The Isaiah Davenport House site is situated on Lots 13 and 14 in the northwestern corner of Columbia Square, Savannah, Georgia. Around 1810, Isaiah Davenport constructed a Federal style home and associated outbuildings on Lot 14 that were inhabited and used by his family and their enslaved household attendants. Isaiah Davenport purchased Lot 13 in 1812 and built a home at this location around 1820. This home currently stands as “...one of the oldest brick structures in the city...” (The LAMAR...
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, STARCH, MACROFLORAL, CHARCOAL, AND PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE EASTERN MARKET BRANCH, MARINE BARRACKS III, WASHINGTON DC (2002)
Pollen, starch, phytolith, macrofloral, and protein residue analyses were undertaken on sediment samples from the eastern branch of an historic market in an area known as "Marine Barracks III in Washington, D.C. This portion of the market place was excavated and sampled for botanic remains and animal proteins during December of 2001. A portion of a brick sidewalk was noted along the outside of the market in the northern portion of the East Arm. Each stall appears to be separated from its...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE DUNLAP VILLAGE SITE, 36FA480, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
Samples were collected from yard areas, privies, and a possible garden area at Dunlap Village, site 36Fa480, in southwest Pennsylvania. This site is an historic miners village dating to the early 20th century and consisting mainly of two-family house and privy remnants. The majority of the yard samples were examined for pollen/starches and parasites, although five yard samples from House Lot 5 also were examined for macrofloral remains. Pollen/starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses were...
Port Dauphin (1MB221), Mobile County, Alabama.
Port Dauphin, on Dauphin Island, served throughout the early years of French colonial settlement on the Gulf coast as a support facility to the main settlements upriver, the town sites of Mobile -- first at Old Mobile, at Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River from 1702 to 1711, and then at the city's modern location at the head of Mobile Bay and the mouth of the Mobile River. The historian Antoine Simon Le Page du Pratz referred to Mobile as the birthplace of the French colony of Louisiane...
Port Dauphin Village Site Artifact Photos, Mobile County, Alabama. (1997)
Artifact photos from the Port Dauphin Village site (1MB221).
Port Dauphin Village Site Excavation Photos, Mobile County, Alabama. (1997)
Field excavation photos from the Port Dauphin Village site.