Late Nineteenth - Early Twentieth Century (Temporal Keyword)
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Archeological investigations were conducted at two late nineteenth/early twentieth century farmsteads (38BU966 and 38BU967), on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Work was conducted on 38BU967 in October of 1989, followed almost a year later b¥ excavations at 38BU966 during September 1990. Block excavation proceeded in 10 and 15 em, arbitrary levels, and was controlled by 2 by 2 m excavation units. All fill was screened through 0.25 inch screen. All cultural material was retained. Samples of...
Archaeological Survey of Laughlin Air Force Base, Val Verde County, Texas (1996)
During the spring of 1994, the Center for Archaeological Research of The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a 100-percent pedestrian survey of Laughlin Air Force Base and the Air Force Recreation Area and Marina in Val Verde County, Texas. In addition to the survey, limited paleontological and geomorphological evaluations were made. One historic site, eight prehistoric sites, and one large site with both prehistoric and historic components were recorded. Additionally, three...
Historic Documentation of Lateral 5 of the Arizona Canal, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. (2003)
The City of Phoenix is planning to improve Osborn Road between 56th Street and 50th Place (Section 29, Township 2 North, Range 4 East, USGS 7.5' Tempe, Arizona, 1952/1982). As part of the project, an open, unlined canal located south of Osborn Road between 56th Street and just west of 54th Street will be enclosed in an underground pipe (Figures 1 and 2). The canal, called Lateral 5 (or the Osborn Lateral), is a lateral of the Arizona Canal. A lateral is a smaller canal that branches off of a...
Less Than Human: The Institutional Origins of the Medical Waste Recovered at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery (2020)
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Poor Laws enacted in the early 19th-century condemned the most destitute to confinement in almshouses, poor farms, and workhouses. These laws paralleled contemporary Anatomy Acts that turned the 'unclaimed' dead from those institutions over to medical facilities for dissection. In essence, pauperism became punishable by anatomization. Thus, dissection served the dual purpose of...
A Phase I Archaeological Survey for the Proposed KY 61 - Greensburg Connector Road, Green County, Kentucky (2001)
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Phase III Investigations at Three Sites (9CB127, 9CB549 and 9CB567) in the Riverwood Plantation Development (2006)
From 20 to 31 January 2003, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted limited Phase III archaeological investigations at three sites located in the Riverwood Plantation development tract in Columbia County, Georgia. The tract, totaling some 1,200 acres, is situated along the west bank of the Savannah River, between Kiokee Creek to the north and Yuchi Creek to the south. The present investigations are a result of Phase II testing conducted by Brockington and Associates, Inc., from November 2001...
The Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System (1994)
TThe Southern California Edison Company Santa Aria River Hydroelectric System, which is located within the Area of Potential Effects of the Seven Oaks Dam Project, has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer. Powerhouse No. 1 of this system is located outside the project area and will suffer no direct impacts. Powerhouse No. 2 is located at...