Archaic Period (Temporal Keyword)

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Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of South Central Arizona: the Picacho Reservoir Archaic Project (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank E. Bayham. D. H. Morris. M. Steven Shackley.

The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a federal project being implemented to transport Colorado River water to large segments of central and southern Arizona. The project requires an extensive amount of construction of aqueducts, pumping stations, and canals. This report is the result of archaeological investigations along one portion of the aqueducts, the Tucson Aqueduct. This aqueduct alignment will bring water to the Picacho Reservoir region of central Arizona. Archaeological survey along...


Prehistory of Lums Pond: the Formation of an Archaeological Site in Delaware, Volumes I and II (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Petraglia. Dennis Knepper. John Rutherford. Philip Laporta. Kathryn Puseman. Joseph Schuldenrein. Noreen Tuross.

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.


Prehistory of the St. Johns Area, East-Central Arizona: The TEP St. Johns Project (1981)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah A. Westfall.

The TEP (Tucson Electric Power) St. Johns Project was conducted by the Cultural Resource Management Section of the Arizona State Museum under contract to Tucson Electric Power Company and was designed to mitigate impacts to cultural resources located within a proposed railroad right-of-way corridor east of St. Johns, Arizona. The proposed corridor begins at a point 8 miles northeast of St. Johns and extends 27 miles southward to the proposed TEP SpringerviIle Generating Station north of...


Proyecto Laguna Costera Catalógo ● Muestras de Cerámica (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher von Nagy.

Catalog of ceramic type collections on file with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). This is part of the Proyecto Laguna Costera document set.


Public Outreach Booklet - Rocks Telling Stories: Rock Art in New Mexico's Guadalupe Mountains / Carlsbad Region (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Myles Miller

Public outreach and education booklet describing the results of documentation and interpretation of 21 prehistoric and historic rock art sites in southeastern New Mexico


Results of Archaeological Investigations in Three Lakes Valley South, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Dames & Moore.

This Summary Report presents the research context, methods, and results for an archaeological survey of approximately 2,000 acres of playa margin habitat in the Three Lakes Valley South on the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Clark County, Nevada.


S.R. 260-Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing in an Additional Portion of the Kohls Ranch Segment (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Herr. Pat H. Stein.

State Route 260 (SR 260) from Payson to Heber, Arizona, is being realigned and improved by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). This includes construction of 45.8 mi of highway between mileposts (MP) 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites are found in only the western 22 mi of highway below the Mogollon Rim, on Tonto National Forest (TNF) and private land. Construction below the Mogollon Rim is being staged in six segments. From west-to-east, these segments are: Lion Springs, Preacher...


Safety Harbor 8PI2 Testing 2019
PROJECT Uploaded by: Thomas Pluckhahn

Field and laboratory documentation associated with archaeological testing of the Safety Harbor site (8PI2), conducted by Dr. Thomas Pluckhahn (University of South Florida), in 2019.


Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station, Ash Disposal Area and Evaporation Pond Site on Private Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Interim Report for Phase II and Phase III Operations in the Ash Disposal and Evaporation Pond Site for the Salt River Project Coronado Station, A 76-6 (1976)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eileen Camilli.

Between February 18, 1976 and April 25, 1976 archaeological field work was conducted on the Coronado Generating Station ash disposal area and evaporation pond site for the Salt River Project, During this time 3.25 square miles were surveyed and 33 sites recorded. In addition to the fieldwork, analytical and write up phases of the project were carried out between May 3 and July 19, 1976. These phases provide a description and analysis of archaeological sites and artifactual materials from the...


A Sample Survey: Cultural Resources On Potential Agricultural Development Lands On the Gila River Indian Reservation (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke. Laverne Conway.

In 1982, Northland Research, Inc. performed a small fraction sample survey of potential agricultural development lands on the Gila River Indian Reservation. The sample was selected probabilistically. Results suggest that, within the probability limits of the sampling design, as much as 59,687 ± 21,272 acres of land within the 296,320 acre target area could contain significant archaeological remains requiring attention in any future development plan. In addition, it was possible to calculate...


San Andrés figurine photograph set (2004)
IMAGE Uploaded by: Christopher von Nagy

Processed digital photographs of figurines recovered by the PLC from San Andrés, Tabasco.


The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant River Corridor Survey, Volume I (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text A.C. MacWilliams.

The foremost goal of this project was recording all archaeological and paleontological finds in the riparian corridor the Santa Cruz River, on the San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. Results of this full-coverage survey are intended to be useful for determining land management in the corridor. Observations about site boundaries, disturbance and potential for in-place buried deposits contribute to meeting these objectives. At the same time, these results are intended to provide information from a...


The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant River Corridor Survey, Volume II: Site Maps (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text A.C. MacWilliams.

The foremost goal of this project was recording all archaeological and paleontological finds in the riparian corridor the Santa Cruz River, on the San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. Results of this full-coverage survey are intended to be useful for determining land management in the corridor. Observations about site boundaries, disturbance and potential for in-place buried deposits contribute to meeting these objectives. At the same time, these results are intended to provide information from a...


Silver Flag Alpha Range Survey, Nellis Air Force Base Including Research for the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Holly Hughes.

Three research questions were addressed. Two were related to the historic events surrounding the LV&T Railroad, specifically with regards to the presence or absence of the Hell on Wheels phenomenon and the standardizations of sidings. The third research question was related to the prehistoric use of the area, addressing possible areas of agave or yucca stock processing.


STRATIGRAPHIC POLLEN ANALYSIS AND MACROPHYSICAL CLIMATE MODELING FOR SITE 33AD56, AND POLLEN ANALYSIS OF FEATURES FROM SITES 33AD121 AND 33AD124, OHIO (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Stratigraphic pollen analysis and macrophysical modeling were undertaken for site 33AD56 to provide a record of potential climate and actual vegetation during the Early, Middle, and Late Archaic time periods represented. In addition, single pollen samples were examined from occupational contexts at 33AD121 and 33AD124 in an effort to find evidence of food processing.


Test Excavations at Nine Archaeological Sites on the Scottsdale 927 Property, Scottsdale, Arizona (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris T. Wenker.

This report presents the results of archaeological testing investigations at nine prehistoric sites on the proposed SCOTTSDALE 927 residential development property (formerly known as the Amberjack project). The results of this testing project are used to evaluate these site’s eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These recommendations are being presented in partial support of a Clean Water Act permitting process, which is required prior to development of...


Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for the Operations Area of the Treatment Plant Locus of Site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Annick Lascaux. India s. Hesse. Kevin D. Wellman.

Between February 16 and March 12, 1999, a crew of ten to twelve archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants undertook archaeological test excavations at a portion of site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) located within the Operations Area at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility (Treatment Plant). A crew of ten to twelve archaeologists began excavations on February 16, 1999, and proceeded as outlined in the testing plan. The testing was designed to identify and evaluate buried cultural...


Tonto Creek Archaeological Project - Artifact and Environmental Analyses, Volume 2: Stone Tool and Subsistence Studies (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: system user

The Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (TCAP), funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., in advance of the 1994-1996 realignment of Arizona State Route 188 in the Tonto Basin of east-central Arizona. From 1992 to 1996, portions of 27 archaeological sites were investigated. Site components ranged in date from the Middle Archaic period to the Late Historic era. Most dated to the Colonial, Sedentary, and early Classic periods, circa A.D....


The Twelfth Street Extension Archaeological Data Recovery Project: Investigations at the Godley (38LX141) and Manning (38LX50) Sites, Lexington County, South Carolina (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bobby G. Southerlin. Dawn Reid. Connie Huddleston. Caleb Smith. David Leigh. Thomas Neumann.

Construction of the Twelfth Street Extension Project was funded by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration. This project is part of the Columbia Area Transportation Study and will provide access from the City of Cayce to U.S. Interstate 77. The planned Twelfth Street Extension corridor crosses two archaeological sites, the Godley site (38LX141) and the Manning site (38LX50). Each of these sites had been investigated to varying...


An Underwater Archaeological Investigation of Two Potentially Significant Magnetic Anomalies near Cape Canaveral Harbor, Brevard County, Florida (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Wes Hall.

This report presents the results of an archaeological investigation of two magnetic anomalies thought to be associated with submerged cultural resources near Canaveral Harbor, Brevard County, Florida. Of the two anomalies relocated, only one was positively identified as a wreck of a modem, steel fishing trawler. The other anomaly was identified as a large, flat-surfaced steel object approximately 12 feet wide by 35 feet long, lying in the low water surf zone. Because of the object's size, shape,...


Upper Davidson Canyon Arizona Site Steward File (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill Gillespie. Shereen Lerner. Deni J. Seymour. Catherine M. Cameron. M. M. E.. McClellan. Danziger.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Upper Davidson Canyon Archaeological District, located on Coronado National Forest land. The sites within the district contain Hohokam, Archaic, Historic, and possibly Paleo Indian cultural deposits. The sites are comprised of a wide variety of features and artifacts including village sites, pit houses, a corral, a historic house, agricultural features, resource extraction and production sites, hearths, and a roasting pit. The file consists of a...


Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP), Chronotype Table (2020)
DATASET Western Argolid Regional Project.

Chronotype table for the Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP), an intensive regional survey project in the Western Argolid from 2015-2019.


Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP), Field Manual 2014-2016 Seasons (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William Caraher. Grace Erny. Alyssa Friedman. Scott Gallimore. Melanie Godsey. Machal Gradoz. Sarah James. Stephanie Steinke. Dimitri Nakassis.

The Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP) is an interdisciplinary archaeological project that sought to collect and interpret evidence of human activity from prehistory to the modern day in the western Argolid, Greece. Our survey area consists of 30 km2 to the northwest of the ancient and modern city of Argos, where the fertile Argive Plain transitions into a series of mountainous valleys along the course of the Inachos River, which we surveyed over three field seasons from 2014-2016. Although...


White Bend Site, IL (11HA938) Faunal Database (2013)
DATASET Steven Kuehn.

Middle Archaic and Late Archaic faunal assemblage from the White Bend Site (11HA938), Hancock County, Illinois. This is the unmodified version of the file as provided by Kuehn.


White Bend Site, IL (11HA938) Faunal Database REVISED 2 (2016)
DATASET Steven Kuehn.

Middle Archaic and Late Archaic faunal assemblage from the White Bend Site (11HA938), Hancock County, Illinois. Recovery methods included 1/4" mesh and flotation. Fauna identified by Steven Kuehn. This version of the file was used by the EAFWG.