Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia

Documents from archaeological work conducted as part of the Archaeological and Historical Survey of Fort Lee (see collection FL1985.001 http://core.tdar.org/collection/23721) and the Archaeological Evaluations of Significance (see collection FL1987.001 https://core.tdar.org/collection/23722). Both projects were part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic...

An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...

A total of 17 archeological evaluations of significance were completed as part of an ongoing program of cultural resource management at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluations were conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and its implementing regulations In situations where planned development projects would adversely affect identified archeological resources. Of the 17 properties evaluated during this study, six were classified as significant and for...

This investigation addressed the location of an unmarked cemetery on property currently owned by Prince George County, adjacent to U.S. Army Fort Lee Military Reservation in eastern Virginia. Historical research indicated that the burial ground was associated with the laboring Sisters of the Vine Burial Association who used it as a cemetery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Relic fences and property boundary markers indicated where the probable cemetery property boundaries...

In September, 2008, the Cultural Resources Management Program (CRMP) at Fort Lee, Virginia requested assistance from the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in identifying a Civil War cemetery believed to have been located on what is now Fort Lee. One of the few clues about the cemetery’s location was that it was near Meade (or Meade’s) Station, a United States Military Rail Road (USMRR) station constructed during the Civil...

This project contains inventory lists of artifacts excavated during the boundary extension of site 44PG195. Accompanying field notes are held by RACF. Site 44PG195 falls in the boundaries of Fort Lee, Virginia.

This project contains an artifact catalog and survey photographs from the examination of multiple sites during second quarter site updates, fiscal year 2011, at Fort Lee, Virginia.

This project contains the methodology, results and conclusions for the archaeological site, accompanied by Excel artifact catalog.

Between January II and February 5, 1999, Gray and Pape, Inc. conducted collection of GPS site data for 23 National Register eligible archaeological sites at Fort Lee. Prince George County, Virginia. This work was performed for ERC, Inc. following a Scope of Work designed by the Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk. District (Contract No. DACA65-95-D-O116). The goal of the project was to provide Global Positioning Systems data for 23 archaeological sites that have been recommended as eligible for...

This project contains a survey of the historical properties of Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The survey was published in 1989.

This project contains a site damage survey of multiple Fort Lee archaeological sites impacted by hurricane Irene in 2011. Also included are survey photographs and a catalog of artifacts collected during the survey.

Additional archaeological investigations were conducted on seven archaeological sites identified and recommended as eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places by MAAR Associates, Inc. Based on the additional investigations conducted by Gray & Pape, Inc., the following archaeological sites are recommended as not meeting the criteria of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places: 44PG179, a multicomponent site, and 44PG278, a 1917 surface trash...

Fort Lee Cultural Resources Program staff conducted a Phase I archaeological investigation for the Qualification Training Range (QTR) on Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia. Based on historic maps, current topographic data, environmental surveys and visual inspections it was determined that much of the area is poorly drained, low-lying soil. Consequently a low probability shovel testing investigation was conducted. During the course of this survey the remnants of a stone and brick pile...

This project contains an artifact catalog for TA 11 Shop Road Phase investigations, located at Fort Lee, Virginia.

This project contains an artifact catalog and accompanying photographs of artifacts excavated at the Button Site located at Fort Lee, Virginia.

Results of Phase 2 archaeological and historical evaluations conducted at 44PG317, a 19th century domestic site owned and occupied by a freed black family from 1823 through the 1st decade of the 20th century. The Phase 2 evaluation indicates that the site, which contains intact features and fits into an historic context emphasizing the 19th century from the Federal and Antebellum periods through the Civil War and Postbellum periods. Further, since the site was owned and occupied by a free...

The College of William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research (WMCAR) conducted a Phase II archaeological evaluation of Site 44PGl8S, associated with the proposed Route 630 Widening Project in Prince George County, Virginia, from March 8 through March 16, 1993. This evaluation was conducted in accordance with an agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Project 0630-074-188, es01, B632. Although the site has been subjected to several episodes of disturbance, as...

Gray & Pape, Inc. undertook Phase II archaeological investigations to identify extant World War I earthworks at Fort Lee, Virginia and on adjacent properties at the Petersburg National Battlefield. The work was conducted on behalf of REMSA. Inc. of Hampton, Virginia as part of an indefinite delivery contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk Area Office. This project contains one resource - the official report by Gray & Pape, Inc; assessing the archaeological investigations of the...

During 1987, MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) conducted a cultural resource evaluation survey for site 44PG299 at Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia. The evaluation survey consisted of both a physical examination of the site and an historic documents research. It was conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) and implementing regulations requiring federal agencies to inventory and evaluate all cultural resources located on property owned by the federal...

Phase II cultural resources investigations were conducted at 24 archaeological sites on the property of Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. Following standard archaeological survey guidelines, these sites were evaluated with regard to their potential eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A, B, C, and D. As a result of these investigations, a total of 50.5 acres was surveyed at Fort Lee. This project contains the final report of the investigations...

As part of its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, Fort Lee, located in Prince George County, Virginia, has undertaken a program of archaeological survey and testing to inventory the National Register-eligible archaeological resources in its possession. This report presents the final stage of this program. Phase II investigations of 30 sites within Fort Lee. The work described in this report was completed by Gray & Pape, Inc.,...

Site 44PG316 is a small multi-component prehistoric site located along Bull Hill Run in Prince George County, Virginia. Excavations identified occupations dating from the Late Archaic/Transitional through Late Woodland periods. Although natural disturbance in the form of flood scouring was noted, the site has remained unplowed and some stratigraphic separation of cultural material was present. Artifacts and floral remains recovered suggest that the exploitation of acorns and other plant foods...

Data recovery was performed at 44PG317, the Charles Gilliam site, in order to mitigate impacts caused by construction of Route 295 in Prince George County, Virginia. The site consists of remains of a 19th century farmstead which was owned and occupied by Charles Gilliam, a freed mulatto, and his heirs from ca. 1823 to ca. 1917. Mitigation consisted of on site data recovery, site specific historical document research, comparative studies of 19th century free blacks as represented in the...

This project contains an artifact inventory for RCI Well, along with accompanying photographs of bottles, looted bottles and the well located at Fort Lee, Virginia. The project also includes a sketched map depicting an area within Fort Lee.

On Thursday, October 22nd 2009, Fort Lee archaeologists were asked to report to the construction area off of Carver Avenue between Sisisky and 5th Avenues. After arriving at the site, the archaeologist recovered a heavily corroded bayonet which had been inadvertently excavated by heavy machinery. The area of discovery was an approximately ten foot deep excavated pit within the limits of construction. After the surrounding area was searched for additional cultural remains it was determined...

During the latter part of October 1988, MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) conducted field work for the remedial archaeological investigations of sites 44PG179 and 44PG243 located at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The investigations consisted of both on-site archaeological excavations and additional historical research which were conducted in order to assess the results of disturbance impacts caused by earth-moving activity at the two sites. The following report presents the findings of the...

This project contains archaeological photographs from the Liberty Chapel site at Fort Lee, Virginia. The images are held by the Fort Lee Regional Archaeological Curation Facility (Accession Number FL2009.009). The photographs are of the general project area and include images of excavation trenches, artifacts, and excavated features.

This project contains an artifact catalog listing artifacts produced at site 44PG317 during a surface collection by an informant. Site 44PG317, also known as the Gilliam Site, is located at Fort Lee, Virginia.

This project consists of the catalog for site 44PG163. These artifacts were collected by Bryce Stanley and Amy Wood while working nearby at site 44PG547, the Log U (ALU) Retention Pond LID Project. The collection was not systematic. Thirty-one artifacts were collected.

This project contains an artifact catalog and field notes related to the phase 1 excavation and uncovering of artifacts at TA23 in March 2009.