This page includes CRM reports and data sets from projects conducted as a result of Delaware Department of Transportation projects. This archaeological work was conducted to ensure compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Within this page you will be able to find various phase I, phase II, and phase III archaeological reports.
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Site Name Keywords
Armstrong-Rogers (7NC-F-135) •
Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric Site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) •
Cardon/Holton Site (CRS# N14508, 7NC-F-128) •
Bird-Houston (7NC-F-138) •
Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133)
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Post Hole / Post Mold •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Midden •
Pit •
Refuse Pit •
Fence •
Domestic Structures •
House
Other Keywords
Tenant Farm •
Soil Chemical Analysis •
Soil Chemcial Analysis •
cart roads •
Refined Colonial Ceramics
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Archaic •
Late Archaic •
Middle Archaic •
Woodland •
African American •
Early Woodland •
Middle Woodland •
Late Woodland
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Historic Background Research •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Systematic Survey •
Collections Research •
Archaeological Overview •
Consultation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Material Types
Ceramic •
Fauna •
Glass •
Macrobotanical •
Metal •
Chipped Stone •
Building Materials •
Shell •
Wood •
Fire Cracked Rock
Temporal Keywords
Early Industrialization (1770-1830) •
Intensified and Durable Occupation (1730-1770) •
Industrialization and Early Urbanization (1830-1880) •
WOODLAND II (CA AD 1000-1650) •
WOODLAND I (CA 3000 BC- AD 1000) •
Intensified Occupation (1730-1770) •
Frontier Settlement (1630-1730) •
Late Archaic through Woodland II (ca 2,000 BC - 1650 AD) •
Urbanization and Early Suburbanization (1880-1940)
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
Delaware (State / Territory) •
New Castle County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Drainage Divide •
Upper Coastal Plain •
USA (Country) •
Chesapeake Headwater Drainage
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-6 of 6)
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Archaeological Data Recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers Site (7NC-F-135) Appendices (2017)
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On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...
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Archaeological Data Recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers Site(7NC-F-135) New Castle County, Delaware (2017)
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On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...
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Phase II and III Archaeological Investigations The Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), U.S. Route 301 Corridor, New Castle County, Delaware, DelDOT Parent Agreement 1538, Task 10 (2017)
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The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...
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Phase III Archaeological Investigations The Noxon Tenancy Site (7NC-F-133), U.S. Route 301 Corridor, New Castle County, Delaware, DelDOT Parent Agreement 1538, Task 11 (2016)
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On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger), has completed a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133) in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The work was carried out under Task Orders 8 and 11 of Agreement No. 1538. The Noxon Tenancy Site had been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D because it contains information important to...
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Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery, Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128], St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware (2015)
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The Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] is a Euro-American farmstead occupied during the second quarter of the 18th century. It lies in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, in a location east of the Choptank Road: itself one of the earliest north-south overland routes in this part of Delaware. This site itself was placed immediately adjacent to a now-vanished secondary cart road that branched off the Choptank Road a short distance to the south, and close to the still-extant wooded...
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Living On The Border: Phase II Archaeological Survey And Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery Locus 1 Of The Rumsey/Polk Tenant/ Prehistoric Site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) (2018)
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Living on the Border: Phase II Archaeological Survey and Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) U.S. Route 301-Levels Road Mitigation Site St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware DelDOT Parent Agreement 1537, Task 8 Project acreage: 3.3 acres of 123.21 acre tract Fieldwork Dates: Phase II Archaeological Survey: December 6, 2010-May 26, 2011 Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery: July 9, 2012-August 27, 2012 RGA,...