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This chapter includes an analysis of the artifactual record that was recovered from the Gillespie Dam site 74-2 in Arizona. Through excavation for the project All American Pipeline artifacts included copper bells, fabric, shell, ground stone, bone, and carbonized plant remains.
AAPL, Chapter 18, Lithic Technology Along the All American Pipeline (2017)
This chapter discusses lithic artifacts recovered along the All American Pipeline. Along with a review of type of projectile points, it includes an analysis of the sourcing for obsidian for these projectile points.
ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT IN THE APALACHEE REGION OF FLORIDA (1998)
This paper discusses types of archaeological and historic sites presently found within the Woodville Karst Plain. Site there range in age from Paleo-Indian (12,000 to 10,000 B.P.) to mid-20th Century historic sites. They range in type and function from burial mounds to small special use sites. The karst features such as sinkholes and springs, would have been especially attractive to Native Americans in that they not only provided water during times of lower water tables, but also exposed...
Agriculture, Mobility, and Human Impact in the Mimbres Region of the United States Southwest (2006)
The relationships among land use, population, and environment are not simple. Larger populations impact the environment more than do smaller populations, and environmental marginality promotes greater impacts from human action. While these two statements may be correct at a broad scale, the relationships are not linear. We examine the relationships among these variables using data from eleventh- through thirteenth-century villages and hamlets of prehistoric subsistence agriculturalists from the...
Analysis of Lithic Artifacts: Site AR-03-08-04-51 (1981)
This paper reports on an analysis of the lithic artifact assemblage from a small site along the Sacramento River. The site is described in more detail in the paper by Patricia M. Spoerl, "Test Excavations at a Small Site Along the Sacramento River." (see tDAR Record #393944 and #25161). Some 250 lithic artifacts were collected from six 2-meter square test pits, as well as from the surface of the site within the proposed right-of-way. This discussion presents the results of the descriptive...
Animal Husbandry at Pimería Alta Missions: El Ganado en el Sudoeste de Norteamérica (2010)
Documentary evidence from the southwestern region of North America indicates that Spanish missionaries attempted to alter the daily lives of native peoples through the introduction of Eurasian domesticated animals and animal husbandry practices. However, our understanding of the degree to which these efforts were successful is hindered by a dearth of zooarchaeological evidence. Excavations at 18th-century missions in present-day northern Sonora and southern Arizona provide an opportunity to...
Another interpretation of Long-Nosed God masks (1991)
The following is an interpretation of Long-Nosed God masks. From O'Brien 1991 "Early State Economics: Cahokia, Capital of the Ramey State."
The Antiquities Act and the Acreage Debate (2006)
June 8 of 2006 marked the centennial of the Antiquities Act —a law that, by any standards, is a landmark in the history of U.S. land management policies. There was a sweeping application of this act in the late 1970s that reserved a huge amount of acreage, and generated as large an amount of controversy. Questions arose, therefore, about the roots of that controversy, and whether the actions taken regarding Alaska were unique. The Antiquities Act’s second section provides for the U.S. president...
Appendices to The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies (2004)
Appendices accompanying Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies. Appendix 1: Vrokastro Survey Methodology: Transects and Site Recording; Appendix 2: Catalogue of Chipped and Ground Stone Implements; Appendix 3: Agricultural and Demographic Statistics; Appendix 4; The Agricultural Year in the Vrokastro Survey Area; Appendix 5: Texts from the Phaneromeni Monastery; and Appendix 6: The Holocene Evolution of the Istron...
Appendix 1 (2008)
Appendix 1, a text document, presents the structure of the combined artifact and provenience databases of 19 variables. Note that lot number and special deposit number are common to both the artifact and provenience databases.
APPENDIX 10: Reconstruction of Tikal Caches Excavated Prior to 1956 (2008)
Appendix 10 is an incomplete draft of the reconstruction of Tikal caches excavated prior to 1956. It includes an inventory of all monuments known to have undergone excavation before 1956 and describes associated caches. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added text in brackets. Present-day usage substitutes the term “chert” for Coe’s “flint” and “prismatic blade” for A. V. Kidder’s “flake-blade.”
APPENDIX 11: Typology and Description of Flint and Obsidian Eccentrics and Incised Obsidians (2008)
Appendix 11 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of flint and obsidian eccentrics and incised obsidians. Objects included here are either representational or symbolic, figural, and non-figural, and are organized in this typology in three categories: Eccentric Flints, Eccentric Obsidians, and Incised Obsidians. Many bibliographic entries do not appear in the References section of this Report. Moholy-Nagy has added the texts in brackets. Present-day usage has substituted the...
APPENDIX 12: Typology and Description of Shell Charlie Chaplin Figurines (2008)
Appendix 12 is an incomplete draft of the typology and description of shell Charlie Chaplin figurines. These are anthropomorphic, small, usually of exteriorly worked Spondylus shell, with incising, notching, grooving and drilling the technical repertory. However, many are plain, that is, the human form is silhouetted. A total of 538 shell figurines exist in the Tikal collection. With very few exceptions (notably Burial 10) these occur in cached offerings. Shell figurines are an outstanding...
Appendix 14 (2008)
Appendix 14, presents all of the 246 figures referred to in TR. 27A. The figures listed in italics on the Figure list in the front matter of this volume are also printed in it, while the others appear only on the CD-ROM.
Appendix 2 (2008)
Appendix 2, a text document, provides the codes used for the artifact and provenience database variables.
Appendix 6 (2008)
Appendix 6, PDF versions of excel spreadsheets, consists of tables generated from Appendix 5, which summarize artifact traits, proveniences, and dates for artifact types and varieties. These tables should be regarded as a sample of the informative associations that the reader can make. Codes for this database can be located in Appendices 1 (tDAR #: 377506) and 2 (tDAR #: 377507).
Appendix 7 (2008)
Appendix 7, Excel spreadsheets and text documents generated from Excel spreadsheets, consists of charts summarizing counts of reported artifacts and objects by material category, special deposit typologies, proveniences, and dates, and species identifications of shells, other marine invertebrates, and fishes.
Appendix 8.3: Feature Plan Views and Cross-Sections. (2012)
Feature Plan Views and Cross-Sections.
APPENDIX 8: Illustrations of artifacts from special deposits published in TR. 27, Parts A and B, and other Tikal Reports (2008)
Appendix 8, a text document, gives the figure references for artifacts from special deposits.
APPENDIX 9: Miscellaneous Texts Illustrated in TR. 27, Parts A and B. (2008)
Appendix 9, a text documents, lists the Miscellaneous Text numbers, artifact types, catalogue numbers, and figure references of texts found on artifacts other than pottery vessels. Texts on pottery vessels from special deposits are published in TR. 25A.
Appendix A: Database Structure (2012)
Database Structure: a text document that presents the variables used for the artifact and provenience databases
Appendix A: Relational Database Structure for Artifacts and Proveniences (17 Variables) (2008)
Appendix A - a text document - presents the structure of the combined artifact and provenience databases, which comprises 17 variables. The artifact database includes type and variety, catalogue number, number of items included, material category, material or species, condition, comment or modification, and figure reference. The provenience database includes recovery context, date, structure group type, structure group number, structure type, structure number, and half-kilometer...
Appendix B: Codes for Object and Provenience Databases (2003)
Appendix B - a text document - provides the codes used for the artifact and provenience database variables.
Appendix B: Codes for Object and Provenience Databases (2012)
Codes for Database Variables: a text document
Appendix G - 217 tables generated from Appendix F (2003)
Appendix G - the 217 tables generated from Appendix F - summarize condition, material, zone, structure group type, recovery context, and date for each artifact or object type. These tables should be regarded as a sample of the informative associations that the reader can make.