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This report summarizes the results of a program of background research, archaeological fieldwork, and analysis conducted for the Department of Natural Resources of the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Charles County Maryland. The subject of the project was the Posey Site (18CH281) and 18CH282, two archaeological sites located near Mattawoman Creek aboard the Surface Warfare Center. The investigation was undertaken by the Maryland Historical Trust’s Southern Maryland...
ARTICULATING ACTIVITY AREAS AND FORMATION PROCESSES AT THE SAPELO ISLAND SHELL RING COMPLEX (2007)
This paper examines the formation and changing use of circular shell-bearing sites (i.e., s.hell rings) in the southeastern United States to provide information on the role of circular village organization and monument construction among hunter-gatherer groups.
Bellows, Oahu, Hawaiian Island: New York and New Interpretation (1976)
Excavations were made in 1967 at the Bellows Sand Dune Site (018)X-y located at the mouth of Waimanalo Stream, Oahu, Hawaiian (Pearson et al. 1971). Analysis suggested that the dune contained a stratified deposit representing one of the earliest occupations in the Hawaiian. In spring and summer of 1975 we conducted further archaeological work at 018 and adjacent sites. The aim present paper is to review some of the problems in the past analysis, to the recent research data and interpretations,...
The Early History of the Tempe Canal Company (1965)
In 1892 Judge Joseph H. Kibbey, one of Arizona's illustrious pioneers, described the Salt River Valley before the settlers came as a desert, uninhabited except by jack rabbits, coyotes, and rattlesnakes. Its main vegetation was sagebrush and cactus. It was a level, fertile valley about fifteen miles wide, through which the Salt River flowed west for forty miles to its junction with the Gila. The Salt River was a fluctuating stream. Sometimes it was a raging torrent which flooded the level land...
Fifteen Years on the Rock: Archaeological Research, Administration, and Compliance on Black Mesa, Arizona (1983)
The Black Mesa Archaeological Project has been conducting field investigations and archaeological research in northeastern Arizona since 1967. The work is contracted for by Peabody Coal Company in order to comply with federal, state, and tribal statutes. The longevity of the project, as well as its size and complexity, affords a unique opportunity to evaluate and refine research, project administration, and legal compliance procedures. In most situations, clear advantages have resulted from the...
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Site Patterning on the Middle Gila River, Arizona (2004)
Archaeologists reconstruct settlement patterns from the spatial distribution of archaeological sites, features, and artifacts that are found as part of a modern physical landscape. This physical landscape is made up of active and inactive landforms. In order to accurately interpret archaeological survey data, it is important to understand the types and origins of the landforms on which these cultural remains occur (Barton et al. 1999, 2002; Butzer 1982; Bettis and Mandel 2002; Waters and...
Historic Places: Randolph Wins Approval to be Placed on National Register, Newspaper Clipping (1996)
Newspaper clipping from the newspaper, Wingspread, detailing the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) approval of the Randolph Field Historic District.
In from the Cold: DoD Cold War Cultural Resources Newsletter (1996)
A newsletter aiming to provide a forum to share findings, questions and concerns, to assist one another in resolving issues, and to provide cultural resources personnel within the DoD a regular update on Cold War- related projects, legislation, meetings and other key events. Article features list of Cold War Era-related studies and projects at DoD installations across the United States.
An Iroquoian Pipe Find in Michigan (1968)
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.
Late-Wisconsin Event in the Upper Cook Inlet Region, Southcentral Alaska (1995)
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) presents Short Notes on Alaska Geology 1995, the ninth issue in this series. There are ten papers, two each in Quaternary geology, structural geology, stratigraphy-sedimentology, and paleontology, and one each in economic geology and geochemistry. Almost all geographic regions of the State are represented. Overall, they reflect the wide range of subjects and broad geographic distribution of current geologic research in...
Lessons From the White Mountain Planning Unit: a Small-Sample Survey Design for Large Areas (1977)
Archeological research confronts its practitioners with a series of challenges. At the most general level such challenges are couched in terms of who, when, where, and even perhaps why and how questions. For those engaged in "applied" research--cultural resource management or CRM--additional challenges are presented; the archeologist is accountable to the contracting agent for the expenditure of funds, for timely performance, for providing required information--in short for the CRM practictioner...
Newspaper Clipping, Painting Reveals Glimmer of Maxwell's Past (1993)
Newspaper clipping dated February 12, 1993 from the Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch of an article describing the painting on the floor of Simler Hall, Building 836, at Maxwell AFB. Painting shows the airfield configuration dating to the late 30s or early 40s.
Newspaper: Texas Historical Commission Looks at Randolph Buildings (1994)
Wingspread newspaper article detailing the Texas Historical Commission looking at the Randolph Field Historic District.
Randolph Air Force Base - 67 Years and Going Strong (1997)
Wingspread Supplement Newspaper article detailing the history of Randolph Air Force Base.
Randolph Air Force Base Wingspread Newspaper Clippings (2001)
Various Wingspread newspaper clippings regarding Randolph Air Force Base, including: - "Randolph Named Landmark" by Jennifer Valentin (2001) - "The Eighth Annual Cotton Bowl" by Felix R. McKnight (1944?) - "Football Tribute to Past Team: 65th Annual Cotton Bowl Celebrates Randolph Ramblers" by Jennifer Valentin (2001) - "Criticism Builds Over Randolph Remodeling" by Dan Trotta - "Taj Hits Half-Century Mark" (1981) - "Lt. Clark Created the Taj" by SSgt. Dave Jones (1981)
Religious Beliefs of Early Great Lakes Indians (1957)
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THE SAPELO SHELL RING COMPLEX: SHALLOW GEOPHYSICS ON A GEORGIA SEA ISLAND (2004)
The Sapelo Shell Ring complex, located on Sapelo Island, Georgia, consists of three large circular shell mounds and numerous smaller amorphous shell middens. Today, one of the rings is highly visible; however, the two other rings and the nonring middens have little surface relief and are virtually invisible. In fact, the location and very existence of the two other rings has been debated for some time. Recent geophysical survey, however, has located the subsurface remains of the two...
SHPO Correspondence: Air Force Puts Preservation on Hold (1992)
SHPO correspondence including response to an article from the Texas Historical Commission newsletter, The Medallion, entitled "Air Force puts preservation on hold". This article and associated correspondence discusses modifications, initiated without the Texas Historic Council's authorization, made to 1930s-era buildings at Randolph Air Force Base which were potentially eligible for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listings.
Site location and metadata from: Great houses, shrines, and high places: Intervisibility in the Chacoan world (2016)
These are the site location and metadata used in: Ruth M. Van Dyke, R. Kyle Bocinsky, Tucker Robinson, and Thomas C. Windes, Great houses, shrines, and high places: Intervisibility in the Chacoan World, American Antiquity 81, pp. 205–230 (2016). See other datasets in this project for site viewsheds and the viewnets between sites. The data are in the GeoJSON format, and link to the other files in this project using the "UNIQUE_ID" field. The file should be readable by most modern GIS...
Some Prehistoric Michigan Pottery Pipes (1957)
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.
A Spin Around the Field, The Service News, Randolph Field Edition (1931)
An article by Lieutenant Norfleet G. Bone, Army Landscape Expert, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The article touts the completion of Randolph Field - the newest, largest, and most modern air field in the world. It gives an overview of the buildings and grounds of Randolph Air Field, as well as the landscape development throughout the property.
Supporting Information for: Visible Wealth in Past Societies: A Case Study of Domestic Architecture from the Hawaiian Islands (2023)
Supporting Information for: Title: Visible Wealth in Past Societies: A Case Study of Domestic Architecture from the Hawaiian Islands Authors: Mark D. McCoy, Joseph L. Panuska
Viewnet data from: Great houses, shrines, and high places: Intervisibility in the Chacoan world (2016)
These are the site viewnet data used in: Ruth M. Van Dyke, R. Kyle Bocinsky, Tucker Robinson, and Thomas C. Windes, Great houses, shrines, and high places: Intervisibility in the Chacoan World, American Antiquity 81, pp. 205–230 (2016). See other datasets in this project for site data, locations, and viewsheds. The data are a network in the Graph Modeling Language (GML) format where nodes are the sites, and edges represent intervisibility between sites. The nodes are named using the...
Virtuoso Hohokam Flintknapping in the Gila Bend Region (2010)
State Route 260 is mentioned in this article about flintknapping in the Gila Bend region.
Working For Community: The Yaqui Indians at the Salt River Project (1996)
After fifty years of service,Juan Martinez retired from the Salt River Project on June 20, 1968. From the age of seventeen, Martinez had worked alongside hundreds of other Yaqui Indians maintaining the Salt River Valley’s irrigation system. For much of that time, he lived and raised his family in a company-owned labor camp—one of the largest Yaqui settlements in Arizona. At the camp, corporate interests cultivated the Indian community in a mutually beneficial arrangement that supported the...