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Under the direction of Dr. Ronald Hicks, the Archaeological Resources Management Service of Ball State University performed an archaeological reconnaissance in preparation to create two proposed waterfowl marshes. One of the marshes was to be a two-acre marsh, constructed just south of the Union County line in Franklin County. The other waterfowl marsh was to be constructed in Union County along the valley of Elly’s Creek and would inundate some 45 acres of former farmland. The reconnaissance...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979
Following a request from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, an archaeological field reconnaissance was completed for the Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main near Peoria, Miami County, Indiana. The principal investigator was Ronald Hicks of Ball State University. The project involved the construction of 1600 feet of force main and a lift station between the two existing treatment plants. The field reconnaissance, conducted on April 28, 1979, was an intensive pedestrian survey of the...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Quakertown Recreation Area 1980
In 1980, an archaeological field reconnaissance was conducted by Dr. Ronald Hicks of Ball State University on the area affected by the proposed improvements to the Quakertown Recreational Area in Liberty Township, Union County, near Dunlapsville, Indiana. Since vegetation obscured ground surface visibility, the entire area was shovel probed at 30-foot intervals. The survey and shovel probe testing revealed no cultural material. Neither the owner of a nearby farm nor an employee at the Quakertown...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Salamonie Reservoir Visitor’s Center 1980
An archeological field reconnaissance led by Ronald Hicks from Ball State University was carried out for the proposed Visitor’s Center at Lost Bridge State Recreation area on the Salamonie Reservoir, Indiana. No significant cultural remains were found during the surface and subsurface survey or as a result of shovel probe tests. Thus, it was recommended that the project be allowed to proceed without further archaeological assessment (Wepler 1980). The digital materials in this collection were...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Salamonie Reservoir Wildlife Ponds 1979
An archaeological field reconnaissance and literature search was completed for seven proposed wildlife ponds near the Salmonie Reservoir, Wabash County, Indiana by Ball State University for the Department of Natural Resources. The project was located on the north side of the Salamonie Reservoir approximately three miles south of the Salamonie dam. Two of the seven ponds were already present, but without water. The field reconnaissance was led by Ronald Hicks and conducted on June 14, 1979 to...
Archaeological Intensive Assessment of Huntington Municipal Airport (12HU1068) 1993
Starting in May 1993, at the request of MSE Corporation, a field reconnaissance of the Huntington Municipal Airport and surrounding area was conducted prior to the planned expansion of the airport and the construction of a new boat ramp access road located approximately one mile east of the airport (Zoll 1993). At this time USACE, Louisville District owned some of the land involved in this investigation. Donald R. Cochran from Ball State University was the principal investigator for this...
Archaeological Investigation and Remote Operated Vehicle Documentation: Confederate Commerce Raider CSS Alabama (Legacy 02-109)
This report presents a discussion of the diving operations, artifact recovery, and imaging of the CSS Alabama conducted in French waters in 2002. Efforts were hampered by technical and weather difficulties.
Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977
This collection is referred to as "Archaeological Investigation of Fort Norfolk (44NR1) 1977.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) linear inch. The documents date from 1977 to 1979. The investigation primarily occurred in 1977, which explains the date in the project name. The range of dates includes additional archaeological catalogs dating to 1979. The majority of the documents were...
Archaeological Investigation of Site 46SU633 1997
Gray and Pape, Inc., a cultural resource management firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio, conducted fieldwork at site 46SU633 in the Bluestone Reservoir in the Huntington District of West Virginia in September and October 1997. The fieldwork consisted of shovel testing and unit excavation. There is no report available for this investigation so it is not known why the investigation was initiated for site 46SU633. Due to the lack of information for the investigation it was named after the site number...
Archaeological Investigation, East Land Range No. 1, Naval Recreation Center Solomons (2008.027)
This project contains artifact catalogs, excavation photographs, and photograph records for salvage investigations of site 18STX87 located at East Land Range No. 1, Naval Recreation Center Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland
Archaeological Investigations at Indian Cove (9LC24) 1985
This collection is referred to as “Archaeological Investigations at Indian Cove (9LC24) 1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and a half (1.5) linear inches. The documents date from 1985 to 2011. The investigation occurred in 1985, which explains the date of the project name. The range of dates includes further correspondence regarding the collection inventory and transfer. The documents were...
Archaeological Investigations at the Black Pond Site 38SU45, 38SU133, and 38SU145
These documents consist of a data recovery plan and report on data recovery from the Black Pond Sites (38SU136, 38SU137, 38SU141, 38SU145, and 38SU133). Correspondence between Shaw Air Force Base and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer and a macrobotanical report from the excavations are also included. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain province near the northwestern edge of Big Bay. one of the largest Carolina bays in South Carolina. Situated 50 km east of the Fall...
Archaeological Investigations at the Posey Site (18CH281) and 18CH282 Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (2005.012)
The two sites were located and initially tested during a survey of limited portions of the facility in 1985. At that time, the Posey Site was interpreted as a probable Contact Period deposit thought to date from ca. 1600 A.D. to an unknown terminal point. Several intact subsurface features were discovered, one of which yielded material radiocarbon dated to 1575 +/- 90 years A.D. The fieldwork conducted during the present investigation consisted of the excavation of 510 shovel test pits and 37...
Archaeological Investigations for the Fort McDowell Road Improvement Project
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) assisted the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) with cultural resource investigations in advance of widening and realigning portions of Fort McDowell Road (also known as Mustang Way). These improvements were required to facilitate increased road use associated with the construction and operation of the Fort McDowell Indian Community Irrigated Farmland Development Project. This project presents the results of these undertakings.
Archaeological Investigations for the Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 – 345kV Transmission Project
In May 2015, PacifiCorp (doing business as Rocky Mountain Power, Proponent) requested that SWCA Environmental Consultants conduct archaeological laboratory analyses and report preparation from data recovery testing and excavations conducted for the Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 – 345kV Transmission Project (Project).The 277.32-kilometer (172.32-mile) Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 – 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line runs from the existing Sigurd Substation in Sevier County, Utah, to the existing Red...
Archaeological Investigations, Hell Point 18AP69, U.S Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland (2006.021)
The following project page collects resources from 2006.021, archaeological investigations at Hell Point site (18AP69) at the U.S Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The project contains the following resources: site report for water line replacement (AP106), site report for parking lot construction (AP107).
Archaeological Investigations, Site 44HT27, Fort Monroe (FM2004.002)
Phase II evaluation studies were conducted at four loci at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The entire property of Fort Monroe, a National Historic Landmark, has been assigned the State site number of 44HT27. The loci studied in this report are Locus 1, Locus 15, Locus 18 and Locus 20 and a Phase III monitoring of portions of Locus 16. Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Inc. (TAA), Woodstock, Virginia, conducted the archeological research for Environment and Engineering, Inc., of Virginia...
Archaeological Investigations, Windsor Plantation (Site 44CE0110), Fort A.P. Hill (AP2012.002)
As part of a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Army Environmental Command, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. was tasked to complete the archaeological excavations at Site 44CE0110. The site is the probable core of Woodford Plantation (Windsor Plantation) with occupation from the 1700s to the mid-1900s. The location of a non-extant house is defined by a cellar depression. The brickwork suggests a construction date of the 1800s. Brick fragments and artifacts indicative of the occupation...
Archaeological Management and Investigations of Eight Sites at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina
From March 1 to April 18, 2004, New South Associates, Inc. (NSA) conducted Phase II archaeological investigations of eight sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR), Shaw Air Force Base, in Sumter County, South Carolina. This Phase II archaeological testing was conducted under subcontract with Geo-Marine, Inc., for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and Shaw Air Force Base. This Phase II investigation focused on eight sites both prehistoric and historic. The Phase...
Archaeological Monitoring of Four Well Field Sites on Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe Lands Near Leupp, Navajo County, Arizona
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) investigated a potential well field southwest of the community of Leupp on the Navajo Nation, and north of Meteor Crater on Hopi Tribal lands. Five well sites were originally identified to assess the overall potential for developing a well field to pump ground water for delivery by pipeline to the Peabody Coal Mine as well as to Hopi and Navajo communities. Under an on-call contract with Reclamation, at the request of Jon Czaplicki, Archaeological...
Archaeological Prospection for Ring-Midden Features in Southeastern New Mexico Using Lidar Data: An Experimental Study
SRI conducted an archaeological survey for ring-midden features using lidar data in three localities in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains and Sacramento Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. The unique shape and prominence of ring middens were identified by remote sensing data and then verified in the field within the sampled areas. The result supports the use of lidar data for project scoping and landscape-level studies, but cannot substitute for Section 106 inventory due to the...
An Archaeological Reassessment and Evaluation of Eight Site Clusters Around Horseshoe Reservoir, Tonto National Forest
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) undertook a field evaluation of eight site clusters (77 sites) around Horseshoe Reservoir, in the Tonto National Forest. The boundaries of the site clusters and the particular sites assessed were designated by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The goals of the project were to relocate previously recorded sites, replot them using a GPS, evaluate the accuracy and completeness of the existing site documentation and amend as necessary, and...
Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Huntington Wastewater Treatment Plant 1977
This collection is referred to as "Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Huntington Wastewater Treatment Plant 1977". This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box label. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The document in the investigation dates to June 1977. The document was originally housed in an acidic folder. A single metal staple was removed from the document, and the remaining staple holes were smoothed using a bone...
Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the investigative effort. This investigation had a final report and copies of the artifact catalog and field notes. The U.S....
Archaeological Remote Sensing Survey of Operation Neptune: The D-Day Landings at Omaha and Utah Beaches, Normandy, France (Legacy 01-131)
This report discusses a 3-year remote sensing survey off the Normandy coast to obtain additional information on U.S. naval losses during Operation Neptune. The Navy History Center will use this data to create a cultural resources management planning document and gain future research baseline data to evaluate site significance.