At the 1975 Annual Plains Archaeological Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, a slightly modified version of the paper presented below was given at a symposium on Cultural Resources Management. The present paper is offered as an aid to archeologists working with Read More …
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Historic Context Study of the Purgatoire River Region
This historic context study is intended to accompany the survey project Colorado Preservation, Inc. conducted in the Purgatoire River Region of southeastern Colorado. The following contexts have been developed to provide a framework for understanding the history and significance of Read More …
Pawnee Geography Historical And Sacred (1853)
The earth is a fundamental religious symbol for American Indian peoples. Among horticultural and hunting tribes alike, Mother Earth is the female principle, the expression of fertility and creator of life, begetting vegetation, animals, and humans. In this elemental role Read More …
Acquisition of Resort Property Located in Indian Springs, Nevada: Environmental Assessment
The Proposed Action includes acquisition of approximately 16.9 acres of resort property in Indian Springs, Nevada. The activities associated with the acquisition would include the demolition of all existing privately owned buildings and structures, underground fuel tank abatement, land restoration, Read More …
An Early Example of Public Archaeology in the United States: Nauvoo, Illinois, 1962–1969
Although public archaeology has become increasingly popular since the 1980s, there were archaeologists engaged with the public well before this time. Yet, there have been very few attempts to document these early examples of public archaeology in the United States. Read More …
Trade Beads From Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Vancouver (1829-1860), Vancouver, Washington
Archaeological excavations conducted at Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Vancouver recovered 100,000+ trade beads of 152 varieties, including 80 varieties of drawn, 57 varieties of wound, JO varieties of mold-pressed and 3 varieties of blown glass beads, as well as one Read More …
Markers For Remembrance: The Mormon Trail
Some months ago a lost marker was brought to the Iowa Historical Museum. It was wooden, the carving weathered and a little forlorn. It looked as though it had been hiding in a fence comer for a dozen hard Iowa Read More …
Determining the Age of GLO-mapped Trail Networks
Between 1833 and 1861, the Government Land Office (GLO) mapped almost 11,000 km of trails in Iowa. It is unknown if substantial portions of this GLO-mapped trail system predate the arrival of Euro-Americans; it is possible they were established in Read More …
A Cultural Resources Testing Program, Holbrook, Arizona
National Register of Historic Places. The three components at the Archer site consisted of a BIII-PI farmstead, a possible PII-III farmstead, and early 20th century artifact scatter. The Thompson House included (1) a. component that might be contemporaneous with earliest Read More …
Obed: Death of a Mormon Colony
An apparently ideal location turned dangerous not long after the Mormon colonists chose the site on which to build the Obed Fort in 1876. The site was located next to two freshwater springs feeding a lush cienega, full of cattails Read More …