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Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

2018

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A Pedestrian Survey Of A Temporary Building Pad Site And A 1000-Ft Roadway Segment On The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville Campus, Cameron County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor Jan 2018

A Pedestrian Survey Of A Temporary Building Pad Site And A 1000-Ft Roadway Segment On The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville Campus, Cameron County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In June 2015, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville (UTRGVB) (Client) contracted with Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI) to perform an intensive cultural resources survey for a temporary building pad site and a 1000-ft. road segment and accompanying parking lot to be constructed on the UTRGVB Campus, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. In addition, the asphalt pavement over an existing parking lot was to be removed. The project is sponsored and the right-ofway is owned by the University. Given these parameters, the project falls under the jurisdiction of the Antiquities Code of Texas as administered by the Texas Historical …


Archaeological Monitoring Of The Demolition Of A Historic Cistern Unassociated With The Stegman Building, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor, Steve A. Tomka Jan 2018

Archaeological Monitoring Of The Demolition Of A Historic Cistern Unassociated With The Stegman Building, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, Mark P. Luzmoor, Steve A. Tomka

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Raba Kistner Environmental, Inc. (RKEI) was contracted by Muñoz & Company (CLIENT) to conduct archaeological monitoring association with the proposed partial demolition of a historic cistern located within the footprint but under the floor of the historic Stegman Building, in Brownsville’s Historic Downtown District, Cameron County, Texas.

The monitoring was requested by the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and was initiated by the fact that the age of the cistern feature and its association with the Stegman Building was not clearly known. The Stegman Building, the Area of Potential Effect (APE), is located at the intersection of East 11th Street and …


Intensive Cultural Resources Survey For The Proposed Buena Vista Road Improvements, Ben Fullerton, Kristin Morgan Jan 2018

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey For The Proposed Buena Vista Road Improvements, Ben Fullerton, Kristin Morgan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) is proposing to improve Buena Vista Road, a two-lane, paved roadway accessing the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Cameron County, Texas. While the project is located within the Laguna Atascosa NWR, the roadway falls under the jurisdiction of Cameron County. The proposed project includes pavement reconstruction and widening by pulverizing and overlaying Buena Vista Road along a 2.7-mile (4.35 kilometer [km]) segment from the intersection of General Brant Road to the north entrance of the Laguna Atascosa NWR (Figure 1-1). The improvements will also include the installation …