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Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 48, No. 2, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• The Pennsylvania Connection: Jasper at Massachusetts Sites (Barbara E. Luedtke)
• Saving a Late Archaic Workshop from the Backhoe (William E. Moody)
• Analysis of a Copper Artifact from the Palmer Site, Westfield, Massachusetts (James W. Bradley and S. Terry Childs)
• In Memoriam: Roy C. Athearn (Ruth Carol Barnes)
• In Memoriam: Roland Wells Robbins (Elizabeth A. Little)
• Index to Volumes 39 through 48, 1978-1987

The Uses Of Maya Structures: A Study Of Architecture And Artifact Distribution At Sepulturas, Copan, Honduras, Julia A. Hendon

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This dissertation presents a compositional analysis of the architecture and a distributional analysis of the associated artifacts resulting from excavation of some ninety buildings dating from the Late to Terminal Classic Period at the Maya site of Copan, Honduras. The study of all artifacts recovered from primary contexts, both in situ and redeposited, focuses first on a determination of their function, second on an analysis of their distribution within the site, and third on their associations with one another in order to identify the kinds of activities carried out at various locations. A second line of evidence used is the …

Bulletin Of The Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Vol. 48, No. 1, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society

• Editor’s Note (Elizabeth A. Little)
• An Aboriginal Basketry Fragment from Lake Cochituate, Natick, Massachusetts (James B. Petersen, Tonya Largy, and Robert W. Carlson)
• The Granfield Site (John P. Pretola)
• Artifact, Purpose Unknown, Natick, Mass. (Philip Brady)
• Culture’s Pitfills: The Evidence for Prehistoric Backfilling (Curtiss Hoffman)
• Impressions of a Husband, Montgomery, Alabama (David H. Dimmick)

Introduction To Perspectives On Archaeological Resources Management In The "Great Plains", Alan J. Osborn, Robert C. Hassler

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

The past two decades of archaeological investigations in the United States have been shaped significantly by cultural resource management (CRM) legislation. Although federal laws designed to protect the nation's archaeological record can be traced to the late 1800s, necessary funding was not made available for extensive work until 1974 with passage of the Moss-Bennett Bill (Judge 1982). The availability of federal monies for archaeological investigations at this time was unprecedented. Marked changes occurred in the discipline of archaeology that involved disruption of the traditional ties linking academic institutions and archaeological research throughout the country (Fowler 1982; Brose 1985).

Scientific Research Programmes: Toward A Synthesis And Evaluation Of Crm Archaeology, Alan J. Osborn

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Archaeologists involved in conservation archaeology and/or cultural resource management have frequently been confronted with the dilemma described by Fowler (1982). Cultural resource management projects most generally have to be conducted within a restricted geographical area within a specified period of time. Many archaeologists have chosen to deal with the resource management dilemma in one of three ways. First, there are those that have chosen to view cultural resource management primarily as a professional service. Practitioners of "service" archaeology conduct archaeological surveys and excavations in order to determine the frequency, location, and extent of cultural remains within a specified area. Investigations …

Archaeological Conservation As Process And Product: A Federal Perspective, Ronald D. Anzalone

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Countless books and articles have either explored in some depth, or at least touched upon, the conservation of our cultural heritage. For the purposes of this volume, it would be an exercise in futility to attempt to detail current procedural requirements for historic preservation through various federal statutes and regulations. A number of sources have attacked this task in the past (e.g., Scovill, Gordon and Anderson 1977; King, Hickman, and Berg 1977). None has managed to provide completely up-to-date information on even the regulatory oscillations current that year, and there have been a myriad of changes since 1977. If there …

Knife River Indian Villages Archaeological Program: An Overview, F. A. Calabrese

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

The Knife River Indian Villages are located in North Dakota near the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers, just north of the contemporary town of Stanton, North Dakota. They lie within the area between the Garrison Dam to the north and the Oahe Reservoir to the south, the last remaining unflooded segment of the Missouri River valley in the Dakotas. Within the area are river floodplains, terraces, dissected breaks and upland rolling terrain. Forests occur on the floodplain and lower terraces with a variety of native and exotic grasses found on the breaks and uplands. A number of relatively …

"Preface" To Perspectives On Archaeological Resources Management In The "Great Plains", Alan J. Osborn, Robert C. Hassler

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

When faced with compiling an edited volume addressing cultural resources management the overriding problem is to maintain some resemblance of contemporanity with the current status of the field. Major changes have occurred over the last decade within "contract", "salvage" or "conservation" archaeology, now commonly referred to as cultural resources management. Some of these changes are due to additional state, provincial and federal rules, regulations and statutes requiring consideration of cultural materials to be affected by public "undertakings" in North America. Other changes are resultant of the boom and bust cycle of public-licensed private developments. The constant state of flux in …

Distribution Archaeology: Survey, Mapping, And Analysis Of Surface Archaeological Materials In The Green River Basin, Wyoming, James I. Ebert, Signa Larralde, Luann Wandsnider

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Archaeology in America today is in a quandary. This is especially true for that portion of the profession responsible for investigating and managing the surface archaeology of large tracts of land. The quandary concerns how to maximize the amount of information about the archaeology of an area given finite budgets. Predictive modeling, a technique for projecting knowledge derived from a sample to its universe, has been proposed as one response to this dilemma. We shall present another response, distributional archaeology, which is designed to collect quality information about the archaeological record and is consistent with the formation and structure of …

17-An Archaeological Survey Of The Middle St. Joseph River Valley In St. Joseph County, Michigan, William M. Cremin, David De Fant, Conrad Kaufman, Sherry Wykstra, Brian Deroo

Archaeological Reports

Between 2-19 Jun 86, a team of researchers from Western Michigan University conducted a reconnaissance level survey of a 63.5 km² transect across the St. Joseph River Valley in Leonidas and Colon Townships, St. Joseph County, Michigan. They gained access to 77 parcels of farmland affording good to excellent surface visibility and aggregating 15.3 km 2 , or 24% of the entire study area. In the process, 87 new archaeological sites were located and recorded; another three sites were recorded on the basis of documentary evidence reviewed during the course of the project.

For each of 16 sampling strata …

76-An Archaeological Survey Of The Eagle Lake And Buchanan Public Access Sites For The Michigan Department Of Natural Resources (Er-9381), William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Pursuant to receipt of authorization from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DPD No. 87-GA8562, dated 3 Apr 87) for a Phase I archaeological assessment of two properties in Kalamazoo and Berrien Counties, Michigan, archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan Univ.ersity began a literature, documents, and site files search and prepared to conduct on-site evalaution of the.project areas in order to determine if proposed construction of recreational facilities would have an adverse impact on potentially significant archaeological resources. There follows a report of fieldwork undertaken at the Eagle Lake Public Access in Texas Township, Kalamazoo County on 9 …

77-Archaeological Survey Of Department Of Natural Resources Property Including Proposed Boating Facilities At Presque Isle Harbor, Presque Isle County, Michigan (Er-2036), William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Pursuant to receipt of authorization from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (OPD No. 87-GA8903, dated 17 Jul 87) for a Phase I archaeological survey of property including proposed boating facilities at Presque Isle Harbor in Presque Isle County, Michigan, archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University began· a literature, documents, and site files search and prepared to conduct on-site evaluation of the project area in order to ascertaih whether proposed construction of recreational facilities would have an adverse impact on potentially significant < archaeological resources. There follows a report of fieldwork undertaken at Presque Isle Harbor on 2-3 Sep 87, together with appropriate background information and the recommendations derived from our program of research.

21-Archaeological Test Excavations At The Stork Site (2dcs45), Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, William M. Cremin

Archaeological Technical Reports

With the execution of a Cultural Resource Investigation work authorization (#5-86/87) under contract #85-1115 (MODS ER #1594) between the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan Department of State, and Western Michigan University, calling For Phase II archaeological excavation of that portion of the Stork site (20CS45) lying within the expanded right-of-way on the north side of US-12 in Section 1 of Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan, researchers from the Department of Anthropology began a literature, documents, and site file search, reviewed reports of previous work on the site, and undertook limited test excavations on 1-2 Nov 86 in order to …

22-Phase I Archaeological Survey And Reconnaissance Survey Of Above-Ground Resources Along Us-12 Fadm Us-127 In Woodstock Township To M-50 In Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, William M. Cremin, Joann Sporleder

Archaeological Technical Reports

With the execution of a Cultural Resource Investigation work authorization (#6-86/87) under contract #85-1115 (MOOS EA-00096), on 23 Jan 87 between the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan Department of State, and Western Michigan University, calling for a Phase I archaeological survey and reconnaissance survey of above-ground resources along a 12.1 km (7.5 mi) stretch of US-12 between US-127 and M-50 in Woodstock and Cambridge townships, Lenawee County, Michigan, the University undertook the following:

1. established an agreement with Crumlish/Sporleder and Associates, Inc. of South Bend, Indiana whereby this architectural firm would undertake the survey of above-ground resources in the zone …

78-Archaeological Site Location Survey Of The Patten Corporation Michigan Property On Lake Allegan In Allegan County, Michigan (Er-87396, Easement File #64), William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Pursuant to receipt oF authorization From.Mr. Patrick C. Regan, Manager Technical Specialists, Patten Corporation Michigan (dated 17 Sep 87), for a Phase I archaeological survey of 119 acres (48 ha) of corporate holdings on Lake Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, archaeologists in the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University began a literature, documents, and site file search and prepared to undertake an-site evaluation oF the project area in order to ascertain whether proposed development of the property would adversely impact potentially significant archaeological resources. There follows a report of fieldwork conducted on 24-25 Sep 87, together with appropriate background information and …

Dolores Archaeological Program: Anasazi Communities At Dolores: Early Small Settlements In The Dolores River Canyon And Western Sagehen Flats Area, U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This volume reports on a series of investigations on the Dolores River Canyon and the western Sagechen Flats area of the Dolores Project. Included in the collection are an overview of the Grass Mesa Locality with a summary of Dolores Archaeological Program systematizing the results of the 1979-1980 Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, and reports that describe excavations undertaken between 1979-1983. The excavated sites reported include Lemoc Shelter, Prince Hamlet, and Hamlet de la Olla.

Der Archäologe Und Der Tod: Archäologie Und Gerichtsmedizin By Steffen Berg, Renate Rolle, Henning Seemann (Review), Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Moravian Mission In The Forks Of The Delaware: Reconstructing The Migration And Settlement Patterns Of The Jersey Lenape During The Eighteenth Century Through Documents In The Moravian Archives, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Archaeology Films - Copán, 1985. El Mirador: A Preclassic City, 1985., Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.