Archaeological Investigations at 40DV7

2019 ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Tanya M. Peres ◽  
Aaron Deter-Wolf ◽  
Kelly L. Ledford ◽  
Joey Keasler ◽  
Ryan W. Robinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Basic Site ◽  
State University ◽  
Davidson County ◽  
Middle Tennessee State University ◽  
Radiocarbon Data ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Cumberland River ◽  
Site Chronology

The Middle Cumberland Archaeological Project is a multi-institution research effort launched in 2010 that includes archaeologists with Florida State University, the Tennessee Division of Archaeology, and Middle Tennessee State University, working together to identify and assess Archaic shell-bearing sites in the western Middle Cumberland River Valley of Tennessee. In 2012, the project investigated the substantial Archaic shell-bearing deposits at archaeological site 40DV7, located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, Tennessee. This interdisciplinary project gathered basic site-level data regarding the horizontal and vertical extent of cultural deposits, radiocarbon assays to determine site chronology, bulk and column samples for flotation and water-screening to aid in zooarchaeological analysis and paleoethnobotanical analysis, and geomorphological samples of the immediate environment. The results of the 2012 excavations, combined with earlier data collected by the senior authors, provide significant new data about the occupation history and freshwater shellfish composition of this site. In addition, radiocarbon data presented in this chapter reveal that 40DV7 manifests the longest continuous Archaic shell-bearing occupation yet identified in the region, spanning the period ca. 6500–4500 cal BP.

Geoarchaeology and Bayesian Statistical Modeling of Radiocarbon Dates from 40CH171, a Multicomponent Shell-Bearing Site in Cheatham County, Tennessee

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
D. Shane Miller ◽  
Thaddeus G. Bissett ◽  
Tanya M. Peres ◽  
David G. Anderson ◽  
Stephen B. Carmody ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Formation ◽  
State University ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
University Of Tennessee ◽  
Middle Tennessee State University ◽  
Blue Creek ◽  
Middle Archaic ◽  
Cumberland River ◽  
A Site ◽  
The University

Using multiple lines of evidence from 40CH171, including opportunistic sampling, geoarchaeology analysis, and Bayesian radiocarbon modeling, this chapter constructs a site formation process narrative based on fieldwork conducted from 2009 to 2010 by the University of Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University, and the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. This chapter argues that the shell-bearing strata were deposited relatively close to an active channel of the Cumberland River and/or Blue Creek during the Middle Holocene (ca. 7170–6500 cal BP). This was followed by an abrupt shift to sandier sediments, indicating that deposition after the termination of the shell-bearing deposits at the Middle Archaic/Late Archaic boundary took place in the context of decreasing distance from the site to the Cumberland River and Blue Creek.

METAL MIRRORS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF GORNO-ALTAI STATE UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 406-412
Author(s):  
Seregin N. ◽  
◽  
Konstantinov N. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
State University ◽  
Pazyryk Culture ◽  
Small Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Detailed Characteristic ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The article presents the characteristics of metal mirrors from the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Gorno-Altai State University. The history of the formation of this small collection, which includes four items from the burials of the Pazyryk culture of the Bike-III and Taldura-II necropolises, is considered. Due to the fact that publications devoted to the introduction into scientific circulation of the results of excavations of the indicated burials did not imply a detailed characteristic of metal mirrors, a description of these objects is given. It has been established that the analyzed finds from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of GAGU are represented by two types of products. All mirrors are relatively small in size, which is one of the important chronological features of such objects. The lifetime of products with similar characteristics is determined within the wide boundaries of the late 5th -early 3rd centuries BC with the possibility of limiting this period to the framework of the 4th century BC. Prospects for further comprehensive study of metal mirrors from museums in Altai and other regions are obvious. Keywords: metal mirror, altai, museum, archaeological site, Pazyryk culture

Editorial Comment

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Comment ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Integrated Program

The January 1971 JRME editorial included a discussion of the problem of incorporating or pulling together the large number of seemingly unrelated studies reported in the Journal. The suggestion was made for “Coordinated efforts in designing large ‘blocks’ of complementary studies in an area, under some common direction [p. 3].” An invitation was extended to researchers to submit papers that represent a coordinated research effort. The invitation was accepted by a group of researchers at the Pennsylvania State University, and this issue of JRME includes a collection of their papers, which were generated by just such a research program, entitled Toward a Theory of Sequencing: An Integrated Program of Research.

scholarly journals A Large Dutch Engineering Service Adopts the Best Value Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Elske Bosma ◽  
Marcus Van der Ven ◽  
Oscar Kerkhoven ◽  
Dean Kashiwagi ◽  
Isaac Kashiwagi
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
State University ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Working Together ◽  
And Control

The Best Value (BV) environment was introduced into the Netherlands in 2006. By 2008 testing was being done by a partnership of Arizona State University and Scenter (Sicco Santema, professor from Delft University). In 2010, the first significant test of the BV approach was done by the Rijkswaterstaat to deliver the $1B fast track infrastructure projects, and by 2015, the BV approach had become the “buzzword” of procurement and the professional procurement organization NEVI. However, in the delivery of professional engineering services, larger, more traditional services which were built on a system of relationships between clients and vendors, clients controlling the expert, and the importance of “billable man-hours”. The transition from a traditional approach to a BV approach is very challenging. Large traditional professional organizations naturally will have more difficulty adapting to the new approach. The BV approach utilized the expertise of experts to replace the need for relationships and owner management, direction and control (MDC). It also places less value on traditional practices that have been used by professional services to get business (relationships and working together with the client in a trust based relationship). The study captures the efforts of a very successful engineering firm (the second largest in the Netherlands) as they attempt to become successful in this new approach. The Best Value team that they have put together has had outstanding results in using the BV approach to changing their paradigm.

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