Archaeological Reports

DHR no longer has hard copies available of archaeological publications. Note that those reports without active links below are no longer publicly posted, as they contain archaeological site locations and/or other sensitive information.  The reports remain available to qualified researchers in the DHR’s archives.

Research Report Series

(Note: Some of these reports are large PDF files and may require a minute or more to download, pending connectivity.)

• No. 1: Colonial Plantation Hoes of Tidewater Virginia (1980)
• No. 2: Archaeological Test Excavations of Site 44RU7 at a Late Woodland Village in Lower Uplands of Southwest Virginia Russell County (1981)
• No. 3: Ceramic Study of Woodland Occupation Along the Clinch and Powell Rivers in Southwest Virginia (1987)
• No. 4: Archaeological Investigations of Sites 44JC70 and 44JC71 at Croaker Landing James City County (1988)
• No. 5: Native American Sites in a Fall Line Transition Study Area (1989)
• No. 6: Blacksmith Shops in Catawba, Virginia: Archeological and Historical Investigation (1994)
• No. 7: Archaeological Assessment of Sites 44PY7, 44PY43, 44PY152 at Leesville Lake, Pittsylvania County (1996)
• No. 8: Archaeological Investigations of Site 44SX202, Cactus Hill, Sussex County, Virginia (1997)
• No. 9: Native American Settlement at Great Neck: Report on VDHR Archaeological Investigations of Woodland Components at Site 44VB7, Virginia Beach (1998)
• No. 10: The Potomac Creek Site (44ST2) Revisited Stafford County (1999)
• No: 11: The Life of a Potter, Andrew Pittman (44FK528) Frederick County (2001)
• No. 12: Early Horticultural Settlement in the James River Piedmont: Excavations at the Partridge Creek Site (44AH193), Stapleton, Amherst County (2003)
• No. 13: The Williamson Clovis Site, 44DW1, Dinwiddie County, Virginia: An Analysis of Research Potential in Threatened Areas (2003)
• No. 14: Emergency Excavations at the Sawyer Site (44RN39), Area B: A Protohistoric Site in Roanoke County, Virginia (2004)
• No. 15: The Buzzard Rock Site (44RN2): A Late Woodland Dispersed Village Roanoke (2005)
• No. 16: The Bonham Site (44SM7): A Late Woodland Village Complex in Smyth County, Virginia (2005)
• No. 17: The Werowocomoco (44GL32) Research Project: Background and 2003 Archaeological Field Season Results Gloucester County (2007)
• No. 18: Archaeological Investigation of the Remains of Two Early 18th-Century Vessels in the Mattaponi River at Newington Plantation, King and Queen County (2013)
• No. 19: The Werowocomoco Research Project: 2004–2010 Seasons
• No. 21: High Plains Sappony of Person Co, NC & Halifax Co, VA: Sites of Significance in Christie Indian Settlement (2017)
• No. 22: The Millie Woodson-Turner Nottoway Reservation Allotment and Farmstead (2017)
• No. 23: Heritage Properties of Indian Town: The Mattaponi Indian Baptist Church, School, and Homes of Chiefly Lineages (2017)
• No. 24: The Nansemond Ghost Fleet: Archaeological Investigations of a Vessel Abandonment Area in Suffolk, Virginia (2020) (A print quality PDF is available. Contact DHR Archives.)

Technical Reports

• No. 1: Investigations at the Gravel Pit Site 44SX14 Sussex County (1989)
• No. 2: The Cullers Site-44PA128 Page County (1989)
• No. 3: The Fincastle Pottery-44BO304: Salvage Excavations at a 19th-Century Earthenware Kiln Located in Botetourt County (1990)
• No. 4: Archaeological Investigations of Site 44NH8 at the Church Neck Wells Site, Northampton County (1997)
• No. 5: Archaeological Salvage Excavations at Site 44GL320: A Middle Woodland/Early Colonial Site in Gloucester County (1999)
• No. 6: Portsmouth Shipwreck (44PM52) Portsmouth (2006)
• No. 7: The James River Bluff Site (44SY0162), Surry County, Virginia: A Middle Woodland Riverine Encampment 
• No. 8: The Chippokes Plantation Swimming Pool Site (44SY0253), Surry County, Virginia: A 17th-Century Site

Survey and Planning Report Series

• No. 1: Archaeological Survey in Virginia: Toward Preservation Planning (1988)
• No. 2: An Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of Craig County, Virginia (1991)
• No. 3: An Assessment of Virginia’s Underwater Cultural Resources (1994)
• No. 4: Archeological Investigations of Site 44CF7, Falling Creek Ironworks and Vicinity, Chesterfield County Virginia (1995)
• No. 5: Archaeological Investigations at Site 44CF102: Osbornes Town Site, Chesterfield County (1997)
• No. 6: Archaeological Survey of the Chesapeake Bay Shorelines Associated with Accomack County and Northampton County, Virginia (2001)
• No. 7: Archaeological Survey of the Atlantic Coast Shorelines Associated with Accomack County and Northampton County, Virginia (2003)

Reports of Note, Not Affiliated with DHR:

• Algonquian Cultures of the Delaware and Susquehanna River Drainages: A Migration Model (2019)
  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, National Park Service; prepared by William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research, The College of William and Mary
• “… They Live Much Upon Oysters Getting Vast Quantities of ’em and So Roast ’em in a Fire”: Archaeological Data Recovery at the Gouldman Oyster Shell Midden Site (2012)
  Westmoreland County, Site 44WM0304; prepared by William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research, The College of William and Mary

Updated February 28, 2022