Archaeological Reports

DHR no longer has hard copies available of archaeological publications. The publications listed below are now available as PDFs.

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Research Report Series

(Note: Many of these 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)
  • Appendices: References | Vessel Scatterings | Mattaponi Wreck Artifacts
• 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 August 20, 2021