The People of the Mountain: Archeological Overview, Assessment, Identification, and Evaluation Study of Catoctin Mountain Park Maryland, Volume I
Louis Berger Group, Inc, John Bedell, Katz G, Shellenhamer J, Kraus L, Groesbeck L. 2011. The People of the Mountain: Archeological Overview, Assessment, Identification, and Evaluation Study of Catoctin Mountain Park Maryland, Volume I. Public-Facing Archeology Synthesis Reports (containing non-sensitive information). Volume I. National Park Service
This is the first of three volumes reporting the results of a four-year archeological survey of the Catoctin Mountain Park carried out for the National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Region, from 2007 through 2010. When this study began, 10 archeological sites had been recorded in Catoctin Mountain Park, little was known of those sites, and much of the Park remained unexplored. To learn more about the archeological resources of the Park, and to assist the Park in managing those resources, funds were devoted to implement the Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program (SAIP) in this area. The SAIP was developed to address the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act (specifically Sections 106 and 110), Executive Order 11593, and the Archeological Resources Protection Act. The rationale for the archeological survey was primarily NPS resource management needs under Section 110 rather than being driven by development or capital improvement projects in the Park. In order to address multiple audiences most effectively—the general public, Park staff, NPS, review agency staff, and the archeological community—this report is organized in a way that differs from the standard cultural resource study. This volume (I) presents a narrative, designed for the general public, of the prehistory and history of the mountain, based on the archival and archeological field investigations; it is intended for the non-technical reader and does not contain specific information about site locations. Volume II provides a more technical description and assessment of the project’s research goals, methods, and findings. In organization and content, it more closely follows the professional standards of the cultural resource management industry and is intended for distribution only within the professional community. Volume III, also intended for limited distribution, contains additional technical materials and appendices, including artifact inventories and detailed chains of title for many park properties.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Louis Berger Group, Inc; John Bedell; Katz, Gregory; Shellenhamer, Jason; Kraus, Lisa; Groesbeck, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2011-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CATO , NCR
- Keywords
- American revolution, AOA, Apples Church, archaeology, British Sailors, Brown family, CCC, Civil War, Gettysburg, OSS, paleoindian, quarries, Recreational Demonstration Area, Sawmill House, St. John's Lutheran Church, Terrace Garden, United Brethren Church, woodland, World War II