Cohongorooto: The Potomac Above the Falls: Archeological Indentification and Evaluation Study of C&O Canal National Historical Park Rock Creek to Sandy Hook (Mile Markers 0 to 59), Volume I
Louis Berger Group, Inc, Fiedel S, John Bedell, LeeDecker C. 2005. Cohongorooto: The Potomac Above the Falls: Archeological Indentification and Evaluation Study of C&O Canal National Historical Park Rock Creek to Sandy Hook (Mile Markers 0 to 59), 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 three-year archeological survey of the easternmost 59 miles of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal Park) for the National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Region, from 2003 through 2005. In recognition of the paucity of basic archeological data for the C&O Canal Park, and for other NPS properties in the National Capital Region, 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 based primarily on the NPS’s resource management needs under Section 110 rather than being driven by development or capital improvement projects within the park. The park’s total length of 184.5 miles was divided into three segments for the SAIP project. The research reported here focused on the southeastern segment comprising 59 miles between Georgetown and Sandy Hook (Figure 1). The NPS plans to fund future studies that will examine the archeology of the remainder of the C&O Canal NHP. In order to address multiple audiences most effectively—the general public, park, 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 mid-Potomac region, based upon 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 methods and findings. In organization and content, it more closely follows the professional standards of the cultural resource management industry, and it is intended for distribution only within the professional community. Whereas Volume I contains the historical narrative, Volume II concentrates on a presentation of the prehistoric research. Volume III, also intended for limited distribution, contains additional technical materials and appendices, including artifact inventories, a summary list of radiocarbon dates, and transcripts of the archival documents that are most important to the historical narrative contained in Volume I.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Louis Berger Group, Inc; Fiedel, Stuart; John Bedell; LeeDecker, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 2005-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CHOH , NCR
- Keywords
- Algonquian, AOA, archaeology, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Civil War, Colonial Patents, Conestoga, Delaware Swedes, Ericksons, Ferries, Heaters Island, Henry Fleet, Hickman Cemetery, Indians, Iroquois, Martin Chartier, Monocacy River, Nilssons, Opessa's Town, Palisades, Piscataways, Potomac Expedition, Potomac River, Potowmack Company, Servants, Settlers, Shawnee, Slaves, Sugarlands Settlements, Swedish Frontiersmen, Tenants, Tuscarora