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What you should know about archaeological finds on construction sites
The recent discovery of long buried crypts during a routine water main replacement project in New York City’s Washington Square Park should serve as a reminder to developers and their contractors that a review of archaeological records should be an important part of their due diligence prior to beginning construction, according to CBRE Valuation & […]
December 30, 2015
Workforce
Construction crew uncovers Native American remains likely hundreds of years old in Colorado
During the installation of a drainage pipe at a new housing development in Colorado, a construction crew was forced to place a call to the local coroner after discovering a skull. According to KKTV News, archaeologist Thomas Carr examined the skull and excavated the site, located in Fountain, for several hours, eventually uncovering an entire […]
August 10, 2015
Workforce
Workers uncover ancient human remains, artifacts on Washington jobsite
While digging on a renovation job at an RV lot in Yakima, Washington, last week, a construction crew uncovered what could be some of the oldest Native American artifacts found in a region first inhabited by tribes of the Yakama Nation. According to a report from NBC Right Now, one of the workers had begun hand-digging with about […]
May 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Michigan DOT earns Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation
Work performed by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to preserve Native American artifacts found during the M-231 project has earned the department, and the six tribes involved in the effort, the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation. Construction on M-231 began in spring 2011 and will stretch from M-45, a.k.a. Lake Michigan Drive, to the Interstate 96/M-104/112th […]
April 9, 2015
Construction Equipment
Hotel construction unearths beer mugs, liquor bottles and a bar dating back to before the Revolutionary War
Archaeologists are excavating the construction site of a 22-story hotel on The Bowery in New York City, which has been occupied since the 1740s, in order to preserve any history that may be hiding in the soil. And recently they made a big discovery. According to a report from DNAInfo New York, Chrysalis Archaeology discovered hundreds […]
May 14, 2014
Construction Equipment
Utility construction crew unearths 2,000-year-old skeletal remains in South Florida
While digging the trench for a water line installation a few weeks ago in Davie, Florida, a utility crew discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Tequesta Indian woman. Archaeologists in the area rarely find fully intact skeletons and are saying that this discovery may be the best preserved find in the last 40 years, according […]
January 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
Crews uncover slew of historical artifacts in construction of Britain’s Crossrail commuter line
While tunneling for the 13-mile underground section of Britain’s 73-mile, $23 billion Crossrail commuter line, crews uncovered about 2,000 years-worth of historical artifacts, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The crews found the artifacts about 16 to 20 feet below ground. “This site is a rare, perhaps unprecedented opportunity,” Nick Elsden, […]
August 21, 2013
Construction Equipment
Construction of London railway uncovers a millennium’s worth of historical artifacts
The 73-mile, $23 billion Crossrail commuter line is Britain’s largest construction project. Tunneling for the project’s 13-mile underground rail is advancing at a rate of 330 feet per week, and while constructing an exciting part of London’s future, the crews have uncovered a great deal of the city’s past. In the 16 to 20 feet […]
August 20, 2013
Construction Equipment
NYC construction crew digs up artifacts from American Revolutionary era
While digging to replace utilities under New York City’s South Street Seaport, a construction crew uncovered several artifacts from the 18th century. Just as crews had begun digging the $40 million project, archaeologists hired by the city to monitor the process noticed “a host” of artifacts under Fulton Street, reports New York 1. Broken bottles, […]
August 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
Construction crews unearth 6,200-year-old wood carving in Wales
“In archaeological circles, this is the is equivalent to winning the lottery.” That was the reaction from Richard Scott Jones, an archaeologist from Heritage Recording Services Wales, to Wales Online after a construction crew unearthed an ancient wood carving in the UK country. Jones called the carving “priceless” and said it dates back 6,270 years to […]
August 13, 2013
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