Archaeology

The GPR unit at work. Surveying the site with the radar. Photo: RMC Consultants, Inc. http://www.rmc-consultants.net

Ground Penetrating Radar by TAG Research by Sturm Inc. http://tagrsi.com/index.htm and Geophysical Investigations Inc.

GPR work on the site of 5DV12345. Photo: RMC Consultants, Inc. http://www.rmc-consultants.net

Ground Penetrating Radar by TAG Research by Sturm Inc. http://tagrsi.com/index.htm and Geophysical Investigations Inc.

Glass bottles uncovered in the duplex structure 9, The Vess Cola bottle dates to 1946. Photo: RMC Consultants, Inc. http://www.rmc-consultants.net

Excavated shoe remains from Structure 1. Photo: RMC Consultants, Inc. http://www.rmc-consultants.net

Reconstructed 1938 map showing the residences and business located in the 12th and Broadway area. Information for this map came the 1938 Denver Householder Directory and the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.

Prior to excavation, a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over a large portion of the planned construction site. GPR works by sending radar waves into the ground, which then bounce off buried features such as walls and foundations. The results of the GPR survey suggested a number of possibly intact building foundations in the southeastern corner of the property. This helped the archaeologists focus their efforts on the portions of the site with buried features, thus making more efficient use of their time and providing valuable archaeological information.  Read more »

An interesting "Y-wall" excavated at the rear of the row houses.

Photo Credit: History Colorado

Archaeological excavations uncovered a number of intact utility pipes located on the north side of the row house.

Photo Credit: History Colorado

The excavation and "grid-ding" of excavation units in a nearly intact cellar on the west end of the row homes. Archival data suggests the debris came from the residence of Mildred T. Yale, a widow who lived at the site for nearly its entire period of occupation.

Photo Credit: History Colorado

A masonry tank that most likely served as a cesspit.

Photo: RMC Consultants, Inc. http://www.rmc-consultants.net