Artifact Catalog, Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir

Creator(s): Veterans Curation Program

Year: 2018

Summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone‐Berger, JV.

The procedures employed to re‐house the archaeological material from the Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir investigation are discussed below and follow those procedures utilized by the Alexandria VCP laboratory. In the re‐housing process of each investigative effort of the USACE, Huntington District collection, the same standard procedures and Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site guidelines were followed. Upon completion of the curation management project, the collection was sent to Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site for permanent curation.

The procedures employed by the St. Louis VCP to rehouse the archaeological material from the Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir investigation are discussed in the Artifact Report. The report can be found in tDAR at https://core.tdar.org/document/447080

Cite this Record

Artifact Catalog, Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir. Veterans Curation Program. Alexandria, VA: Cogstone-Berger, JV. 2018 ( tDAR id: 447273) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447273

Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: Boxes 1-4

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Date of Collection VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Material Class VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Artifact Description VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Count BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Weight (g) DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Comments VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Photographed by VCP VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
New Box Number BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Lot Number VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Provenience VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Site Number VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Principal Investigator VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Investigating Organization VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Years of Investigation VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Subject Property VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
US Army Corps of Engineers District VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Investigation Name VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
VCP ID VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Table Information: Sheet2

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Category 1 VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Charcoal BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Baked clay VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Antler VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Fragment VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Biface VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Hematite VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Modified VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Material
Ceramic • Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell

Site Name
44GS5 • 46MC1 • 46ME19 • 46ME20 • 46ME21 • 46SU10 • 46SU165 • 46SU191 • 46SU20 • 46SU208 • 46SU22 • 46SU23 • 46SU28 • 46SU29 • 46SU39 • 46SU47 • 46SU48 • 46SU49 • 46SU50 • 46SU52 • 46SU53 • 46SU55 • 46SU56 • 46SU9

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management

General
Collections Management • Lithic

Geographic Keywords
Bluestone Reservoir • Virginia (State / Territory) • West Virginia (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.99; min lat: 37.451 ; max long: -80.747; max lat: 37.679 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Repository(s): Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the VCP, and include an artifact catalog, artifact photographs, and an artifact report. Additional materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs and artifact catalog.

Source Collections

Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir collection stored at Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site.

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
ArbitraryCollectionsatBluestoneReservoir_Catalog.xlsx 120.48kb Nov 27, 2018 12:06:07 PM Public
  • Translated version ArbitraryCollectionsatBluestoneReservoir_Catalog_translated.xlsx (87.33kb)
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