Recent Archeological Salvage Operations in the Missouri Basin

Author(s): Richard Wheeler

Year: 1955

Summary

This is a reprint from “Progress, Missouri River Basin,” a Quarterly Report of the Interior Missouri Basin Field Committee, October-December, 1955. This document reports on archeological projects carried out during the summer of 1955. Three field units of the Missouri Basin Project of the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys and four field parties sponsored by State institutions, in cooperation with the National Park Service, carried out archeological projects in two dam and reservoir areas along the Missouri River and in four reservoir areas along tributaries of the Missouri. These undertakings have contributed substantially to knowledge of the aboriginal cultures of the Missouri Basin in protohistoric and late prehistoric times.

Cite this Record

Recent Archeological Salvage Operations in the Missouri Basin. Richard Wheeler. Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Project. 1955 ( tDAR id: 391146) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82V2H24

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Keywords

Culture
Arikara • Bennett Focus • Chouteau Aspect • Early Ceramic Period • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • La Roche Focus • Late Ceramic Period • Middle Ceramic Period • Monroe Focus • Snake Butte Focus • Stanley Focus • Teton Dakota • Thomas Riggs Focus • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal

Site Name
Buffalo Pasture Site • Cheyenne River Site • Crow Creek Site • Leavitte Site • Mathison Site • Philip Ranch Site • Swan Creek Site • Thomas Riggs Site

Site Type
Ancient Church / Religious Structure • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Archaeological Feature • Burial Pit • Cemetery • Church / Religious Structure • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House Mound • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Palisade • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Storage Pit • Sweat House / Sweat Lodge • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Brass Bracelets • Glass Beads • Iron Bracelets • Stanley Braced Rim Ware • Stanley Wavy Rim

Geographic Keywords
Fort Randall Reservoir • Glendo Reservoir • Marias River • Merritt Reservoir • Missouri River • Montana • Nebraska • North Dakota • Oahe Dam • Oahe Reservoir • Pactola Reservoir • Skunk Island • South Dakota • Tiber Reservoir • Wyoming

Spatial Coverage

min long: -116.104; min lat: 39.755 ; max long: -94.834; max lat: 49.136 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Comlumbia University; Nebraska State Historical Society; University of Kansas; University of South Dakota; State Historical Society of North Dakota; University of North Dakota

Collaborator(s): National Park Service

Repository(s): Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

Prepared By(s): Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Project

Notes

General Note: This document contains images of burial and lodge excavations from the Leavitt Site (39ST215) and Mathison Site (39ST16).

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