Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield, Taylor County, Kentucky
Author(s): W. Stephen McBride; Philip B. Mink; Edward R. Henry
Year: 2015
Summary
In 2011 McBride Preservation Services and the Kentucky Archaeological Survey conducted geophysical surveys and archaeological excavations of the Tebbs Bend Civil War Battlefield for the Tebbs Bend-Green River Bridge Battlefield Association and the American Battlefield Protection Program. This investigation consisted of archival research, military terrain analysis, geophysical surveys, and archaeological survey and testing and resulted in the discovery and exposure of sections of the forward Union rifle pits and the pre-battle Union stockade, as well as the recovery of numerous Civil War era artifacts.
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Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield, Taylor County, Kentucky. W. Stephen McBride, Philip B. Mink, Edward R. Henry. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 433768)
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Keywords
General
Battlefield
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Civil War
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Geophysical Survey
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th century, American Civil War
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 286