Handbook for the Prehistory and History Relating to the Scott Joint-Use Project

Year: 2022

Summary

The Scott Project, directed by the Office of Contract Archaeology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, was initiated during 1988 in response to the planned construction of a civilian air cargo facility that is to operate jointly with the present Scott Air Force Base. The project area, located in southwestern Illinois in southeastern St. Clair county, encompasses nearly 4,000 acres. The projected expansion area encompasses a range of environmental and physiographic zones extending from the bottomlands of Silver Creek to the adjacent uplands. This area served as a background for a multitude of prehistoric groups for more than 11,000 years.

Cite this Record

Handbook for the Prehistory and History Relating to the Scott Joint-Use Project. Office of Contract Archaeology, Southern Illinois University. 2022 ( tDAR id: 470067) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8470067

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Dalton • Early Archaic • Early Woodland • Emergent Mississippian • Euroamerican • Historic • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • LOHMANN PHASE • Middle Archaic • Middle Woodland • Mississippian • MOOREHEAD PHASE • PaleoIndian • Pre-Civil War • Sand Prairie Phase • STIRLING PHASE • Woodland

Material
Atlatl • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Crab Orchard • Figurine • Florence Phase • Human Remains • Marion • Projectile Point • Turkey Tail blades • Wall-trench

Site Name
11-S-237 • 11-S-239 • 11-S-241 • 11-S-785 • 11-S-86 • Faust site • Knoebel • S-237 • S-239 • S-241 • S-785 • S-86

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Artifact Scatter • Burial Platform • Domestic Structures • Farmstead • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Log Cabin • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Pit • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research

General
Central Silver Creek Multiple Resource Area • Scott AFB • Scott Joint-Use Project

Geographic Keywords
American Bottom • Central Silver Creek Multiple Resource Area • Mascoutah Township • Scott Air Force Base • Scott Air Force Base Historic District • Shiloh Valley Township • Silver Creek • Silver Creek Floodplain • St. Clair (County)

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -89.914; min lat: 38.491 ; max long: -89.757; max lat: 38.589 ;

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Contact(s): Scott Air Force Base CRM Manager

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