Modoc Rock Shelter Site, IL (11R5) 1956 Excavation Project

Summary

The 1956 field season placed a deep excavation in the West Shelter area, and provided material from zones deeper than in previous years. An area approximately 20 x 30 feet was excavated in a contiguous block to circa 16 feet below the existing ground surface (the area had been subjected to removal of road fill). 117 5 x 5 foot units were excavated in 1-foot increments (levels). Dr. Melvin L. Fowler (Illinois State Museum) directed the excavations. The work was sponsored by the Illinois State Museum, the University of Chicago Department of Anthropology, a Wenner-Gren Foundation grant, and the Illinois State Museum Society.

Gastropod remains from the 1956 field season deep excavation in the West Shelter area were recovered via either hand picking or screening through 1/4" (6.4 mm) mesh.

In 1991, a sample of gastropods from the 1956 strata was chosen by Dr. Steven R. Ahler (Illinois State Museum) to represent a contiguous cross-section of the 1956 excavations. The gastropod samples from the 1956 excavation were identified by James L. Theler (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse). Theler's data were entered into an electronic database in 2015 by Mona Colburn (Illinois State Museum).

Cite this Record

Modoc Rock Shelter Site, IL (11R5) 1956 Excavation Project. ( tDAR id: 398927) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JW8GG8

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.085; min lat: 38.029 ; max long: -90.064; max lat: 38.07 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Bonnie Styles

Contributor(s): Mona Colburn

Repository(s): Illinois State Museum

Source Collections

Illinois State Museum

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Datasets

  1. Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset (1956)

Coding Sheets

  1. Coding sheet for Aquat/Terres (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2016)
  2. Coding sheet for Aquat/Terres (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2016)
  3. Coding sheet for CulturalAffiliation (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2015)
  4. Coding sheet for Element (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2015)
  5. Coding sheet for Recovery (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2016)
  6. Coding sheet for Site (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2016)
  7. Coding sheet for Taxon (Modoc Rock Shelter, IL (11R5)-1956 West Shelter Gastropod dataset) (2015)