Huntington County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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A pedestrian reconnaissance survey led by William Wepler and Donald Cochran was conducted at the Huntington Reservoir between the fall of 1982 and winter of 1983. This survey took place along the Upper Wabash drainage in Huntington and Well counties. The survey was performed in two parts; first as an in-field survey above the level of the summer pool, which was oriented toward the cultivated areas, and second as a shoreline survey oriented towards the eroded areas. The investigation was...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance and Intensive Assessment at State Recreation Areas 1979
The archaeological field reconnaissance and intensive assessment at State Recreation Areas were initiated with a request from Boyd E. Phelps, Inc. to Ball State University under the direction of Ronald Hicks. The request entailed an initial archaeological records search for four Department of Natural Resources construction projects (E15-702C, E15-702G, E15-702H, and E15-702J) near the Mississinewa and Huntington Reservoirs in Wabash and Huntington Counties, Indiana. Projects E15-702C, E15-702G,...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance at Dora-New Holland Recreation Area 1979
Ball State University conducted an archaeological field reconnaissance for six Department of Natural Resources’ projects on the Mississinewa, Salamonie, and Huntington Reservoirs in Miami, Wabash and Huntington Counties, Indiana. The objective was to identify archaeological sites through a surface survey of each project area. The six projects included E- 15-702-B (Francis Slocum State Recreation Area), E-15-702C (Hogback Ridge), E-15-702D (Miami), E-15-702F (Dora-New Holland), E-15-702G (Little...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance at Miami County Recreation Area 1979
As requested by Boyd E. Phelps, Inc., an archaeological field reconnaissance was completed for six Department of Natural Resources projects on the Mississinewa, Salamonie, and Huntington Reservoirs in Miami, Wabash, and Huntington Counties, Indiana. The projects include locations at Francis Slocum State Recreation Area (E15-702B), Hogback Ridge (E15-702C), and Miami (E15-702D) on the Mississinewa Reservoir, at Dora-New Holland (E15-702F) on the Salamonie Reservoir, and at Little Turtle...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Salamonie Reservoir Visitor’s Center 1980
An archeological field reconnaissance led by Ronald Hicks from Ball State University was carried out for the proposed Visitor’s Center at Lost Bridge State Recreation area on the Salamonie Reservoir, Indiana. No significant cultural remains were found during the surface and subsurface survey or as a result of shovel probe tests. Thus, it was recommended that the project be allowed to proceed without further archaeological assessment (Wepler 1980). The digital materials in this collection were...
Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Salamonie Reservoir Wildlife Ponds 1979
An archaeological field reconnaissance and literature search was completed for seven proposed wildlife ponds near the Salmonie Reservoir, Wabash County, Indiana by Ball State University for the Department of Natural Resources. The project was located on the north side of the Salamonie Reservoir approximately three miles south of the Salamonie dam. Two of the seven ponds were already present, but without water. The field reconnaissance was led by Ronald Hicks and conducted on June 14, 1979 to...
Archaeological Intensive Assessment of Huntington Municipal Airport (12HU1068) 1993
Starting in May 1993, at the request of MSE Corporation, a field reconnaissance of the Huntington Municipal Airport and surrounding area was conducted prior to the planned expansion of the airport and the construction of a new boat ramp access road located approximately one mile east of the airport (Zoll 1993). At this time USACE, Louisville District owned some of the land involved in this investigation. Donald R. Cochran from Ball State University was the principal investigator for this...
Archaeological Survey of the Huntington Lake Shoreline 1983
An archaeological survey of the shoreline of Huntington Lake’s seasonal pool was conducted under a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, DACW27-82-C-0094, by Ball State University. The goals of the project were to identify the archaeological resources within the project area, determine the impact of Huntington Lake on those resources, and to make recommendations for future investigations of the resources. The survey identified 109 sites reflecting occupation and utilization...
Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964
The USACE, Louisville District obtained this collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Huntington Reservoir Project in 1964. Indiana University’s GBL was contracted to perform the fieldwork. Three mounds were excavated in the Huntington Reservoir on the Upper Wabash River, Huntington, Indiana. One was a small remnant of a mound (12HU27); the other two were semi-conical mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) which did not contain burials. Of the three mounds located in the initial survey,...
Huntington County N.D.
The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Huntington County N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology...
Huntington County Test Excavations 1963
The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Huntington County Test Excavations 1963.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black...
Huntington Reservoir Area Appraisal 1963-1964
The report entitled Appraisal of the Archeological Resource of the Huntington Reservoir Area, Wabash River Indiana, written by James H. Kellar was submitted to the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, under the terms of Purchase Order No. 29-737. The following reports the results of an archaeological surface survey in the area to be inundated by the construction of the Huntington reservoir in the upper Wabash River Valley, Indiana. Much of the work was accomplished by...
Huntington Reservoir Maps N.D.
This project is referred to as "Huntington Reservoir Maps N.D." This investigation was conducted by Ball State University within the Huntington Reservoir in Huntington County, Indiana and the digital materials were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP). The Veterans Curation Program has established protocols and procedures for archival processing and rehabilitation projects. These standards and procedures are included in the project's finding aid. This project may be associated with...
Resurvey of Salamonie (Accession Number 88.106)
There is no background information for this investigation. No reports, archives, or other background information were associated with this artifact collection. While re-housing the artifacts for Resurvey of Salamonie (Accession Number 88.106) it was found that the majority of artifacts had accession number 88.106, but three other accession numbers were also identified (87.13, 88.40, and 93.164). The box list given to the VCP by AAL listed these accession numbers as also being associated with...
Salamonie and Mississinewa Reservoirs 1961-1963
This collection is referred to as “Salamonie and Mississinewa Reservoirs 1961-1963.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is half of a linear inch. The final report was assigned the report of investigation number ROI #63-1 by the contract company. The copies of these four reports that were processed by the VCP staff are photocopied versions of the original reports. Prior to the final report, three preliminary...
Salamonie Reservoir Maps N.D.
This investigation was conducted by Ball State University in the Salamonie Reservoir in Huntington and Wabash Counties, Indiana. The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include aerial images and maps, the finding aid, oversized material spreadsheet and scanned asset key. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include aerial images, document folder listing, initial data sheet, miscellaneous handwritten notes, notes, oversized...
Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982
An archaeological survey of the Salamonie Reservoir was carried out by principal investigators William R. Wepler and Donald R. Cochran, from Ball State University in 1982. Salamonie Reservoir is located in the Huntington and Wabash counties of Indiana. The survey was conducted to identify the variables that influenced site selection, refine the cultural history of the area, develop hypotheses concerning Early Archaic settlement patterns, investigate the seeming lack of Middle Archaic occupation...
Wabash Grant Huntington County (12HU1299-12HU1315) 2008
Normally, the VCP only processes USACE collections. The artifacts for Wabash Grant Huntington County (12HU1299–12HU1315) 2008 were originally thought to be USACE owned. The artifacts were processed at the VCP. Later communications between Ball State University collections manager, Christine Keller, Louisville District archaeologist, Jan Marie Hemberger, and MCX CMAC collections manager, Cathy Van Arsdale confirmed that this investigation was not owned by USACE. The investigation was related and...