Breckinridge County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
1-4 (4 Records)
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 “Newburgh Locks and Dam 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...
Patoka Lake Excavations (12DU7 and 12DU8) 1976
James R. Denbow’s report, entitled Archaeological Excavations in the Patoka Reservoir Dubois County, Indiana, describes the results of the archeological test excavation undertaken at two rock shelters, Kitchen Rock (12DU7) and Saltpeter Cave (12DU7), located within the boundaries of the Patoka Reservoir in eastern Dubois County, Indiana. Though both shelters were situated above the proposed high water level of the reservoir and were not directly endangered by the construction of the dam, they...
Rockport Site 1984
This collection is referred to as "Rockport Site 1984.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders and the box labels. The extent of this collection is three and a half linear inches. The Rockport Site 1984 was contained within two acidic accordion folders in an acidic box along with several other acidic brown accordion folders that contained documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The different document collections were kept...
Rockport Site N.D.
The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Rockport Site. The report, entitled Test Excavation at the Probable Archaeological Site at Bore Stations N130-E925, E925, N155, E925, N180 Indiana-Michigan Electric Company Rockport Plant Rockport, Indiana, detailed the testing of a probable site that would be impacted by the construction of an intake structure (Johnson and Dorwin N.D.). The initial survey employed subsurface auguring to...