Heart Butte Reservoir, North Dakota (Geographic Keyword)
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When the Congress of the United States authorized the Missouri River Basin Project, the foundation was laid for one of the largest archeological research programs in history. The authorization brought into being a plan to build some 105 dams and reservoirs on the main stem of the Missouri River and its tributaries in an area which had been the first, and is the present, home of the Plains Indians. The area abounds in village sites, tipi rings, campsites, slaughter pits, and other evidences of...
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AT SITES 32GT8, 32GT11, AND 32GT238 IN THE HEART BUTTE RESERVOIR RECREATION AREA, NORTH DAKOTA (2001)
Samples from sites 32GT8, 32GT11, and 32GT238 in southwestern North Dakota were examined for macrofloral remains. These sites are part of the Heart Butte Reservoir project area surrounding the Heart Butte dam and reservoir (Lake Tschida) in Grant County. The sites represent single component Plains Village occupations. One sample from 32GT11 and two samples from 32GT238 consist of the floated light fractions from shallow basin hearths in open campsite settings. The remaining 18 samples...