Sun Flower Landing (Geographic Keyword)

DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie Hoff.

The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy S. McPherson.

The MCX-CMAC utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Rena Lara Landside Berm.” This naming practice is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder titles, and box labels. The linear extent of this collection is one (1) inch. Only five folders compose this collection. All field and...

PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. Richard A. Weinstein.

The USACE, Vicksburg District contracted with Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) to conduct an intensive survey of the area around Sunflower Landing that would be affected by the construction of the Rena Lara berm in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The survey was conducted between May 22 and 29, 1985. Richard A. Weinstein served as principle investigator. It was during this time that the 16 sites were discovered: Cypress Brake (22CO704), Forked Ridge (22CO705), Eubanks (22CO706), Sheep Pen (22CO707),...