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The archaeological survey of the Clifty Creek Reservoir basin was conducted to locate sites occurring in that area which would be destroyed by the water of the reservoir, and to recommend salvage operations for those whose cultural affiliations or size were of importance to the understanding of the prehistory of the area. The survey was financed under Purchase Order, 950-336 of the National Park Service, with living expenses and transportation provided by Indiana University. The Clifty Creek...
Clifty Creek Human Skeletal Remains N.D.
There is no report or documentation associated with these remains. The VCP St. Louis laboratory processed two artifact collections from the Clifty Creek Reservoir (1969 and 1973-1974), but stated that these remains did not belong with either of those investigations. The accession number, catalog number, and skeletal element were recorded on each bag. The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact...
Clifty Creek Reservoir Area 1973-1974
The USACE, Louisville District obtained these materials through an archaeological survey of land potentially affected by the proposed Clifty Creek reservoir project in Bartholomew County (12B) and Decatur (12DE) County, Indiana. The Clifty Creek reservoir involved the construction of one or more dams on the Clifty Creek and Fall Fork to provide flood control and recreational facilities. Curtis Tomak accomplished the survey during the fall and winter of 1973-1974 under contract from the National...
Codebook (1983)
This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.
Cultural Resources Survey of Proposed Pennsylvania Route 166 Bridge 1993
NPW Consultants, Inc., conducted cultural resource investigations on April 19, 1993 of an area which was going to be disturbed by the construction of the Pennsylvania Route 166 Bridge replacement located in the community of New Geneva, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The study is part of the construction of the Grays Landing Lock and Dam on the Monongahela River at mile 82 near Masontown, Pennsylvania. The principal investigators were Hettie L. Ballweber and Ronald L. Michael. Five 1 x 1-meter...
Cutright #2 Site (12MO173) 1987
The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Cutright #2, Lake Monroe Reservoir Project in 1987. Test excavations at the Cutright #2 Site (12MO173) were done by Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University (GBL) in contract with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reservoirs. Fieldwork consisted of hand excavated trenches to assess the integrity of archaeological deposits and was conducted under the...
Data Recovery at the Milner (22YZ515) and O'Neil Creek (22YZ624) Sites Yazoo County Mississippi
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. Only the final report was available for this investigation. Phase III mitigation was conducted at the Milner (22YZ515) and O’Neil Creek (22YZ624) sites to explore the sites’ potential for listing on the National Register of Historic Places before the sites were...
Demonstration Erosion Control Six Watersheds Phase I/II
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the previous archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. Draft report chapters and a final report with site...
Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987
The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Fairfax South Site, Lake Monroe Reservoir Project in 1987. Fieldwork was performed by Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University (GBL) with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reservoirs. Fieldwork consisted of hand excavation of trenches to assess the integrity of archaeological deposits and was conducted from May 21 to June 5, 1987 (Myers and Munson...
Field School at Sites 12G9 and 12G10 1975-1976
The purpose of the research conducted primarily at sites 12G9 and 12G10 was to document the activities of the Battle of the Mississinewa and the related role of the Miami and Delaware villages along the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant and Wabash counties. Upon the passing of budget item H.E.B. 1102, the principal investigator, B.K. Swartz Jr., initiated research with a field school from Ball State University in 1975. A second field school in relation to this investigation was conducted in 1976....
Field School at Sites 12WB90 and 12WB120 1981-1984
This project consists of those artifacts found during surveys conducted in 1981 and a subsequent field school excavation conducted in 1983 by Ball State University. The project primarily consisted of artifacts from sites 12WB90 and 12WB120, but while processing another site was found, 12WB132. More information on 12WB132 can be found in the “Sorting and Rehousing” section. Site 12WB90 was initially recorded by William Wepler during a reconnaissance survey of the Mississinewa Reservoir that he...
Field School at the Biface III Site (12MI18) 1981-1982
The Biface III Site (12MI18) was investigated under the leadership of Dr. B.K. Swartz, Jr. This investigation was conducted under permit number DACW-27-3-82-17. A final report draft, authored by Mary Lou James and Carl D. Ebbert, is present in the collection. From June 9th to July 7th of 1982, the sixteenth Annual Ball State University Archaeological Field School excavated the Biface III Site located near Peru, Indiana in the Mississinewa Reservoir drainage. This field work was carried out by...
Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984
Ball State University conducted excavations at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) in 1983. Excavation was conducted as a field school run by B.K. Swartz, Jr. through Ball State University. The Conner Mill Site is located in Indiana near the Mississinewa Reservoir, which is at the junction of Grant, Miami, and Wabash Counties. The area under investigation has a chronology that ranges from Paleo-Indian (post-15,000 to 8,000 B.C.) through Late Woodland (A.D. 600 to 1650 [contact]) (Shrock 1927:128;...
Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976
Archaeological investigations were conducted by Ball State University at the Troyer Site (12WB116) under the direction of principal investigator B.K. Swartz, Jr. The field work consisted primarily of excavations performed as part of a field school, which ran during the summers of 1975 and 1976. The Troyer Site is located in Wabash County, Indiana near the Mississinewa Reservoir. The purpose of the field work was to locate the site of the Battle of Mississinewa (December 17 and 18, 1812) and...
Fishing Lure Vessel (Accession # AL83.31) N.D. Final
The provenience of the Fishing Lure Vessel, also referred to as the “Fishing Lure Pot,” is unknown. However, it is known to have been taken from an area near site 9SW1 by a fisherman who claimed that it was caught on his fishing lure. When the fisherman brought the vessel to Frank Schnell and the Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Schnell concluded that it had been “removed from a burial at the Rood site or a site from this same cultural period within Lake Walter F. George Property”...
Flintlock Burial N.D.
The Flintlock Burial artifacts do not have an associated report. The extent of available information on the Flintlock Burial artifacts comes from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Preliminary Compliance Report for the Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences Collections from Lake Walter F. George, Alabama and Georgia by Connie Huddleston. The Flintlock Burial includes human skeletal material from one individual along with two associated flintlock firearms. These materials...
Four Disposal Areas, Three Water-Control Structures and a Portion of the Tallahatchie River
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. The investigation, titled Tallahatchie River Survey, came to St....
Grandview Area 1978
The report, entitled Archaeological Borings at Grandview and Corps of Engineers Properties, Spencer County, Indiana, Test Excavations at SP286, SP289 and SP303 on Corps of Engineers Property, Spencer County, presented the results of the archaeological test borings with pH and phosphate analyses at a 9.42-acre property in the Grandview area and an approximately 10-acre Corps of Engineers property on the upstream side of the mouth of Honey Creek. Both locations were in Spencer County, Indiana,...
Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags
The Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags investigation was created during a project to bring several USACE, Kansas City District collections up to federal curation standards prior to receipt of the collections by the St. Louis VCP. During this project, the original artifact bags were not kept with the associated artifacts. In 2012, the USACE, Kansas City District requested that the St. Louis VCP create a catalog of bag labels. Although all of the investigation’s bags were presumed to...
Honey Creek Area 1978
The USACE, Louisville District obtained the Honey Creek, 1978 collection through an intensive systematic subsurface investigation to determine the presence of buried archaeological sites. The report, entitled Intensive Subsurface Proposal Survey for Buried Cultural Resources at the American Electric Power Generating Facility Rockport, Indiana; June 1978, detailed the machine assisted auguring of bore holes and their subsequent inspection for cultural indicators. This report documents multiple...
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...
Indian Hill Donation 1956
There is no report or documentation associated with these artifacts. Information on the original artifact bags state that the materials were collected from Mr. Paul Schmidt’s property on or near Indian Hill in Warrick County, Indiana, and donated by Mrs. William Ellerbusch of Newburgh, Indiana. The date, December 1956, may be either the date of collection or the date of donation. The majority of items are human skeletal remains. Because of this, and because it is unknown how the single lithic...
Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978
There was no report present for this collection, but there were field notes that describe the site. In addition, while no report was found for this investigation, an associated investigative report (Munson 1976) includes relevant information for Indun Rockshelter. Field notes indicate that archaeological test excavations at Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) occurred from July to August 1978. There were 14 participants for the adult summer field school which was sponsored by the Indiana University...