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PROJECT Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 006 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. In order to better provide for planning to conserve the archaeological resources of Mounds State Park, all available literature on the park was reviewed and an archaeological survey was conducted of all areas which had not been previously surveyed. Based on this work a total of 33 prehistoric and 11 historic sites in the park are now confirmed. The data...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeanette E. Buehrig. Ronald Hicks.

In order to better provide for planning to conserve the archaeological resources of Mounds State Park, all available literature on the park was reviewed and an archaeological survey was conducted of all areas which had not been previously surveyed. Based on this work a total of 33 prehistoric and 11 historic sites in the park are now confirmed. The data compiled have been used to propose a management plan for the archaeological resources of the park area. In general it is recommended that...

PROJECT Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 061 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. The focus of this book is a site called Anderson Mounds. This site contains several earthen monuments (earthworks) about 2,000 years old and is unique because it is so well preserved. The earliest historic settlers of the land, the Bronnenberg family, preserved the site in its original wooded setting. In the 1890s the land passed into the hands of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Cochran. Beth K. McCord.

The focus of this book is a site called Anderson Mounds. This site contains several earthen monuments (earthworks) about 2,000 years old and is unique because it is so well preserved. The earliest historic settlers of the land, the Bronnenberg family, preserved the site in its original wooded setting. In the 1890s the land passed into the hands of the Union Traction Company who built an amusement park around the earthworks but still managed to preserve them relatively unharmed. They passed into...

PROJECT Uploaded by: Applied Anthropology Laboratories Ball State University

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 068 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. In September of 2005, as part of Indiana Archaeology Month activities, the Archaeological Resources Management Service (ARMS) at Ball State University conducted a small archaeological investigation at Mounds State Park. The project involved the excavation of several shovel tests on the north and west sides of the Bronnenberg House, as well as, a few...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beth K. McCord.

In September of 2005, as part of Indiana Archaeology Month activities, the Archaeological Resources Management Service (ARMS) at Ball State University conducted a small archaeological investigation at Mounds State Park. The project involved the excavation of several shovel tests on the north and west sides of the Bronnenberg House, as well as, a few shovel tests at new interpretative sign locations for three earthworks. The project recovered over 1700 artifacts from the Bronnenberg...