12M2z (Site Name Keyword)
1-4 (4 Records)
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...
ROI006, A Comprehensive Survey of the Archaeological Resources of Mounds State Park, Anderson, Indiana, with A Proposed Resources Management Plan (1982)
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...
ROI061, The Archaeology of Anderson Mounds, Mounds State Park, Anderson, Indiana
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...
ROI061, The Archaeology of Anderson Mounds, Mounds State Park, Anderson, Indiana (2001)
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...