39BF220 (Site Name Keyword)
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This report summarizes the results of an intensive archeological reconnaissance of the proposed Big Bend Reservoir of central South Dakota. The survey was carried out as a part of the continuing program of the Missouri Basin project, Smithsonian Institution, which is directed toward the recovery of aboriginal and historical remains threatened by hydroelectric, flood control, and reclamation development of the Missouri River system. The Big Bend Reservoir will be one of several artificial lakes...
Salvage Archaeology at a Site Near Fort Thompson, South Dakota (1961)
This report concerns the 1953 investigations conducted by a field party of the Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution, at the Farm School Site (39BF220), which is situated on an extensive floodplain along the left side of the Missouri River in Buffalo County, South Dakota. The site was first recognized in 1956 by a survey team of the Missouri Basin Project under the direction of Harold A. Huscher. The 1958 investigations, from July 7 to July 11, were supervised by Robert W. Neuman;...