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IMAGE Michael Strezewski.

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IMAGE Michael Strezewski.

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IMAGE Michael Strezewski.

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IMAGE Michael Strezewski.

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PROJECT Michael Strezewski. Robert G. McCullough.

From 2009 through 2017, Michael Strezewski (University of Southern Indiana) and Robert G. McCullough (Illinois State Archaeological Survey), conducted magnetometry and resistivity survey over a large area of the Ouiatenon Preserve, located in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The Ouiatenon Preserve contains the archaeological remains of Fort Ouiatenon, which was erected by the French in 1717. Also contained within the preserve are the remains of numerous Native American villages that were once located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Legg. Steven D. Smith.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, the American Continental Army under the command of General Nathanael Greene laid siege to a Loyalist detachment occupying the fortified village of Ninety Six in the backcountry of South Carolina. The Loyalist defenses included an eight-pointed, star-shaped earthwork fort that was the focus of the American siege, including a desperate and unsuccessful...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephanie J. Belovich. David S. Brose. Russell M. Weisman. Nancy M. White.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Garth.

From July 19 to November 3 in 1930 a survey and excavation program was carried on to locate and if possible determine the physical appearance of historic sites which will shortly be flooded in the Fort Randall Reservoir area. An important feature of the program was to photograph the ruins and gather representative artifacts from each, to be placed in museums to help portray the site’s history. The work was carried on for the National Park Service by the Smithsonian Institution as part of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Munson. Nora Graf. Jeff Moore. Terri Leverton.

Fort Verde State Historic Park provides a vivid glimpse into post Civil War garrison life on the frontier. Though only four of the Fort buildings remain, staff have achieved a forceful interpretation of the history of the Fort, and, more importantly, a clear and present sense of the soldiers who served a portion of their lives there. The Park is unusual amongst historic site museums in the degree to which aggressive research and documentation is woven through exhibits. The results of this...

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IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Excavation photos from Fort Louis at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

A selection of photos from the excavations at Structure 02 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

DATASET Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Field Specimen Catalog for Fort Louis, Old Mobile Site (1MB94).

DATASET Gregory Waselkov.

Field Specimen Catalog for Structure 2, Old Mobile (1MB94).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Strezewski. Robert G. McCullough.

The contents of this report describe the results of geophysical survey on the recently-established Ouiatenon Preserve, located southwest of Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County. This project was co-directed by Dr. Michael Strezewski (University of Southern Indiana) and Dr. Robert G. McCullough (Illinois State Archaeological Survey), with financial support from the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund, administered through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Strezewski.

This report details the results of magnetometry investigations at two fur trade-era sites in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The first (12-T-9) contains the remains of Fort Ouiatenon, which was founded by the French in 1717 and served as a regional trade hub through most of the eighteenth century. The second site (12-T-335) represents the remains of a Native American village site located adjacent to Fort Ouiatenon. Test excavations were conducted at 12-T-9, resulting in the identification of a...

DATASET Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

Glass beads recovered from Structure 02 at the Old Mobile Site (1MB94).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone. James E. Ayres.

Flooding along the Salt, Gila, Verde, and Agua Fria Rivers in February and March of 1978 resulted in extensive damage to property in Central Arizona and in the disruption of ground transportation and commerce in the greater Phoenix area. Major flooding also occurred along these rivers in December, 1978 and February, 1980. The recognition of this flooding problem, and of requirements for the regulatory storage of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water, prompted the U.S. Department of the Interior,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Elliott. Rita Elliott.

This is a report for non-professional audience on the survey and discovery of the Mount Pleasant site in Effingham County, Georgia. This site was settled by Yuchis around 1720-1750. It also was home to English deerskin traders. These traders were formed into a Georgia Ranger troop in 1739. The Mount Pleasant ranger fort lasted until about 1760.