US Army Corps of Engineers

Black and white negative of rock pile; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of wooded area; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of wooded area; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Contact sheet of black and white film, Richard B. Russell Parks Survey, roll 1, marked with green pen; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of partially sunken jeep; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of partially sunken jeep; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of forest road; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of jeep in forest clearing; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of partially exposed structure debris; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of partially exposed structure debris; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

Black and white negative of clearing; N.D. during the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir area in Georgia.

This is the scanned asset key for the Richard B. Russell Parks Survey 1984-1985 collection.

This collection is referred to as "Riverine Resources Survey 1981”. This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. This documents date from July to September 1981. The documents were originally housed in an acidic folder in an acidic cardboard box with numerous collections from the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area. The documents were in good condition. One document contained tape, and the...

This collection is referred to as "Riverine Resources Survey 1981”. This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. This documents date from July to September 1981. The documents were originally housed in an acidic folder in an acidic cardboard box with numerous collections from the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area. The documents were in good condition. One document contained tape, and...

This is the scanned asset key for the Riverine Resources Survey 1981 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

This collection is referred to as “Road Relocation in Abbeville and Anderson Counties 1978-1979.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and a half (1.5) linear inches. The documents date from 1978 to 1979. The documents were originally housed in one acidic folder in an acidic cardboard box along with numerous collections from the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area. The documents were originally...

This report documents an archaeological reconnaissance and intensive survey conducted on the sites of proposed county road relocations in Anderson and Abbeville Counties, South Carolina. The road relocations are scheduled for construction as a part of the proposed Richard B. Russell Reservoir project, and an archaeological assessment was required prior to initiation of construction. Two of the surveyed road relocations involved expansion and upgrading of existing roads, while one included 1383.8...

This collection is referred to as “Road Relocation in Abbeville and Anderson Counties 1978-1979.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one and a half (1.5) linear inches. The documents date from 1978 to 1979. The documents were originally housed in one acidic folder in an acidic cardboard box along with numerous collections from the Richard B. Russell Multiple Resource Area. The documents were originally...

This is the scanned asset key for the Road Relocations in Abbeville and Anderson Counties 1978-1979 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

This collection referred to as "Rockport Site 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two linear inches. The Rockport Site 1980 came in one acidic brown accordion folder in an acidic box with documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The overall condition of the report was fair but needed much cleaning and repairs. Dirt smudges were erased, while tape was removed...

Archaeological test excavations a Phase II assessment of significance were conducted on Indiana & Michigan (I&M) Electric Company property at the reported location of site 12Sp42. These investigations were designed to evaluate the significance of the site in terms of National Register of Historic Places Criteria (36CFR60.6). Results indicated that the site does not meet the eligibility criteria for nomination to the National Register.

This collection referred to as "Rockport Site 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two linear inches. The Rockport Site 1980 came in one acidic brown accordion folder in an acidic box with documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The overall condition of the report was fair but needed much cleaning and repairs. Dirt smudges were erased, while tape was removed...

This is the oversized material database for the Rockport Site 1980 collection.

View of a trench being measured during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

View of a trench during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of a view of a trench being measured during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Closer photograph of a trench with measurements during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of an open trench during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of an individual standing next to a truck during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of an individual operating a John Deere backhoe, digging a pit during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of two individuals working in a trench during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of two individuals in a trench taking measurements during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of three individuals in a trench taking measurements during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of a trench with two boards during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of a trench with two boards holding the sides in place during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photograph of a trench with an individual and backhoe in the background during the Rockport Site 1980 archaeological investigation in the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company property area in Spencer County, Indiana.

This is the scanned asset key for the Rockport Site 1980 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

This collection is referred to as "Rockport Site 1984.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders and the box labels. The extent of this collection is three and a half linear inches. The Rockport Site 1984 was contained within two acidic accordion folders in an acidic box along with several other acidic brown accordion folders that contained documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The different document collections were kept...

This collection is referred to as "Rockport Site 1984.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders and the box labels. The extent of this collection is three and a half linear inches. The Rockport Site 1984 was contained within two acidic accordion folders in an acidic box along with several other acidic brown accordion folders that contained documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The different document collections were kept...

This is the oversized material database for the Rockport Site 1984 collection.

This report presents the results of Phase II investigations (prehistoric site testing) conducted at the Rockport Generating Plant, Spencer County. The plant is being built by Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc. and will consist of two 1.3 million Kilowatt Coal burning generating units. The investigations were designed to determine the significance of three prehistoric sites (12SP271, 12SP272, 12SP291) based upon National Register Criteria...

This is the scanned asset key for Rockport Site 1984, stored at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University

The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Rockport Site. The report, entitled Test Excavation at the Probable Archaeological Site at Bore Stations N130-E925, E925, N155, E925, N180 Indiana-Michigan Electric Company Rockport Plant Rockport, Indiana, detailed the testing of a probable site that would be impacted by the construction of an intake structure (Johnson and Dorwin N.D.). The initial survey employed subsurface auguring to...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Project’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2009. The VCP St. Louis laboratory was established by USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc. The procedures employed by the VCP St....

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Project’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2009. The VCP St. Louis laboratory was established by USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc. The procedures employed by the VCP St....

This collection referred to as "Rockport Site N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Rockport Site N.D. came in an acidic box along with several acidic brown accordion folders that contained documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. The Rockport Site N.D. consisted of one report record, entitled Test Excavation at the Probable...

Photographs of metal artifacts collected during the Rockport Site N.D. archaeological investigation in Spencer County, Indiana.

This is the scanned asset key for the Rockport Site N.D. collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

This report describes the results of test excavations at a "probable archaeological site" identified by SSI's subsurface survey on a 1.70 mile section of the Ohio River floodplain. The Indiana and Michigan Electric Company, which owns the property, plans to construct a coal unloading and transporting facility, a river water make-up structure, plant outfall and bank stabilization along the floodplain as part of a coal-fired steam electric generating plant. The construction of the intake...

The Rood’s Landing Site (9SW1), also known as Rood’s Creek, was described by Caldwell as a Mississippian Period mound center consisting of eight mounds and a large village at the confluence of Rood’s Creek and the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County, Georgia. It was first described by C.B. Moore in 1907, and recorded again in 1939 by Wauchope (Atz, Huddleston & Sweeney 2000). In 1955, four of the mounds were tested by Joseph R. Caldwell (Caldwell 1955). Caldwell’s report was published in the...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Project’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. Before arriving at the Augusta VCP Laboratory, the artifacts were housed temporarily in the Brockington and Associates laboratory in Norcross, GA. During this time, technicians in Norcross conducted a NAGPRA inventory, which is documented in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA ) Preliminary...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Project’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. Before arriving at the Augusta VCP Laboratory, the artifacts were housed temporarily in the Brockington and Associates laboratory in Norcross, GA. During this time, technicians in Norcross conducted a NAGPRA inventory, which is documented in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA ) Preliminary...

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 "Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is fourteen linear inches. The Rood’s Landing (9SW1)...

On November 9, 11, 12, and 13, 1981 a cultural resource assessment in the vicinity of the City of Lumpkin, Georgia was conducted by Frank T. Schnell, Principal Investigator and R. Donald Gordy, Field Investigator. Five sections of a proposed sanitary sewer system are planned with assistance from FmHA. Two of these (Sections 1 and 2, see Figure 2) are under existing road rights-of-way which have been disturbed to the extent that they are excluded from this survey. Section 3 extends approximately...

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 "Rood’s Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is fourteen linear inches. The Rood’s Landing (9SW1)...

This is the Oversized Material Database for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection.

This is the Photographic Material Database for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection.

Reconstructed rim sherd during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Whole vessel A1 collected during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Whole vessel A2 during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Whole vessel A3 during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Museum exhibit case during the archaeological investigation in the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Native mound field during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Archaeology exhibit during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chatthoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Enlarged archaeology exhibit during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Topographical map of Recreation area during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Double exposure license plate and pilings during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Distant view of Constructed retention wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Close up of pilings and fill during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Pilings and fill sign and water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Distant view of retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Distant view of retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Boater passing retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Mound A pre-retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Retaining wall construction front of mound A during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Left side retaining wall discolored during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Man construction worker on retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Near ending retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Lighter aerial of site post retaining wall during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing pottery rim sherd eroding from bank during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing feature erosion during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing feature erosion (2nd Shot) during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing shoreline during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing single pottery sherd decorated in water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing multiple pottery sherds on shoreline during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing sign during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

Showing erosion at bank shoreline small dead tree nearly parallel to water during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 in the Chattahoochee River area in Stewart County, Georgia.

This is the scanned asset key for the Rood's Landing (9SW1) 1955-1985 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

The Rood’s Landing Site (9SW1), also known as Rood’s Creek, was described by Caldwell as a Mississippian Period mound center consisting of eight mounds and a large village at the confluence of Rood’s Creek and the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County, Georgia. It was first described by C.B. Moore in 1907, and recorded again in 1939 by Wauchope (Atz, et al. 2000). In 1955, four of the mounds were tested by Joseph R. Caldwell (Caldwell 1955). However, over the next thirty years Rood’s Landing was...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. Before arriving at the Augusta VCP Laboratory, the artifacts were housed temporarily in the Brockington and Associates laboratory in Norcross, GA. During this time, technicians in Norcross conducted a NAGPRA inventory, which is documented in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA ) Preliminary...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. Before arriving at the Augusta VCP Laboratory, the artifacts were housed temporarily in the Brockington and Associates laboratory in Norcross, GA. During this time, technicians in Norcross conducted a NAGPRA inventory, which is documented in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA ) Preliminary...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) Arbitrary 1968-1979 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoocheee River area, in Stewart County, Georgia.

Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during the Rood's Landing (9SW1) Arbitrary 1968-1979 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoocheee River area, in Stewart County, Georgia.

The Rood’s Landing site (9SW1), also known as Rood’s Creek, was described by Caldwellas a Mississippian Period mound center consisting of eight mounds and a large village at the confluence of Rood’s Creek and the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County, Georgia. It was first described by C.B. Moore in 1907, and recorded again in 1939 by Wauchope (Atz, Huddleston & Sweeney 2000). Later, “large surface collections were made by the Smithsonian, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama,...

The Rood’s Landing site (9SW1), also known as Rood’s Creek, was described by Caldwellas a Mississippian Period mound center consisting of eight mounds and a large village at the confluence of Rood’s Creek and the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County, Georgia. It was first described by C.B. Moore in 1907, and recorded again in 1939 by Wauchope (Atz, Huddleston & Sweeney 2000). Later, “large surface collections were made by the Smithsonian, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama,...

The Rood’s Landing site (9SW1), also known as Rood’s Creek, was described by Caldwellas a Mississippian Period mound center consisting of eight mounds and a large village at the confluence of Rood’s Creek and the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County, Georgia. It was first described by C.B. Moore in 1907, and recorded again in 1939 by Wauchope (Atz, Huddleston & Sweeney 2000). Later, “large surface collections were made by the Smithsonian, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama,...

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 “Rood’s Landing Tom Meltzer (9SW1) 1975 and 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) of a linear inch. The Rood’s...

This is the Scanned Asset Key for the Rood's Landing Tom Meltzer (9SW1) 1975 and 1980 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

This collection is referred to as "Rucker's Bottom Group 1980-1981.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. The documents date from 1970 to 1981. The investigation occurred primarily from 1980 to 1981, which explains the date of the project name. The range of dates includes background information. The documents were originally housed in an acidic manila folder in a cardboard box along with...

This collection is referred to as "Rucker's Bottom Group 1980-1981.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1) linear inch. The documents date from 1970 to 1981. The investigation occurred primarily from 1980 to 1981, which explains the date of the project name. The range of dates includes background information. The documents were originally housed in an acidic manila folder in a cardboard box along with...