US Army Corps of Engineers

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) conducts and/or funds archaeological investigations for water-control projects that it undertakes or supports and in order to preserve, protect, and interpret archaeological and other cultural resources on the lands that it manages. This tDAR collection includes documents, images, data sets, and other kinds of information from archaeological and other cultural resource investigations. The data and information is organized by project and overall by the USACE district within which the work occurred. These districts typically are also where physical collections from such investigations are curated and managed.


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Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978
  • Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

    The Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 investigation falls under the purview of USACE, Mobile District and is curated by the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University. The assemblage was found with the Divide-Cut Section Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery II 1977-1985 investigation. It consists of prehistoric artifacts recovered during archaeological investigations conducted in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. There were no associated records for this...

  • Artifact Database, Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 (2016)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta laboratory in April of 2014. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which was staffed through New South Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015. Between...

  • Artifact Report, Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 (2016)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Joyce Foster. Lacey Smith.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta laboratory in April of 2014. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which was staffed through New South Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015. Between...

  • Ceramic Artifact Photographs, Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 (2016)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 archaeological investigation in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

  • Lithic Artifact Photographs, Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 (2016)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during the Artifact Collections in Tishomingo County October 1978 archaeological investigation in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Askew Refuge Reforestation
  • Askew Refuge Reforestation
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

  • Artifact Catalog, Askew Refuge Reforestation (2018)
    DATASET Uploaded by: system user

    The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

  • Rehabilitation Report, Askew Refuge Reforestation (2018)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Brendan Daniels.

    The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

Banister Allen Plantation (38AB102) and Clinkscales Farm (38AB221) Data Recovery 1977-1986 Barbour County (Multiple) Arbitrary 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations
  • Barbour County (Multiple) Arbitrary 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    No reports were present for the Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations. The artifacts were grouped together because they lacked much provenience information and could not be linked to specific investigations, principal investigators, or investigating institutions with any degree of confidence. The dates and information associated with these artifacts seem to indicate that the artifacts were collected after the creation of Walter F. George Lock and Dam in 1964. It...

  • Artifact Database, Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

  • Artifact Report, Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Shane Seitz. Anna Green. Blair Stec.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

  • Finding Aid, Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrienne Mann. Sheldon Owens.

    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 Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations. 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...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 and N.D. Investigations (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Barbour County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1968-1979 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980
  • Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980
    PROJECT David J. Hally. US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    This collection is referred to as "Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980.” 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 investigation dates from 1979-1985. The investigation started in 1980, which explains the project name date. The range of dates found throughout the collection also includes background records and the final report. The documents were originally stored in acidic folders in...

  • Archaeological Investigations at the Beaverdam Creek Site (9EB85), Elbert County, Georgia (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James L. Rudolph. David J. Hally.

    This report summarizes excavations by the University of Georgia at the Beaverdam Creek mound and village in the Savannah River valley in Elbert County, Georgia. The excavations were conducted as part of large-scale investigations of prehistoric and historic sites in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir, which were funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. The Beaverdam Creek site was occupied around A.D. 1200-1250. We have used the pottery from the site to assign it to the...

  • Finding Aid, Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Connor Mallon.

    This collection is referred to as "Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980.” 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 investigation dates from 1979-1985. The investigation started in 1980, which explains the project name date. The range of dates found throughout the collection also includes background records and the final report. The documents were originally stored in acidic folders in...

  • Oversized Materials Spreadsheet, Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    This is the oversized materials spreadsheet for the Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980 collection.

  • Scanned Asset Key, Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980 (2012)
    DATASET Connor Mallon.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Beaverdam Creek Mound and Village 1980 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

Beaverdam Group 1980
  • Beaverdam Group 1980
    PROJECT Prentice M. Thomas, Jr.. Janice L. Campbell. US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    This collection is referred to as "Beaverdam Group 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a half (0.50) of a linear inch. The documents date from 1980 to 1981. The investigation occurred in 1980, which explains the project name date. The range of dates also includes administrative records. The collection was originally housed in acidic file folders in an acidic cardboard box with numerous collections from...

  • Archaeological Investigations at 9EB92, 9EB207, 9EB208, and 9EB219, Beaverdam Group 1980 (1980)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: system user

    In August through October of 1980, New World Research, Inc., conducted Phase I investigations at four sites (9EB92, 9EB207, 9EB208, 9EB219) known collectively as the Beaverdam Group. Previous research at three of the sites had indicated the presence of a possible Stallings Island occupation at 9EB219, and Lamar-related Mississippian occupations at 9EB92, 9EB207, and 9EB219. Only survey level work had been conducted at 9EB208, but Taylor and Smith (1978) had indicated that the site might be a...

  • Finding Aid, Beaverdam Group 1980 (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Hahn.

    This collection is referred to as "Beaverdam Group 1980.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a half (0.50) of a linear inch. The documents date from 1980 to 1981. The investigation occurred in 1980, which explains the project name date. The range of dates also includes administrative records. The collection was originally housed in acidic file folders in an acidic cardboard box with numerous collections from...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Beaverdam Group 1980 (2013)
    DATASET Brian Hahn.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Beaverdam Group 1980 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964
  • Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964
    PROJECT Virginia Gould Gerald. National Park Service. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District.

    The USACE, Louisville District obtained this collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Huntington Reservoir Project in 1964. Indiana University’s GBL was contracted to perform the fieldwork. Three mounds were excavated in the Huntington Reservoir on the Upper Wabash River, Huntington, Indiana. One was a small remnant of a mound (12HU27); the other two were semi-conical mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) which did not contain burials. Of the three mounds located in the initial survey,...

  • Artifact Database, Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    The procedures employed by the St. Louis VCP to rehouse the archaeological material from the Excavation of Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26), 1964 Huntington Reservoir Project investigation are discussed in the Artifact Report. The report can be found in tDAR at https://core.tdar.org/document/402176.

  • Artifact Report, Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerry Watt.

    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 to re-house the...

  • Excavation of Big Bangs and Little Bags Mounds, 1964 Huntington Reservoir Project, Huntington, Indiana (1964)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Virginia Gould Gerald.

    The excavation of three mounds in Huntington County, Indiana, on the Upper Wabash River was accomplished in 1964 under auspices of the National Park Service through a grant administered by Indiana University. The mounds, three of the twenty-four sites located in 1963 by John Dorwin during the preliminary archaeological survey of the Huntington Reservoir, were located on the property of Mrs. C.W.H. Bangs, resident of Huntington, Indiana. Permission was obtained for the necessary excavation from...

  • Finding Aid, Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Printice Petty.

    This collection is referred to as "Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964.” 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 associated documentation for Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 was stored in one acidic folder and in one acidic cardboard box with several other document collections. The archivist did not find it difficult to assign...

  • Lithic Artifact Photographs, Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during excavations of Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds, 1964 Huntington Reservoir Project, Huntington, Indiana.

  • Scanned Asset Key, Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26) 1964 (2012)
    DATASET Printice Petty.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Excavation of Big Bangs and Little Bangs Mounds (12HU25 and 12HU26), 1964 Huntington Reservoir Project collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978
  • Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    This collection is referred to as "Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The document dates to 1978 and was originally housed in an acidic folder within an acidfree box with other document collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntington District. The document was in good condition. Metal contaminants, including a...

  • Finding Aid, Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978 (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Rosario Figueroa.

    This collection is referred to as "Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The document dates to 1978 and was originally housed in an acidic folder within an acidfree box with other document collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntington District. The document was in good condition. Metal contaminants, including a...

  • Public Meeting on the Corps of Engineers' Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Studies, Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978 (1978)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text George A. Bicher.

    The objective of the study is to determine whether additional Federal investment in transportation facilities in the Big Sandy Basin, in the form of navigation improvements, is warranted at this time to meet the basin's total transportation needs. The Corps of Engineers led agency in the study, with involvement by other appropriate Federal, State, regional and local agencies. Our initial study activities include a careful inventory and evaluation of available information and determination of...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978 (2015)
    DATASET Michael Rosario Figueroa.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Big Sandy River Basin Navigation Study 1978 collection stored at Grave Creek Mounds, West Virginia.

Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D.
  • Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D.
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. David Dejarnette.

    The Blackmon site, occasionally referred to as the Blackbro site, is a multi-component archaeological site in Barbour County, Alabama. W.R. Hurt of the University of Alabama recorded it in 1949. The Smithsonian Institution investigated the site in 1959 and David DeJarnette surveyed a portion of the site in 1975. During his 1975 survey DeJarnette noted that a large amount of historic trade goods had been looted from the Blackmon site, and the looting continued throughout the 1970’s (Huddleston...

  • Artifact Database, Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D. (2012)
    DATASET William Word. Sheldon Owens.

    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. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

  • Artifact Report, Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D. (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Shane Seitz. Anna Green. Blair Stec.

    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. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

  • Finding Aid, Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D. (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Word. Sheldon Owens.

    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 Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D. 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) linear inches. The Blackmon site, occasionally...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Blackmon (1BR25)1983 and N.D. (2012)
    DATASET William Word.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Blackmon (1BR25) 1983 and N.D. collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982
  • Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982
    PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    This collection is referred to as "Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982." This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one quarter (.25) linear inch. The documents date from 1979-1982. The final year represented in the collection is 1982, which may explain the date in the project name. The range of dates also includes administrative and background records. The associated documents for this collection were originally...

  • Finding Aid, Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982 (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Hahn.

    This collection is referred to as "Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982." This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one quarter (.25) linear inch. The documents date from 1979-1982. The final year represented in the collection is 1982, which may explain the date in the project name. The range of dates also includes administrative and background records. The associated documents for this collection were originally...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982 (2013)
    DATASET Brian Hahn.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Blackwell Bridge Relocation 1982 collection stored at the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

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