US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District VCP

Photographs of shell artifacts collected during excavations of the Field School at the Biface III Site (12MI18) 1981-1982 located in Huntington, Miami, and Wabash counties, Indiana.

Ball State University conducted excavations at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) in 1983. Excavation was conducted as a field school run by B.K. Swartz, Jr. through Ball State University. The Conner Mill Site is located in Indiana near the Mississinewa Reservoir, which is at the junction of Grant, Miami, and Wabash Counties. The area under investigation has a chronology that ranges from Paleo-Indian (post-15,000 to 8,000 B.C.) through Late Woodland (A.D. 600 to 1650 [contact]) (Shrock 1927:128;...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in May 2011. The VCP St. Louis laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the St. Louis VCP...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in May 2011. The VCP St. Louis laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the St. Louis VCP...

Photograph of a ceramic artifact collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

Photograph of a composite artifact collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

This collection is referred to as "Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one (1.0) linear inch. The records were originally housed within a file folder within a plastic bag. The file folder was labeled “Field School at 12G57, Acc # 158F, Conner Mill” while the bag had the description “12G57, Field School-Conner Mill, 158F.” The investigation’s records were...

Photograph of a glass artifact collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

Photographs of metal artifacts collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

This is the scanned asset key for the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984 collection stored at the Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University.

Photographs of shell artifacts collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

Photographs of textile artifacts collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.

Archaeological investigations were conducted by Ball State University at the Troyer Site (12WB116) under the direction of principal investigator B.K. Swartz, Jr. The field work consisted primarily of excavations performed as part of a field school, which ran during the summers of 1975 and 1976. The Troyer Site is located in Wabash County, Indiana near the Mississinewa Reservoir. The purpose of the field work was to locate the site of the Battle of Mississinewa (December 17 and 18, 1812) and...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in May 2011. The St. Louis VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, GA. The procedures employed to re-house the...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in May 2011. The St. Louis VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, GA. The procedures employed to re-house the...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

Photographs of faunal artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

This collection is referred to as "Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is five and one quarter (5.25) linear inches. The material was originally housed within a bag labeled “12WB21 (116) Field School, 89F” and two artifact project boxes. There are various types of documents contained within this collection, including both paper and photographic materials....

Photographs of glass artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

Photographs of metal artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

Photographs of plastic artifacts collected during the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976, located in Wabash County, Indiana, near the Mississinewa Reservoir.

This is the scanned asset key for the Field School at the Troyer Site (12WB116) 1975-1976 collection stored at the Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University.

The Mounds State Recreation Area, Franklin County, in Brookville, Indiana required an archaeological assessment as determined by federal law. The proposed project included the construction of a campground, associated buildings and 1.73 miles of new roadway. The total project area included approximately 260 acres. However, because of their physical undesirability, 80 acres were discounted from having prehistoric or historic significance. The archaeological field reconnaissance of the project...

The Mounds State Recreation Area, Franklin County, in Brookville, Indiana required an archaeological assessment as determined by federal law. The proposed project included the construction of a campground, associated buildings and 1.73 miles of new roadway. The total project area included approximately 260 acres. However, because of their physical undesirability, 80 acres were discounted from having prehistoric or historic significance. The archaeological field reconnaissance of the project...

The Mounds State Recreation Area, Franklin County, in Brookville, Indiana required an archaeological assessment as determined by federal law. The proposed project included the construction of a campground, associated buildings and 1.73 miles of new roadway. The total project area included approximately 260 acres. However, because of their physical undesirability, 80 acres were discounted from having prehistoric or historic significance. The archaeological field reconnaissance of the project...

This is the oversized material database for the Franklin County Mounds State Recreation Area 1977 collection stored at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

This is the scanned asset key for the Franklin County Mounds State Recreation Area 1977 collection stored at Ball State University.

The report, entitled Archaeological Borings at Grandview and Corps of Engineers Properties, Spencer County, Indiana, Test Excavations at SP286, SP289 and SP303 on Corps of Engineers Property, Spencer County, presented the results of the archaeological test borings with pH and phosphate analyses at a 9.42-acre property in the Grandview area and an approximately 10-acre Corps of Engineers property on the upstream side of the mouth of Honey Creek. Both locations were in Spencer County, Indiana,...

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 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. For ease of reference, the report name...

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 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. For ease of reference, the report name...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during test excavations in the Grandview Area along the Ohio River, in Spencer County, Indiana.

This collection is referred to as "Grandview Area 1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is seven linear inches. The Grandview Area 1978 document collection was contained within two acidic accordion folders in an acidic box that contained documentation from other Rockport Generating Station archaeological investigations. Five archaeological sites, 12SP284, 12SP286, 12SP289, 12SP303 and 12SP305, were...

Photographs of glass artifacts collected during test excavations in the Grandview Area along the Ohio River, in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during test excavations in the Grandview Area along the Ohio River, in Spencer County, Indiana.

Photographs of metal artifacts collected during test excavations in the Grandview Area along the Ohio River, in Spencer County, Indiana.

This is the oversized material database for the Grandview Area 1978 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

This is the scanned asset key for the Grandview Area 1978 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

The USACE, Louisville District obtained the Honey Creek, 1978 collection through an intensive systematic subsurface investigation to determine the presence of buried archaeological sites. The report, entitled Intensive Subsurface Proposal Survey for Buried Cultural Resources at the American Electric Power Generating Facility Rockport, Indiana; June 1978, detailed the machine assisted auguring of bore holes and their subsequent inspection for cultural indicators. This report documents multiple...

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...

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...

Ceramic Artifact Photographs collected during the Intensive Subsurface Survey for Buried Cultural Resources at the American Electric Power Generating Facility, Rockport, Indiana, 1978.

This collection is referred to as “Honey Creek Area 1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The associated report title is Intensive Subsurface Survey for Buried Cultural Resources at The Indiana and Michigan Electric Company Rockport Plant, Rockport, Indiana. The extent of this collection is 7.5 linear inches. The collection was housed in one acidic box and inside of three acidic accordion files along with several other acidic brown...

Lithic Artifact Photographs collected during Intensive Subsurface Survey for Buried Cultural Resources at the American Electric Power Generating Facility, Rockport, Indiana, 1978.

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...

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...

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 “Huntington County N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology...

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 St. Louis...

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 St. Louis...

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 “Huntington County N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of...

Photographs of lithic artifacts processed in the Huntington County N.D. collection, from investigations in the Huntington Reservoir area, Huntington County, Indiana.

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 “Huntington County Test Excavations 1963.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black...

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 and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the 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 and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc., an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the St....

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during test excavations in Huntington County, Indiana.

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 “Huntington County Test Excavations 1963.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black...

Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during test excavations in Huntington County, Indiana.

The report entitled Appraisal of the Archeological Resource of the Huntington Reservoir Area, Wabash River Indiana, written by James H. Kellar was submitted to the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, under the terms of Purchase Order No. 29-737. The following reports the results of an archaeological surface survey in the area to be inundated by the construction of the Huntington reservoir in the upper Wabash River Valley, Indiana. Much of the work was accomplished by...

The proposed report by James H. Kellar, the Appraisal of the Archeological Resource of the Huntington Reservoir Area, Wabash River Indiana, was submitted to the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, under the terms of Purchase Order No. 29-737. The following reports the results of an archaeological surface survey in the area to be inundated by the construction of the Huntington reservoir in the upper Wabash River Valley, Indiana. Much of the work was accomplished by John...

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 and staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the St. Louis...

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 and staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed by the St. Louis...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the archaeological appraisal of the Huntington Reservoir area, in Huntington County and Wells County, Indiana.

This collection is referred to as "Huntington Reservoir Area Appraisal 1963-1964.” 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 the Huntington Reservoir Area Appraisal 1963-1964 was stored in one acidic folder in one acidic cardboard box with several other document collections. There was no removal of photographs or oversized materials from this collection....

Photos of lithic artifacts collected during the archaeological appraisal of the Huntington Reservoir area, in Huntington County and Wells County, Indiana.

This is the scanned asset key for the Huntington Reservoir Area Appraisal 1963-1964 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

Photos of shell artifacts collected during the archaeological appraisal of the Huntington Reservoir area, in Huntington County and Wells County, Indiana.

This project is referred to as "Huntington Reservoir Maps N.D." This investigation was conducted by Ball State University within the Huntington Reservoir in Huntington County, Indiana and the digital materials were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP). The Veterans Curation Program has established protocols and procedures for archival processing and rehabilitation projects. These standards and procedures are included in the project's finding aid. This project may be associated with...

This resource contains one of two sets of Huntington Reservoir aerial images. This particular set of images was produced in beige and purple ink. For each beige and purple map (Scanned Asset 1039-0002), there is a duplicate map. Thus, there are nine unique maps, but eighteen total copies. The beige maps have a map publication number along with a handwritten number in the upper right corner of each map numbering from two to nine. The legible map publication numbers include 18069-272-55,...

This resource contains one of two sets of Huntington Reservoir aerial images. There are fourteen black and white aerial maps numbered 17, 18, 23, 24, 28, 29, 34, 35, 40, 46, 51, 52, 57, and 58 (Scanned Asset 1039-0001). The dates of these images are not indicated.

The Veterans Curation Program has established protocols and procedures for archival processing and rehabilitation projects. Standards and procedures are listed for reference. Each record format (i.e., paper, photographic, electronic, audio-visual and cartographic and oversize) has special storage requirements that are dependent upon the physical media upon which information is recorded. Each format is packaged, labeled, and described in a standardized fashion and all special cases are noted in...

This spreadsheet contains scanned asset numbers, dimensions and item descriptions for aerial images taken of Huntington Reservoir, Indiana.

This dataset lists the scanned asset identification numbers, descriptions, and sites included in aerial images taken of Huntington Reservoir, Indiana.

There is no report or documentation associated with these artifacts. Information on the original artifact bags state that the materials were collected from Mr. Paul Schmidt’s property on or near Indian Hill in Warrick County, Indiana, and donated by Mrs. William Ellerbusch of Newburgh, Indiana. The date, December 1956, may be either the date of collection or the date of donation. The majority of items are human skeletal remains. Because of this, and because it is unknown how the single lithic...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collection was 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. Human skeletal remains were removed from the...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collection was 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. Human skeletal remains were removed from the...

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 “Indian Hill Donation 1956.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter of a linear inch. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of...

There was no report present for this collection, but there were field notes that describe the site. In addition, while no report was found for this investigation, an associated investigative report (Munson 1976) includes relevant information for Indun Rockshelter. Field notes indicate that archaeological test excavations at Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) occurred from July to August 1978. There were 14 participants for the adult summer field school which was sponsored by the Indiana University...

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 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. For ease of reference, the Indun...

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 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. For ease of reference, the Indun...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978 archaeological investigation in the Lake Monroe area in Monroe County, Indiana.

This collection is referred to as "Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is three linear inches. Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978 was contained within three acidic envelopes and in an acidic box with other document collections from the Lake Monroe subject property. The different document collections were processed separately according to the original housing. The document...

Photograph of seven individuals.

Two individuals in a river with buckets.

Individual digging in a trench.

Individual standing in a pit.

Individual digging on the side of a rock face.

Five individuals digging on a the side of a rock face.

Two individuals on the side of a rock face.

Two individuals at a dig site.

Two individuals at a dig site.

Three individuals sitting next to the rock face at the dig site.

Two individuals digging in a trench next to the river.

Four individuals sifting materials in the river.

Five individuals standing next to a car.

View of the side of a dig pit.

View of a dig pit with a clipboard with "12 Ma 350" written on it.

Photograph of the measurement of a pit, clipboard "12 Mo 350".

Photograph of the measurement of a pit, clipboard "12 Mo 350; N 16-20; E 94-97; 7-21-78"

Photograph of the individual in a dig pit.

Photograph of two individuals in a dig pit.