Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979

Part of: US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District VCP

Following a request from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, an archaeological field reconnaissance was completed for the Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main near Peoria, Miami County, Indiana. The principal investigator was Ronald Hicks of Ball State University. The project involved the construction of 1600 feet of force main and a lift station between the two existing treatment plants. The field reconnaissance, conducted on April 28, 1979, was an intensive pedestrian survey of the proposed route. Shovel probes were placed at various intervals depending on the vegetation and amount of clearly visible soil (Cochran 1979).

Three prehistoric sites were identified by the survey: 12MI2(11), 12MI3(12), and 12MI4(13). Chert flakes were recovered at 12MI2(11) and 12MI4(13) with “chert flakes and a rough blank” being recovered at 12MI3(12) (Cochran 1979: 17). Because no diagnostic artifacts were recovered from any of the sites, it was impossible to assign cultural affiliation or time of occupation to them (Cochran 1979).

The digital materials in this project were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, select artifact photographs, artifact report, finding aid, original investigation report, and scanned asset key. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, field notes, maps and site survey records. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Site Name Keywords
2MI312 • 12MI11 • 12MI13

Other Keywords
Collections Management • Artifact Report • Artifact Database • Finding Aid

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Glass

Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Wabash County (County) • Miami County (County) • North America (Continent) • Peoria • Mississinewa Reservoir • USA (Country)

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  • Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main Miami County, Indiana (1979)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Cochran.

    Following a request from Carl H. Armstrong of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, an archaeological field reconnaissance has been completed for the Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main (Project E15-28) near Peoria, Miami County, Indiana. The field reconnaissance revealed that the treatment plant nearest the dam is incorrectly shown on the proposed route plan furnished by the Department of Natural Resources.

  • Artifact Report, Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Victor J. Plancarte.

    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 project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed to re-house the...

  • Finding Aid, Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jorge I. Carrion.

    This collection is referred to as “Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979.” 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 investigation was originally housed within a folder labeled with the Ball State University project number 78FR46. This project includes no photographic or oversized materials. In terms of conservation treatment of the paper records, a...

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  • Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main 1979
    PROJECT Ronald Hicks. 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.

    Following a request from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, an archaeological field reconnaissance was completed for the Mississinewa Reservoir Force Main near Peoria, Miami County, Indiana. The principal investigator was Ronald Hicks of Ball State University. The project involved the construction of 1600 feet of force main and a lift station between the two existing treatment plants. The field reconnaissance, conducted on April 28, 1979, was an intensive pedestrian survey of the...