Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982

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

An archaeological survey of the Salamonie Reservoir was carried out by principal investigators William R. Wepler and Donald R. Cochran, from Ball State University in 1982. Salamonie Reservoir is located in the Huntington and Wabash counties of Indiana. The survey was conducted to identify the variables that influenced site selection, refine the cultural history of the area, develop hypotheses concerning Early Archaic settlement patterns, investigate the seeming lack of Middle Archaic occupation of the area, and to evaluate the effect the reservoir had on the archaeological resources (Wepler and Cochran 1982).

The report by Wepler and Cochran (1982) does not give definitive dates for when the survey at the Salamonie Reservoir took place. The 1982 investigation year comes from the date on the report. No dates of collection were found while processing this investigation, except for one that falls outside of the 1982 year, March 1980. This date was associated with seven artifacts (Artifact IDs: 004-001 to 004-003). Because the site number associated with this date, 12HU68, was listed on a box list obtained from AAL, it was decided to keep the artifacts associated with it in the investigation. The decision was made not to change the investigation name or years of investigation, due to the lack of evidence in the archives to help determine when the survey took place.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box labels, document folder listing, initial data sheets, and notes. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Site Name Keywords
12HU213 • 12HU218 • 12HU220 • 12HU225 • 12HU252 • 12HU268 • 12HU286 • 12HU297 • 12HU194 • 12HU371

Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Isolated Artifact

Other Keywords
Collections Management • Habitation • Hunting Camp • Base Camp • Lithic • Knife • Scraper • Uniface • Projectile Point • Hammerstone

Culture Keywords
PaleoIndian • Archaic • Early Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Archaic • Woodland • Early Woodland • Middle Woodland • Late Woodland • Historic

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Heritage Management

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal • Shell

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Huntington County (County) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Wabash County (County) • North America (Continent) • Upper Wabash drainage • Salamonie Reservoir • USA (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-12 of 12)

Documents
  • An Archaeological Survey of the Salamonie Reservoir (1982)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William R. Wepler. Donald R. Cochran.

    An archaeological survey of the Salamonie Reservoir was carried out to identify the variables that influenced site selection, refine the cultural history of the area, develop hypotheses concerning Early Archaic settlement patterns, investigate the seeming lack of Middle Archaic occupation of the area, and evaluate the effect the reservoir has had on the archaeological resources Refinements and expansion of the description of the natural setting of the area as originally presented by Wepler...

  • Artifact Report, Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Wahle.

    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 of 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 to re-house the...

  • Finding Aid, Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Wahle.

    This collection is referred to as "Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982.” 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 archival collection consisted of one final report and a small number of field records. There were no records or personal information that needed to be removed from the collection. This collected work contained no oversized documents, photographic materials, audiovisual materials,...

Images Datasets
  • Artifact Database, Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    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 of 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 to re-house the...

  • Scanned Asset Key, Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982 (2012)
    DATASET Steve Wahle.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982 collection stored at the Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University.

Projects
  • Salamonie Reservoir Survey 1982
    PROJECT Donald R. Cochron. US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. US Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. William R. Wepler.

    An archaeological survey of the Salamonie Reservoir was carried out by principal investigators William R. Wepler and Donald R. Cochran, from Ball State University in 1982. Salamonie Reservoir is located in the Huntington and Wabash counties of Indiana. The survey was conducted to identify the variables that influenced site selection, refine the cultural history of the area, develop hypotheses concerning Early Archaic settlement patterns, investigate the seeming lack of Middle Archaic occupation...