Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987

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

The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Fairfax South Site, Lake Monroe Reservoir Project in 1987. Fieldwork was performed by Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University (GBL) with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reservoirs. Fieldwork consisted of hand excavation of trenches to assess the integrity of archaeological deposits and was conducted from May 21 to June 5, 1987 (Myers and Munson 1987). There is one accession number for this investigation, 6808, which is associated with site number 12MO346. All artifacts were obtained from the Fairfax South Site investigation, Indiana site 12MO346. The county symbol that is employed is MO for Monroe County, Indiana.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, investigation report, oversized material database, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, the box inventory, cardstock inserts, document folder listing, GBL catalog, initial data collection, oversized material labels, photographic material database, and records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Site Name Keywords
12MO346

Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Hunting / Trapping • Butchering / Kill Site

Other Keywords
Collections Management • Lithic Manufacturing • Lithic • Projectile Point • Artifact Report • Artifact Database • Biface • Finding Aid • French Lick Phase

Culture Keywords
Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Archaic

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Heritage Management

Material Types
Chipped Stone

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Monroe County (County) • North America (Continent) • Monroe (County) • Salt Creek • Lake Monroe • Monroe Reservoir • USA (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-8 of 8)

Documents
  • Archaeological Test Excavations at the Fairfax South Site, (12MO346) Monroe Reservoir, Monroe County, Indiana (1987)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery A. Myers. Patrick J. Munson.

    This report presents the results of test excavations at the Fairfax South site (12 Mo 346) at Monroe Reservoir, Monroe County, Indiana. The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, in contract with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reservoirs, undertook investigations at the site in order to evaluate the archaeological significance of the site and its eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Fieldwork consisted of the hand excavation...

  • Artifact Report, Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Trey Stone.

    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...

  • Finding Aid, Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Cory R. Tabbert.

    This collection is referred to as "Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987.” 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 linear inches. Fairfax South Site (12MO364) 1987 collection was contained within one acidic envelope 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....

Images Datasets
  • Artifact Database, Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    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...

  • Oversized Material Database, Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    This is the oversized materials database for the Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

  • Scanned Asset Key, Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 (2012)
    DATASET Cory Tabbert.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987 collection stored at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

Projects
  • Fairfax South Site (12MO346) 1987
    PROJECT Patrick J. Munson. Jeffery A. Myers. 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.

    The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Fairfax South Site, Lake Monroe Reservoir Project in 1987. Fieldwork was performed by Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University (GBL) with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Reservoirs. Fieldwork consisted of hand excavation of trenches to assess the integrity of archaeological deposits and was conducted from May 21 to June 5, 1987 (Myers and Munson...