Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978

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

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 School of Continuing Studies, Bloomington, Indiana. Cheryl Munson was the principle field school instructor; however the field notes also mention that Patrick Munson occasionally took over responsibility for directing archaeological activities.

Munson’s 1976 Lake Monroe report included information on the Indun Rockshelter site that reveals how the site was identified and the rationale for undertaking Phase II archaeology. She mentioned that site 12MO350 was not at risk of the wave erosion that impacted many other sites and that it was visible from the lake and that the lake provided an easy avenue of access by boat, thus making the site an easy target for pothunters. The site produced well-preserved human skeletal remains, quite unlike the highly acidic soil open sites in the area. This was considered significant in terms of reconstructing subsistence systems for the area (Munson 1976: 127-128).

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, select artifact photographs, artifact report, finding aid, oversized material database, and scanned asset key. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, the box inventories, box labels, card stock inserts, correspondence, document folder listing, excavation forms, field notes, field school roster, initial data collection, oversized material labels, photographic material database, records removal sheet, and a sketch. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Site Name Keywords
12MO350

Other Keywords
Collections Management • Lithic • Body Sherd • Artifact Report • Artifact Database • Prehistoric • Biface • Lead Shot • Finding Aid • Gun shell cartridge

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Monroe County (County) • North America (Continent) • Monroe Reservoir • USA (Country) • N 16-20 • E 94-97

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-34 of 34)

Documents
  • Artifact Report, Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Nathan Maxwell.

    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...

  • Finding Aid, Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 1978 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ashley House.

    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...

Images Datasets Projects
  • Indun Rockshelter (12MO350) 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, Louisville District. Jeffery A. Myers.

    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...