Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977

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

GBL provided the VCP with an electronic catalog entitled USACE GBL Accession Inventory 11 30 09. This catalog contained detailed information about each of the investigations within the GBL collection. Because the Patoka Lake investigations did not have individual reports, it was determined that the investigations would be separated based on the information found in the GBL catalog. Therefore, four separate Patoka Lake investigations were created based on the different worksheets within the GBL Microsoft Excel® catalog. Each worksheet was named with the year of investigation, and this was used to name the investigations at the VCP St. Louis laboratory Surveys at Patoka Lake, 1966; Surveys at Patoka Lake, 1976; Surveys at Patoka Lake, 1977; and Surveys at Patoka Lake, 1979. Dates of collection found on the original packaging of the artifacts may not be consistent with the years of investigation, because the investigations were separated according to the information found in the GBL catalog, which divided the investigations by accession numbers.

There was no report associated with Surveys at Patoka Lake, 1977, specifically. However, there is a report entitled, “Archaeological Salvage Excavations at Patoka Lake, Indiana” (Munson 1980), which is a compilation of the archaeological research done in the Patoka Lake region until the year 1980. Although there is no reference to this specific archaeological investigation, it is possible that the abovementioned report encompasses the archaeology performed at Patoka Lake in 1977.

The surveys conducted at Patoka Lake in 1977 consisted of 28 sites. The sites are identified using the Smithsonian Institute Trinomial system, the state number 12 refers to Indiana, and the county symbols refer to OR (Orange), CR (Crawford), SP (Spencer), DU (Dubois), and JN (Jennings) counties, Indiana. There are twenty-six accession numbers associated with this investigation. Table 1 represents the accession numbers associated with each site.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box inventory, card stock inserts, GBL catalog, and initial data collection. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Site Name Keywords
12OR10 • 12SP305 • 12OR9 • 12CR27 • 12OR92 • 12OR273 • 12OR12A • 12OR315 • 12SP289 • 12OR12

Other Keywords
Collections Management • Lithic • Historic • Projectile Point • Hammerstone • Body Sherd • Artifact Report • Rim Sherd • Shotgun Shell • Artifact Database

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Heritage Management

Material Types
Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Building Materials • Macrobotanical

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Indiana (State / Territory) • Dubois County (County) • North America (Continent) • Patoka Lake • USA (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-10 of 10)

Documents
  • Artifact Report, Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton Vance.

    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. In the re-housing process of each investigative effort of the USACE, Louisville District collection,...

  • Finding Aid, Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Joshua Weigler.

    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 “Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977.” 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...

Images Datasets
  • Artifact Database, Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977 (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 and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc. In the re-housing process of each investigative effort of the USACE, Louisville District collection,...

Projects
  • Surveys at Patoka Lake 1977
    PROJECT 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.

    GBL provided the VCP with an electronic catalog entitled USACE GBL Accession Inventory 11 30 09. This catalog contained detailed information about each of the investigations within the GBL collection. Because the Patoka Lake investigations did not have individual reports, it was determined that the investigations would be separated based on the information found in the GBL catalog. Therefore, four separate Patoka Lake investigations were created based on the different worksheets within the GBL...