US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District VCP

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were brought to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory on September 11, 2011. The St. Louis VCP 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 a contract with Statistical Research, Inc., a cultural resource management firm with offices throughout the western United...

This collection is referred to as “Blue Springs Lake Project 1983–1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, file folders, and box labels. The extent of this collection is seventeen (17) linear inches. The documents in this investigation include paper and photographic documents categorized as Field, Analysis, and Report Records. The Field Records include field notebooks, feature forms with hand drawn feature maps, and unit and block level summary forms. Photographic materials,...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District is presently constructing Blue Springs Lake on the East Fork of the Little Blue River in Jackson County, Missouri. The location of the project is in the tall grass prairie forest mosaic of the eastern Prairie Plains (Figure 1). This area is in the West Missouri Management Unit as defined by the Preliminary Draft Master Plan for Archaeological Resource Protection in Missouri prepared by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Completion...

Coffey is a complex of prehistoric campsites located along the Big Blue River in the Prairie Plains of northeastern Kansas. Archaeological and geological investigations document a long series of Holocene fluvial and cultural deposits. Five major periods of deposition (Units I through V) are identified at the site. Based on surface collections and excavated material a cultural sequence consisting of Paleo-Indian, repeated Archaic and possible Late Woodland occupations has been established for the...

The Coffey Site 1970-1975 project‘s records include information gleaned from archaeological work performed by the University of Kansas in the Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas from 1970 to 1975. Specifically, the project includes artifact catalogs associated primarily with the Coffey Site (14PO1), but also contains other artifact analysis data from sites in Pottawatomie and Riley Counties, Kansas.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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 the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone-Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re-house the archaeological material and...

The investigations described in this report focus on a literature and background search and a field survey conducted in connection with the proposed excessing of 15 real estate tracts in Bates, Henry and St. Clair Counties, Missouri, by the Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District. Of a total of eight cultural resource sited that were located during the field survey and records review, seven new historic sites were recorded and one previously recorded prehistoric site was investigated. Based...

This collection is referred to as Harry S. Truman Reservoir Excess Tracts Survey 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 (1.5) linear inches. The investigation consisted of administrative, field, analysis, and report records. The documents included a delivery order, a bailment agreement, a field notebook, notes, daily survey logs, a site analysis file, and draft and final reports with...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District, archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2011. The St. Louis VCP 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 a contract with Statistical Research, Inc., a cultural resource management firm with offices throughout the western United...

This collection is referred to as “Long Branch Lake Survey 1974–1978.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of the collection is one hundred nine and one half (109.5) linear inches.

The report contains the findings of an archaeological investigation conducted at the Long Branch Lake project, located in the Chariton River Valley, in northeastern Missouri. Documentation is provided for 7,000 years of continuous occupation of the river valley from the Middle Archaic to the Historic periods. Subsistence, settlement, and trade patterns are discussed.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP’s) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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 Statistical Research, Inc., cultural resources management firm with offices throughout the Western United States. The...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in September 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed to re-house the...

This collection is referred to as "Red Letter Shelter (23JA1703) 2011.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is half (0.5) of a linear inch. The documents from this project were received from the investigation’s principal investigator, John Peterson, through e-mail correspondence. The files included four PDF documents and 41 JPEG digital photographic files. The PDF files were printed on acid-free paper and...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP’s) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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 Statistical Research, Inc., a cultural resources management firm with offices throughout the western United States. The procedures...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were brought to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in September 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. The procedures employed to re-house the...

This collection is referred to as “Smith’s Fork Site (23CL223) 2009–2010.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box label. The extent of this collection is one and three quarters (1.75) linear inches. The documents from this project were USACE- Kansas City District Smith’s Fork Site (23CL223) 2009-2010 2009-2011 Gina Powell, Principal Investigator 3 received by the VCP in plastic storage containers with the associated artifacts. The documents were removed...

This report describes the results of a cultural resources survey and test excavations on sloughing easement lands along the Sac River downstream from Stockton Lake, Missouri. An intensive survey of 400 acres of easement lands was carried out, and test excavations at all sites found within the survey area were undertaken to provide data needed to evaluate the eligibility of the sites for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Three previously recorded prehistoric sites...

This collection is referred to as “Stockton Lake Project 1984–1985.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is four and three-quarters (4.75) linear inches. The records in this collection include paper, photographic, oversized, and electronic documents categorized as Administrative, Background, Field, Analysis, and Report Records. The documents include correspondence, reservoir maps, survey and test excavation...

This collection is referred to as The Stockton Lake Survey and Assessment 1992–1993. This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is one half (0.5) of a linear inch. The documents in the investigation are both paper and electronic and include administrative, background, and report records. In particular, the documents include a property disposition voucher, transmittal documents for two archaeological reports, copies of...

Test excavations were completed at prehistoric archeological sites 23DA407 and 23DA408. Excavations slated for 23DA83 could not be conducted due to high lake levels and will be undertaken at a later date. These sites are being actively excavated by collectors and are in danger of destruction. Hand excavations included 1 m x 1 m test units and shovel tests. Controlled surface collecting or piece plotting was not undertaken as planned because of the obvious evidence of surface disturbance. 23DA407...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2012. The St. Louis VCP 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 Statistical Research Inc., an archaeological contract firm with offices throughout the western United States. The procedures...

This collection is referred to as “Stockton Lake Survey and Wimmer Collection 1992–1993.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two (2.0) linear inches. The documents in this collection include paper and electronic documents categorized as Administrative, Field, Analysis, and Report Records. The Administrative Records contain correspondence from the Wimmer family, Historic Preservation Associates, and the...

Artifacts collected at Stockton Lake sites in Cedar, Dade and Polk counties by Mr. Howard R. Wimmer of St. Louis were analyzed for evidence of use-wear and classified according to typologies commonly accepted for the Stockton area. Those artifacts that were classifiable or that exhibited use-wear are described and many of them are illustrated. This work complements concurrent investigations at Stockton Lake including assessments of prehistoric archeological sites 23DA407 and 23DA408. An...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch serves as the Corps’ Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC). As part of its mission, MCX-CMAC assists other USACE districts with the proper curation of their archaeological collections in order to comply with 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological Collections, and repository standards. This report...