US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Part of: US Army Corps of Engineers
This is the parent collection for all collection curated and investigations conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, located in Vicksburg, MS.
Site Name Keywords
22YZ717 •
22YZ718 •
22YZ719 •
22YZ720 •
22YZ721 •
22YZ722 •
22YZ723 •
22YZ724 •
22YZ725 •
22YZ726
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Midden •
Sub-surface midden
Other Keywords
Collections Management
Culture Keywords
Prehistoric
Investigation Types
Heritage Management •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Archaeological Overview •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Collections Research
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
Mississippi (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
USA (Country) •
Sharkey County (County) •
Washington County (County) •
Yazoo County (County) •
Humphreys County (County) •
Holmes County (County) •
Issaquena County (County)
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Archaeological Data Recovery from 22LA545, Lafayette County, Mississippi
PROJECT
The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from Vicksburg District are discussed below. Upon completion of this curation management project, the Vicksburg District collection will be sent to Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University for permanent curation. The...
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Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the investigative effort. This investigation had a final report and copies of the artifact catalog and field notes. The U.S....
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Askew Refuge Reforestation
PROJECT
The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...
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Data Recovery at the Milner (22YZ515) and O'Neil Creek (22YZ624) Sites Yazoo County Mississippi
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. Only the final report was available for this investigation. Phase III mitigation was conducted at the Milner (22YZ515) and O’Neil Creek (22YZ624) sites to explore the sites’ potential for listing on the National Register of Historic Places before the sites were...
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Demonstration Erosion Control Six Watersheds Phase I/II
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the previous archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. Draft report chapters and a final report with site...
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Four Disposal Areas, Three Water-Control Structures and a Portion of the Tallahatchie River
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. The investigation, titled Tallahatchie River Survey, came to St....
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FY 92 Timber Sales
PROJECT
The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...
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Greenville Urban Protection Project
PROJECT
The MCX-CMAC utilizes the standard archival practice of “unique naming” of collections. The purpose of this is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Greenville Urban Protection Project.” This naming practice is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder titles, and box labels. The linear extent of this collection is half (0.5) an inch. Only four folders compose this...
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Lake George Mitigation
PROJECT
The MCX-CMAC utilizes the standard archival practice of “unique naming” of collections. The purpose of this is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Lake George Mitigation.” This naming practice is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder titles, and box labels. The linear extent of this collection is four (4) inches. All field and catalog records were duplicated...
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Line Creek Drainage Investigation 1983
PROJECT
The first step in the typical rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. This investigation had no report or other associated documentation at the St. Louis District, other than the University of Mississippi box contents sheets that came with the artifacts. Using the information retrieved from the artifact bags, this...
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Rena Lara Landside Berm
PROJECT
The USACE, Vicksburg District contracted with Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) to conduct an intensive survey of the area around Sunflower Landing that would be affected by the construction of the Rena Lara berm in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The survey was conducted between May 22 and 29, 1985. Richard A. Weinstein served as principle investigator. It was during this time that the 16 sites were discovered: Cypress Brake (22CO704), Forked Ridge (22CO705), Eubanks (22CO706), Sheep Pen (22CO707),...
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Sardis Lake Investigations
PROJECT
The first step in the typical rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. This Sardis Lake investigation had no report or other associated documentation at the St. Louis District, other than the University of Mississippi Box Contents Sheets that came with the artifacts. Using the information retrieved from the artifact bags and...
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Upper Yazoo Project 3A-2
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the document collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. Archival material sent along with this investigative effort included...
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Upper Yazoo Project-1 From SRM 75.6 to 107.8
PROJECT
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the previous archaeological work that had been conducted on the sites. The documentation for this investigative effort included the...