River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 17: The Excavation and Investigation of Fort Lookout Trading Post II (39LM57) in the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota

Author(s): C. F. Miller

Year: 1960

Summary

The purpose of this paper is to report on the archeology of the multiple components of Site 39LM57 in South Dakota, for which Mr. Mattes has provided the historical background in River Basin Surveys Paper No. 15. Starting in the uppermost level were the remains of Fort Lookout II, probably established in 1831 by the French Fur Trading Co. and subsequently occupied, 1840-51, by the trader La Barge. Below them were traces of two prehistoric aboriginal horizons. The excavations were carried on in accordance with an agreement between the River Basin Surveys of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service whereby sites determined by the Service historians to be of historical significance to the Inter-Agency Salvage Program would be investigated by Smithsonian archeologists.

Cite this Record

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 17: The Excavation and Investigation of Fort Lookout Trading Post II (39LM57) in the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota. C. F. Miller. River Basin Survey Papers ,17. Washington, DC: Bureau of American Ethnology. 1960 ( tDAR id: 104747) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8416XVF

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
39LM57 • Fort Lookout military and trading posts (39LM57)

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
39LM57 • Archeological Overview / Synthesis-Project Spec • Artifact • Field Reconnaisance--Intensive • Fort • Fort Lookout Trading Post II, South Dakota • Site Settlement • Trading Post

Geographic Keywords
46085 (Fips Code) • Fort Randall Reservoir • Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota • Lyman (County) • North America (Continent) • South Dakota (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1800 to 1849

Spatial Coverage

min long: -100.367; min lat: 43.5 ; max long: -99.281; max lat: 44.218 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Smithsonian Insitution

Record Identifiers

River Basin Surveys(s): 17

NADB document id number(s): 5190880

NADB citation id number(s): 000000163546

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