River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 36: Archeological Investigations at the Hickey Brothers Site (39LM4), Big Bend Reservoir, Lyman County, South Dakota

Author(s): Warren W. Caldwell; Lee G. Madison; Bernard Golden

Year: 1964

Summary

The Hickey Brothers site (39LM4) was excavated during the summer of 1958 as part of the investigations of the Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution, within the projected Big Bend Reservoir of central South Dakota. The site was approached with every expectation of adding materially to the corpus of data bearing upon the "middle period" of village occupation along the Missouri main stem. The Hickey Brothers site appeared to be particularly important because it was fortified in a distinctive manner and the fortification system was so well preserved. Unfortunately, the site remains an enigma. The results of the intensive excavations of 1958 were disappointing, even shocking. An insignificant number of artifacts was found, and beyond a detailed coverage of bastion construction, there was little evidence of architectural features.

Cite this Record

River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 36: Archeological Investigations at the Hickey Brothers Site (39LM4), Big Bend Reservoir, Lyman County, South Dakota. Warren W. Caldwell, Lee G. Madison, Bernard Golden. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin ,189. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. 1964 ( tDAR id: 18167) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8VH5PN8

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Hickey Brothers Site (39LM4)

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

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

General
Fortification • Hickey Brothers Site • Prehistory • Significance / Management • Site Settlement

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

Spatial Coverage

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

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Smithsonian Institution

Record Identifiers

River Basin Surveys Papers(s): 36

NADB document id number(s): 820648; 5190782; 5604745

NADB citation id number(s): 000000163448; 000000100039; 000000241002

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