Investigations at Two Archeological Sites Near Akers Ferry, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Shannon County, Missouri

Author(s): James E. Price; Mark J. Lynott

Year: 1996

Summary

Archeological investigations were carried out at two multicomponent archeological sites in the vicinity of Akers Ferry in Shannon County, Missouri, in September 1991. This work was conducted under a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the University of Missouri-Columbia and consisted of subsurface testing of previously recorded archeological sites in areas where planned developments in Ozark National Scenic Riverways would adversely impact their archeological integrity if there were significant cultural deposits present on them. The investigations reported herein were conducted at two sites.

The first, the Akers Pass site (23SH22), was determined to consist of a multicomponent prehistoric site yielding cultural materials from the Late Archaic substage to the Emergent Mississippi substage. Also discovered on the site were the significant remains of a circa 1830-1860 Euroamerican habitation which yielded abundant archeological materials.

The second site, the Dances with Grasshoppers site (23SHI77), consisted of widely scattered remains of prehistoric occupations on a series of undulating landforms in Gladden Creek valley. It was a multicomponent site with evidence of habitation from the Early Archaic substage to the Emergent Mississippi substage. Subsurface testing revealed that prehistoric features exist below the plow zone.

Analysis of data and cultural materials from the two sites indicates that both are significant and have the potential to yield information on lifeways associated with past occupations of the Current River valley. It is recommended that if the sites cannot be avoided during planned construction activities, sufficient excavations be conducted on them to mitigate, through data recovery, any adverse impacts that might result from subsurface disturbance.

Cite this Record

Investigations at Two Archeological Sites Near Akers Ferry, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Shannon County, Missouri. James E. Price, Mark J. Lynott. Midwest Archeological Center Technical Report ,No. 37. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. 1996 ( tDAR id: 376058) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FQ9WB7

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Euroamerican • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Mississippian • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal

Site Name
23SH177 • 23SH22 • Akers Pass • Dances with Grasshoppers

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Bifaces • Black Dendridic Transfer • Blue Shelledge • Charles H. Smith • Coarse Earthenware • Cores • Earthenware Pottery • Fire-Cracked Rock • Flow Blue • Glass Bottle • Household Artifacts • Light Blue Transfer • Mocha Ware • MUssell Shell • Nuclear Family • Plowzone • Polychrome Floral • Porcelain Button • Pressed Glass • Projectile Points • Red Transfer • Shovel Tests • Spongeware • Stickstamped • Test Units • Tumbler Sherds • Undecorated Earthenware • Uniface • White Ironstone • Window Glass Show More

Geographic Keywords
Akers Ferry • Gladden Creek Valley • Missouri • Ozark National Scenic Riverways • Shannon County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -91.108; min lat: 36.74 ; max long: -90.691; max lat: 37.04 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Midwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service

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