River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 1-6

Author(s): Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr; Waldo R. Wedel; Marvin F. Kivett; Joe B. Wheat; Marshall T. Newman; Sheldon Judson; Joseph Caldwell

Year: 1953

Summary

The Inter-Agency program for the recovery of archeological and paleontological remains which would otherwise be lost as a result of the numerous projects for Hood control, irrigation, hydroelectric installations, and navigation improvements in the river basins of the United States got under way in 1946 as a cooperative effort on the part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army. Preliminary steps taken over a period of many months by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service resulted at that time in allotments of funds from the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers to initiate preliminary surveys in the Missouri Basin and other areas throughout the country. Subsequently all of the funds for carrying on the work have been provided by the Department of the Interior through its Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service, although the Corps of Engineers has continued to cooperate in other ways. The National Park Service has served as the liaison between the various agencies and has provided the Smithsonian Institution with all of the necessary information pertaining to the locations of the proposed dams and reservoirs and their priorities. It also has carried the responsibility for budgeting the costs of the program.

Cite this Record

River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 1-6. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr, Waldo R. Wedel, Marvin F. Kivett, Joe B. Wheat, Marshall T. Newman, Sheldon Judson, Joseph Caldwell. 1953 ( tDAR id: 376073) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RJ4K9G

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Archaic

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Addicks Dam Site • Hodges Site • The Rembert Mounds • The Woodruff Ossuary

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Isolated Burial • Mound / Earthwork • Ossuary • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Elbert County (County) • Georgia (State / Territory) • Kansas (State / Territory) • Missouri River Basin • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Phillips County (County) • Tucumcari

Spatial Coverage

min long: -105.732; min lat: 42.163 ; max long: -95.713; max lat: 48.633 ;

Notes

General Note: No.1. Prehistory and the Missouri Valley Development Program: Summary report on the Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey in 1948, by Waldo R. Wedel No.2. Prehistory and the Missouri Valley Development Program: Summary report on the Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey in 1949, by Waldo R. Wedel No.3. The Woodruff Ossuary, a prehistoric burial site in Phillips County, Kansas, by Marvin F. Kivett No.4. The Addicks Dam Site: I. An archeological survey of the Addicks Dam Basin, Southeast Texas, by Joe Ben Wheat II. Indian skeletal remains from the Doering and Kobs Sites, Addicks Reservoir, Texas, by Marshall T. Newman No.5. The Hodges Site: I. Two rock shelters near Tucumcari, New Mexico, by Herbert W. Dick II. Geology of the Hodges Site, Quay County, New Mexico, by Sheldon Judson No.6. The Rembert Mounds, Elbert County, Georgia, by Joseph R. Caldwell

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