The Prehistory and Early History of the Niobrara River Basin

Author(s): Richard P. Wheeler; Hubert G. Smith

Year: 1953

Summary

This report has been prepared in compliance with a letter dated February 2, 1953 from the Assistant Director, Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, to the Acting Chief, Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution. The report is based, in part, on a previous report by the Missouri Basin Project, River Basin Surveys, Smithsonian Institution, entitled "Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Niobrara River Basin, Nebraska, August 1951". The present report, as well as the earlier one, is a project of the Inter-Agency Archeological and Paleontological Salvage Program. This program developed in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service, approved on October 9, 1945. Under this program the River Basin Surveys was established as a unit of the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose is to salvage the maximum practicable amount of archeological and paleontological materials from the areas to be inundated by reservoirs throughout the country. The River Basin Surveys, throughout, works closely in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Park Service, the Corps of Engineers and the several interested state agencies.

Cite this Record

The Prehistory and Early History of the Niobrara River Basin. Richard P. Wheeler, Hubert G. Smith. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 1953 ( tDAR id: 376461) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8VX0G7W

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • PaleoIndian • Plains Village • Ponca Indians • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone

Site Name
Eagle Creek Mound • Feye Village • Green Village Site • Lawson Village • Lynch Site

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Ground Disturbance Monitoring

General
Antler • Bureau of Reclamation • Cord-Roughened Pottery • Corps of Engineers • Earth Lodge Dwellings • Feye Cord Roughened • Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program • National Park Service • Ornaments • Paleontological Salvage Program • Valley Cord Roughened • Weapons

Geographic Keywords
Anoka Reservoir • Boyd County (County) • Cherry County (County) • Eagle Creek • Holt County • Loseke Creek • Nebraska • Niobrara • Niobrara Basin • Platte County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -98.723; min lat: 42.569 ; max long: -97.097; max lat: 43.213 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Missouri River Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

Prepared By(s): Midwest Archeological Center

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