Salvage Archaeology at a Site Near Fort Thompson, South Dakota

Author(s): Robert W. Neuman

Year: 1961

Summary

This report concerns the 1953 investigations conducted by a field party of the Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution, at the Farm School Site (39BF220), which is situated on an extensive floodplain along the left side of the Missouri River in Buffalo County, South Dakota. The site was first recognized in 1956 by a survey team of the Missouri Basin Project under the direction of Harold A. Huscher. The 1958 investigations, from July 7 to July 11, were supervised by Robert W. Neuman; James J. Stanek acted as field assistant. The site and the surrounding area has been intensively cultivated for at least the last eighty years by the Indian Farm School of the Crow Creek Indian Reservation. In the spring of 1960, a major portion of the site was destroyed by activities incident to the construction of the Big Bend Dam. The investigations at the Farm School Site were made possible through funds provided for the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Park Service and various cooperating federal, state, and local institutions.

Cite this Record

Salvage Archaeology at a Site Near Fort Thompson, South Dakota. Robert W. Neuman. 1961 ( tDAR id: 391148) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W95B4K

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Keywords

Culture
Arikara • Campbell Creek Focus • Dakota • Euroamerican • Fort Thompson Focus • Historic • Historic Native American • Pahuk Aspect

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

Site Name
39BF220 • 39BF3 • 39CH7 • 39LM26 • 39LM27 • Farm School Site • Oacoma Site • Oldham Site • Talking Crow Site

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hamlet / Village • House • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Refuse Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Storage Pit

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Abrading Stones • Arzberger Crosshatched • Awls • Bird Effigy • Bison Scapulae • Bone Ball • Campbell Creek Ware • Drills • Grey Cloud Horizontal-Incised • Grinding Stones • Knives • Mealing Stones • Pottery Effigy • Projectile Points • Scrapers • Shaft Smoothers • Stanley Braced Rim Ware • Stone Pipe • Talking Crow Ware

Geographic Keywords
Big Bend Dam • Buffalo County, South Dakota • Missouri River • South Dakota

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.326; min lat: 42.99 ; max long: -96.328; max lat: 46.12 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Basin Project; National Park Service; Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program; James J. Stanek; Marvin F. Kivett; Nebraska State Historical Society; Missouri Basin Chronology Program; University of Kansas; Carlyle S. Smith

Field Director(s): Robert W. Neuman

Landowner(s): Indian Farm School, Crow Creek Indian Reservation

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