The Prehistory and Early History of the Niobrara River Basin

Author(s): Richard P. Wheeler; G. Hubert 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, G. Hubert Smith. Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Project. 1953 ( tDAR id: 391158) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8WH2R4H

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Dakota Sioux • Historic • Nebraska Culture • Omaha • Oneota Culture • PaleoIndian • Plains Village • Ponca Indians • Upper Republican Culture • Woodland

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

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

Site Type
Burial Mound • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Bijou Hills Quartzite • Feye Cord Roughened • Nebraska State Historical Society • University of Nebraska Laboratory of Anthropology • Valley Cord Roughened

Geographic Keywords
Anoka Reservoir • Box Butte Reservoir • Colwell Reservoir • Long Pine Reservoir • Meadville Reservoir • Merritt Reservoir • Nebraska • Niobrara River Basin • Sparks Reservoir • Thatcher Reservoir

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.766; min lat: 38.734 ; max long: -94.922; max lat: 43.561 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Project

Collaborator(s): National Park Service; Bureau of Reclamation; Corps of Engineers

Sponsor(s): Inter-Agency Archeological and Paleontological Salvage Program

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