"Left Behind": The Transition of a Farming Community Into Camp Atterbury

Summary

On 6 January 1942, the United States Army announced that it would build a 40,000 acre training camp in rural central Indiana. The residents of the farming community were given less than six months before they were displaced from their ancestral land for the construction of the camp. Once gone, several hundred vacated farmsteads were left behind. These farmsteads were demolished and would in 50 years time become archaeological sites. This poster will highlight some of the historic archaeological sites found within the boundaries of Camp Atterbury, archaeological fieldwork conducted, and the best management and compliance practices of the cultural resource program in regards to the historic history of Camp Atterbury.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Cultural Resource Management on Military Land   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage