The Knife River Indian Villages Archeological Inventory: A Useful Management Tool
Author(s): Thomas D. Thiessen
Year: 2000
Summary
During the past several years, the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site has been the focus of an intensive archeological and ethnohistorical research program that is reaping great benefits for the management of the park. Beginning in 1976 and continuing for each summer through 1981, archeologists from the University of North Dakota and the National Park Service's Midwest Archeological Center conducted a variety of investigations in the park designed to delimit the extent and nature of the park's archeological resources The archeological program, conceived and initiated by Dr. F. A. Calabrese of the Midwest Archeological Center, had as an objective research designed to provide an understanding of the regional prehistory and ethnohistory while utilizing an interdisciplinary approach involving various scientific techniques in testing new and promising archeological methods in the field and laboratory. This research has been guided by a comprehensive research plan prepared by Dr. Stanley A. Ahler of the University of North Dakota, which outlines a number of specific tasks explicitly tied to archeological research problems of the region as well as to the specific cultural resource management needs of the park. This document provides a sound methodological and problem-oriented basis for the entire archeological program at Knife River.
Cite this Record
The Knife River Indian Villages Archeological Inventory: A Useful Management Tool. Thomas D. Thiessen. 2000 ( tDAR id: 398855) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NS0X14
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Keywords
Culture
Canadian
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Hidatsa
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Mandan
Site Name
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Hearth
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Storage Pit
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Ethnohistoric Research
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Geophysical Survey
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Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Magnetic Survey
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Mapping
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Pedestrian Survey
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Power Auger
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Proton Magnetometer Survey
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Smallpox
Geographic Keywords
Missouri River
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North Dakota (State / Territory)
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Northern Plains
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.238; min lat: 45.829 ; max long: -96.68; max lat: 49.038 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Anne Vawser
Contributor(s): Thomas D. Thiessen; F. A. Calabrese; Stanley A. Ahler
Collaborator(s): University of North Dakota; Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service
File Information
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MWAC-Report_Thiessen_Archeological-Inventory-at-KNRI_nd.pdf | 596.77kb | Jun 7, 2015 7:49:11 PM | Public |