Artifact Report, Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir

Author(s): Michelle Young

Year: 2018

Summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Alexandria, Virginia laboratory in September 2014. The Alexandria VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone‐Berger, JV.

The procedures employed to re‐house the archaeological material from the Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir investigation are discussed below and follow those procedures utilized by the Alexandria VCP laboratory. In the re‐housing process of each investigative effort of the USACE, Huntington District collection, the same standard procedures and Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site guidelines were followed. Upon completion of the curation management project, the collection was sent to Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site for permanent curation.

The artifact database can be found in tDAR at https://core.tdar.org/dataset/447273

Cite this Record

Artifact Report, Arbitrary Collections at Bluestone Reservoir. Michelle Young. 2018 ( tDAR id: 447080) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447080

Keywords

Material
Ceramic • Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell

Site Name
44GS5 • 46MC1 • 46ME19 • 46ME20 • 46ME21 • 46SU10 • 46SU165 • 46SU191 • 46SU20 • 46SU208 • 46SU22 • 46SU23 • 46SU28 • 46SU29 • 46SU39 • 46SU47 • 46SU48 • 46SU49 • 46SU50 • 46SU52 • 46SU53 • 46SU55 • 46SU56 • 46SU9

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management

General
Artifact Report • Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Bluestone Reservoir • Virginia (State / Territory) • West Virginia (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -80.99; min lat: 37.451 ; max long: -80.747; max lat: 37.679 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Repository(s): Archaeological Collections Facility, Grave Creek Mound Historic Site

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the VCP, and include an artifact catalog, artifact photographs, and an artifact report. Additional materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs and artifact catalog.

File Information

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ArbitraryCollectionsatBluestoneReservoir_Report_OCR_PDFA.pdf 217.20kb Nov 7, 2018 12:28:54 PM Public