Artifact Report, Archaeological Survey of Beech Fork Lake 1973-1975

Author(s): Jacob Chase

Year: 2019

Summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntington District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program's (VCP) Alexandria 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 Archaeological Survey of Beech Fork Lake 1973-1975 investigation are discussed below and follow those procedures utilized by the Alexandria VCP laboratory. In the rehousing 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/448004

Cite this Record

Artifact Report, Archaeological Survey of Beech Fork Lake 1973-1975. Jacob Chase. 2019 ( tDAR id: 448000) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8448000

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Composite • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Plastic • Sediment • Shell

Site Name
46CB12 • 46WA21 • 46WA22 • 46WA23 • 46WA24 • 46WA25 • 46WA26 • 46WA27 • 46WA28 • 46WA29 • 46WA30 • 46WA33 • 46WA34 • 46WA35 • 46WA36 • 46WA37 • 46WA38 • 46WA39 • 46WA54 • 46WA55 • 46WA57 • 46WA58 • 46WM12 • 46WM2 • 46WM20

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

General
Artifact Report • Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Beech Fork Lake • Cabell (County) • Lavalette • Wayne (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.577; min lat: 38.194 ; max long: -82.248; max lat: 38.385 ;

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

Record Identifiers

Contract Number(s): PX-4000-4-0802

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include archival photographs, artifact catalog, artifact photographs, artifact report, finding aid, original investigation report, oversized material spreadsheet, photographic material spreadsheet, and scanned asset key. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include document listing folder, initial data collection, oversized material labels, photographic material labels, records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

File Information

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ArchaeologicalSurveyofBeechForkLake1973-1975_Report_OCR_PDFA.pdf 1.34mb Jan 23, 2019 5:01:11 PM Public