ROI062, The Ghosts of the Delaware: An Archaeological Study of Delaware Settlement Along the White River, Indiana:
Part of the ROI062, The Ghosts of the Delaware: An Archaeological Study of Delaware Settlement Along the White River, Indiana project
Author(s): Beth K. McCord
Year: 2002
Summary
The Archaeological Resources Management Service conducted a FY2001 Historical Preservation Fund Grant to study historic Delaware occupations along the White River in Hamilton, Madison and Delaware counties, Indiana. The project compiled and synthesized historic information on the Delaware occupation in this area. Fifteen Delaware or Native American villages were reported along the White River between the late 1790s and 1820. Five of the fifteen reported village locations were surveyed, but no evidence of Delaware occupation was found. To date, no verified Delaware sites have been identified in this area. Several potential factors affecting the discovery of Delaware sites were recognized. The Delaware occupation of the White River appeared to be one in which the durable materials were limited, dispersed and difficult to distinguish as Native American. The project was also complicated by inaccurate site locations and the sampling methods used may have been inadequate to locate them. While the Delaware occupation could not be characterized from archaeological data, the historic sources provide adequate information to substantiate that the Delaware maintained their cultural identity while on the White River.
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Cite this Record
ROI062, The Ghosts of the Delaware: An Archaeological Study of Delaware Settlement Along the White River, Indiana:. Beth K. McCord. 2002 ( tDAR id: 464001) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8464001
Keywords
Culture
Adena
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Albee
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Allison LaMotte
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Bluegrass
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Clovis
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CUMBERLAND
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Dalton
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Delaware
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Early Archaic
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Early Woodland
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French Lick Phase
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Glacial Kame
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Havana
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Historic
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Historic Native American
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Jerger Phase
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KIRK
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Late Archaic
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Late Woodland
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Lost Lake
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Maple Creek Phase
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Middle Archaic
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Middle Woodland
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Newtown
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PaleoIndian
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QUAD
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Red Ocher
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Riverton
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THEBES
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Unidentified Prehistoric
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Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Glass
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Human Remains
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Metal
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
12Dl10
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12Dl1069
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12Dl1070
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12Dl1071
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12Dl1072
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12Dl1073
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12Dl1074
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12Dl1078
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12Dl1079
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12Dl1080
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12Dl1081
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12Dl1082
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12Dl1083
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12Dl2
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12Dl9
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12H461
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12H468
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12H912
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12H913
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12H914
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12H915
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12H916
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12H917
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12H918
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12H925
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12H926
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12H927
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12H928
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12H929
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12H930
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12H931
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12M14
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12M166
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12M167
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12M169
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12M170
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12M171
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12M172
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12M201
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12M267
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12M268
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12M288
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12M298
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12M414
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12M44
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12M573
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12M575
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12M599
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12M667
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12M679
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12M680
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12M681
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Site Type
Artifact Scatter
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Cemetery
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Hamlet / Village
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Isolated Artifact
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Town / City
Investigation Types
Ethnographic Research
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Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Systematic Survey
Geographic Keywords
Delaware County
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Hamilton County
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Indiana
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Madison County
Spatial Coverage
min long: -86.24; min lat: 39.911 ; max long: -85.22; max lat: 40.379 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Kevin Nolan; Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
Sponsor(s): Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Repository(s): Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
Prepared By(s): Archaeological Resources Management Service, Ball State University
Record Identifiers
Reports of Investigation(s): 062
File Information
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ROI062-PDF-OCR.pdf | 72.09mb | Aug 8, 2024 12:11:07 PM | Confidential | ||
ROI062-PDF-OCR-Marked_Redacted.pdf | 49.95mb | Aug 8, 2024 12:11:06 PM | Public |