The Structural Archaeology of a Middle Fort Ancient Village: Recent Investigations at the State Line Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This presentation provides an overview of recent discoveries and excavations at the State Line site on the Ohio-Indiana border near Cincinnati, Ohio. The State Line Site is primarily a Middle Fort Ancient Anderson Phase village (ca. AD 1050-AD 1275), with earlier components. ASC Group, Inc. has led ongoing investigations at this site as part of a Section 106 compliance project for an intersection improvement project. A brief overview of field and laboratory research will be presented with a focus on identified Fort Ancient-period structures. Terminology, approaches, and insights from recently published research on ancient architecture of the Ohio Valley will be integrated with new data from the State Line site. Specifically discussed will be the discovery and documentation of a large, unique wall trench structure believed to be a community structure.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41589.0