Modoc Rock Shelter Site, IL (11R5) 1953 Excavation Project

Summary

The 1953 excavation at Modoc Rock Shelter (11R5) was directed by Howard D. Winters and sponsored by the University of Chicago and the Illinois State Museum. Winters excavated two areas. An L-shaped area in the central portion of the Main Shelter area - was excavated in arbitrary 6-inch levels down to bedrock at a depth of about 19 feet below the post-road fill removal ground surface, or circa 118.72 m AMSL). The other area, which was located at the edge of the West Pillar, was excavated from original ground surface to about 16 feet below original ground surface, or circa 121.61 m AMSL).

The 1953 faunal remains from the Central Pit and the West Pillar areas were initially identified by Paul W. Parmalee of the Illinois State Museum. In 1980, Karli White and Bonnie Styles (Illinois State Museum) re-examined the 1953 identifications, augmented the identifications, and entered them into a database.

Cite this Record

Modoc Rock Shelter Site, IL (11R5) 1953 Excavation Project. ( tDAR id: 398932) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85M679X

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Shell

Site Name
Modoc Rock Shelter (11R5)

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Burial Pit • Encampment • Hearth • Hunting / Trapping • Isolated Burial • Pit • Refuse Pit • Rock Shelter • Sheet Midden • Storage Pit

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research

General
Faunal Remains - Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
Central Mississippi River Valley, USA • Randolph County, southwestern Illinois

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.106; min lat: 38.029 ; max long: -90.057; max lat: 38.053 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Bonnie Styles

Contributor(s): Mona Colburn; Paul W. Parmalee; Karli E. White

Repository(s): Illinios State Museum

Source Collections

Illinois State Museum

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Datasets

Coding Sheets

Project Contents

Coding Sheets (21)
Datasets (2)

Basic Information

DOI
doi:10.6067/XCV85M679X
tDAR ID
398932