Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976

Summary

The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Mary Ann Cole Site in 1976. Mary Ann Cole Site was situated on a fluvial terrace of the Ohio River where the Blue River joins it in Crawford County in Indiana. With the discovery of the site, test excavation were undertaken to define the site and locate features. The site’s western boundary was indefinable due to the presence of the abandoned Corp of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 44 structures. The banks on both rivers experienced severe erosion in the vicinity of the site. Several features were located including fire hearth, postholes and large sections of a cord-marked vessel. The Mary Ann Cole Site had already been severely damaged by erosion of the riverbanks, it was apparent that the erosive force would completely destroy the site in a matter of years. In addition, this area was scheduled to become USACE, Public Use Site 8A and 9, for the Cannelton Locks and Dam Master Plan Development. The proposed construction would destroy the remaining portions of the Mary Ann Cole Site (McMichael 1976).

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box inventories, card stock inserts, correspondence, document folder listing, GBL artifact inventory, GBL catalog, initial data collection, maps, notes, photographic material spreadsheet, photographic material database, and records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Cite this Record

Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976. ( tDAR id: 405645) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BC41PT

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Site Name
12CR1

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Crawford County • Indiana • Lock and Dam 44

Spatial Coverage

min long: -86.555; min lat: 38.085 ; max long: -86.251; max lat: 38.229 ;

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

Contributor(s): Brockington and Associates

Principal Investigator(s): James W. McMichael

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

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

Repository(s): Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

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

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, finding aid, scanned asset key, and select artifact photographs. Additional materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box inventories, card stock inserts, correspondence, document folder listing, GBL artifact inventory, GBL catalog, initial data collection, maps, notes, photographic material spreadsheet, photographic material database, and records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the Finding Aid.

Source Collections

Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 collection stored at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-7 of 7)

Documents

  1. Artifact Report, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ashley House.

    The USACE, Louisville District obtained the collection through an archaeological test excavation at the Mary Ann Cole Site in 1976. Mary Ann Cole Site was situated on a fluvial terrace of the Ohio River where the Blue River joins it in Crawford County in Indiana. With the discovery of the site, test excavation were undertaken to define the site and locate features. The site’s western boundary was indefinable due to the presence of the abandoned Corp of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 44 structures....

  2. Finding Aid, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Conway Slaughter.

    This collection is referred to as “Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is half a linear inch. The associated documentation for Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 was stored in one acidic folder and in one acidic cardboard box with several other document collections. These collections were Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1977 and Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1979- 1981. It was difficult at...

Images

  1. Ceramic Artifact Photographs, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 archaeological investigation in the Ohio River area, in Crawford County, Indiana.

  2. Glass Artifact Photograph, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photograph of glass artifact collected during the Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 archaeological investigation in the Ohio River area, in Crawford County, Indiana.

  3. Lithic Artifact Photograph, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photograph of lithic artifact collected during the Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 archaeological investigation in the Ohio River area, in Crawford County, Indiana.

Datasets

  1. Artifact Database, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Project’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2009. The VCP St. Louis laboratory was established by USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds and staffed through Brockington and Associates, Inc. In the re-housing process of each...

  2. Scanned Asset Key, Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 (2012)
    DATASET Conway Slaughter.

    This is the scanned asset key for the Mary Ann Cole Site (12CR1) 1976 collection stored at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University.