Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986

Summary

The Shell Bluff document collection was obtained from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi. The original housing of this collection consisted of 66 linear inches of acid-free tri-tab folders contained within five acid-free boxes, plus a half-box of photographs. Document boxes were labeled 0192 to 0196 by the Cobb Institute. A majority of the folders were housed according to provenience rather than by record type. Also, although folders were numbered sequentially, there were several folders numbered and labeled “empty” to preserve the system. Some folders were stacked on top of other folders, and all boxes were packed with newspaper. One interior acid-free box was found to contain data cards for the Shell Bluff collection and was retained in place. Photographic materials were divided into sections and housed in acidic hanging file folders contaminating the acid-free folders. Despite this general division of the collection into archival and photographic materials, photographs were found attached to several field documents. A note was found stating that oversized documents were housed elsewhere at the Cobb Institute; however, these items were not located when the collection was provided to the VCP, and the collection was processed as though those items no longer exist. Several documents were later added to the document collection.

The document collection was in good condition. It consisted of field notebooks, grid paper sketches, legal-sized administrative forms, copy paper, and index cards (data cards). There were several documents identified in a St. Paul District document collection that indicated a site number of a site owned by the Mobile District. These documents were transferred to the lab and incorporated into the Shell Bluff document collection based on research that was performed.

Twenty-five oversized documents were found in this collection, ranging from legal-sized documents within letter-sized folders to large tables of data. Most oversized items were in good condition, although legal-sized documents suffered some edge wear from their housing in undersized folders. All oversized documents were scanned on an oversized scanner, digitally stored, and placed in oversized storage.

There were approximately 1100 photographic items, including photographic prints, negatives, and color slides. These items were in good condition, although some brown discoloration of prints and some silvering were noted throughout the collection. Photo Record documents were present for a great number of these photographs; however, discrepancies were noted. Photographic materials in the collection were in acid-free folders and consisted of black and white photographs and contact sheets, 35 mm black and white negatives, and 35 mm color slides. The photographs were located with record information without benefit of protective sleeves. Slides and negatives were housed in Kleer-VU plastic protectors of an earlier type not meeting today’s standards.

The final report by Eugene Futato for this series exists only in electronic form within the digital collection. A paper copy was loaned to the VCP for digitization purposes; several improvements to the copy were made at this time. The electronic copy has been corrected for pagination, where the print copy was found to be bound out of order, and blank pages have been redacted. Researchers may find these alterations useful. The report was placed in the Shell Bluff digital files, and the original was returned to the Cobb Institute in its original condition. The Cobb Institute can be contacted regarding the location of the printed copy of this report. Bioarchaeology of Two Late Woodland Sites, 22IT537, 22LO530, from the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Mississippi, by Jerome Rose is not located with this collection but can be found on file at the University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the finding aid, oversized material spreadsheet, photographic material spreadsheet, scanned asset key, and select archival photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include administrative files, additional archival photographs, archives database, box inventory, box labels, correspondence, document folder listing, notes, oversized material labels, photographic material labels, photographic slide labels, project proposal, and a records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

Cite this Record

Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986. ( tDAR id: 427302) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JW8HK9

Spatial Coverage

min long: -88.726; min lat: 33.275 ; max long: -88.278; max lat: 33.683 ;

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the finding aid, oversized material spreadsheet, photographic material spreadsheet, scanned asset key, and select archival photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include administrative files, additional archival photographs, archives database, box inventory, box labels, correspondence, document folder listing, notes, oversized material labels, photographic material labels, photographic slide labels, project proposal, and a records removal sheet. For additional information on these materials, refer to the finding aid.

Source Collections

Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 collection stored at Mississippi State University, Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Starkville, Mississippi.

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  1. Finding Aid, Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Adair. Christopher Collazos. Jonathan Cornell. Brandon Holloman. Laura Levering. Michael Mullins. Brandie Taylor. Dennis White.

    The Shell Bluff document collection was obtained from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi. The original housing of this collection consisted of 66 linear inches of acid-free tri-tab folders contained within five acid-free boxes, plus a half-box of photographs. Document boxes were labelled 0192 to 0196 by the Cobb Institute. A majority of the folders were housed according to provenience rather than by record type. Also, although folders were numbered sequentially, there...