Rena Lara Landside Berm

Summary

The USACE, Vicksburg District contracted with Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) to conduct an intensive survey of the area around Sunflower Landing that would be affected by the construction of the Rena Lara berm in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The survey was conducted between May 22 and 29, 1985. Richard A. Weinstein served as principle investigator. It was during this time that the 16 sites were discovered: Cypress Brake (22CO704), Forked Ridge (22CO705), Eubanks (22CO706), Sheep Pen (22CO707), Watts (22CO708), Big Eddy Lake I (22CO709), Buck Bayou I (22CO710), Big Eddy Lake II (22CO711), Buck Bayou II (22CO712), Sunflower Landing (22CO713), Burnett (22CO714), Little Eddy Lake (22CO715), Borrow Pit House (22CO716), Green Grove Support (22CO717), Little Eddy Field (22CO718), and Little Eddy House (22CO719). The artifact assemblage consists of historic as well as prehistoric material. Portions of two of these sites were investigated by magnetometer. Three of the 16 sites were considered to be significant in terms of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places: Sunflower Landing, Little Eddy Lake, and Little Eddy House sites.

Cite this Record

Rena Lara Landside Berm. ( tDAR id: 446867) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8446867

Spatial Coverage

min long: -90.944; min lat: 34.1 ; max long: -90.608; max lat: 34.213 ;

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): DACW38-85-D-0051

Source Collections

Rena Lara Landside Berm collection stored at Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-3 of 3)

Documents

  1. Artifact Report, Rena Lara Landside Berm (2018)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie Hoff.

    The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...

  2. Finding Aid, Rena Lara Landside Berm (2018)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy S. McPherson.

    The MCX-CMAC utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Rena Lara Landside Berm.” This naming practice is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folder titles, and box labels. The linear extent of this collection is one (1) inch. Only five folders compose this collection. All field and...

Datasets

  1. Artifact Catalog, Rena Lara Landside Berm (2018)
    DATASET US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    The procedures employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, Curation and Archives Analysis Branch, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections to rehouse the archaeological material from USACE, Vicksburg District are discussed below. In the rehousing process of each investigative effort for the Vicksburg District’s collection, staff generally followed the same standard procedures. Upon completion of the curation...