Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi
Summary
The first step in the rehousing process is to obtain copies of cultural resource reports, artifact catalog sheets, and field notes pertaining to the collections from the St. Louis District archivist processing the archival collection. The analytical techniques employed by each organization to recover and process the collections were reviewed to gain familiarity with the investigative effort. This investigation had a final report and copies of the artifact catalog and field notes.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District contracted with Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI) to excavate a dugout canoe (22WS776) from the banks of Steele Bayou at Swan Lake, Washington County, Mississippi. The canoe was found protruding from the bank during complex dredging operations in August 1989. If it were not removed, the canoe would be destroyed by the dredging project or by natural drying processes. Fieldwork took place between the September 5 and 9, 1989. Dr. Charles E. Pearson served as principal investigator and Richard S. Fuller was the field director and report author.
The canoe was determined to be from the late Mississippian period, dating between A.D. 1500 and 1600. After excavation the canoe was taken to the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge headquarters for study and preservation. For more information on this project, see the final report (Fuller 1992).
Cite this Record
Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi. ( tDAR id: 447011) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8447011
Keywords
Site Name
22WS776
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Heritage Management
General
Collections Management
Geographic Keywords
Mississippi (State / Territory)
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Steele Bayou
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Swan Lake
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Washington County
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.53; min lat: 32.607 ; max long: -90.063; max lat: 33.825 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Charles E. Pearson
Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District; US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District
Repository(s): Cobb Institute at Mississippi State
Prepared By(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District
Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District
Record Identifiers
Delivery Order No.(s): 7
Contract No.(s): DACW38-89-D-0038
Source Collections
Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou, Swan Lake, Washington County, Mississippi collection stored at Cobb Institute at Mississippi State.
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Artifact Catalog, Archaeological Recovery and Analysis of an Indian Dugout Canoe (Site 22 WS 776) Discovered in the Bank of Steele Bayou Swan Lake Washington County Mississippi (2018)
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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...