ROI005, Final Report on the 1980-81 Mississinewa Reservoir Survey

Summary

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 005 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University.

With a few exceptions, the archaeology of the northern two-thirds of the state of Indiana has been ignored or poorly reported. Most of the work that has been carried out in the northern and central portions of the state has been directed toward the more sensational sites, such as mounds and earthworks. However, many more typical sites have been reported over the past several years due to cultural resources management projects.

Most of these sites, many of which have been recorded just ahead of the bulldozer, can provide the archaeologist with only limited data. Analysis of even this limited data has been hampered by a lack of comparative data from research-oriented excavations and surveys in the same region.

Instead, the comparative data currently being used by the archaeologists working in the northern and central portions of Indiana is mainly from other regions of the eastern United States, and the relevance of this data has yet to be substantiated for this area. Of course, a single survey of a substantial area cannot completely alleviate this problem. However, it is hoped that it will provide a significant addition to the presently inadequate database for the region. With this in mind, the primary goals established for the survey were:

1. to locate and evaluate the archaeological resources of the reservoir, and

2. to evaluate the impact of the reservoir and its management on the archaeological record of the area.

As the survey progressed, several questions arose concerning the relationship of the reservoir area to the remainder of the Mississinewa drainage and the Upper Wabash drainage in general. Consideration of these questions led to the establishment of the Lower Mississinewa drainage as a unit for comparison to adjacent areas. Data from other sites within the Lower Mississinewa drainage have therefore been included within this report.

3D models of the artifacts recovered from Report of Investigations 005, Final Report on the 1980-81 Mississinewa Reservoir Survey, can be viewed using the following link: https://skfb.ly/oWC7z

Cite this Record

ROI005, Final Report on the 1980-81 Mississinewa Reservoir Survey. ( tDAR id: 462986) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8462986

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Historic • Historic Miami • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Late Paleo-Indian • Late Woodland • Miami • Middle Woodland • PaleoIndian • Unidentified Prehistoric • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal • Shell

Site Name
12G16 • 12G17 • 12G18 • 12G19 • 12G20 • 12G21 • 12G22 • 12G23 • 12G24 • 12G25 • 12G26 • 12G27 • 12G28 • 12G31 • 12MI15 • 12MI16 • 12MI17 • 12MI18 • 12MI20 • 12MI21 • 12MI22 • 12MI23 • 12MI24 • 12WB100 • 12Wb101 • 12Wb102 • 12Wb103 • 12Wb104 • 12Wb105 • 12WB106 • 12WB107 • 12WB108 • 12WB110 • 12WB111 • 12Wb112 • 12WB113 • 12WB114 • 12WB115 • 12WB116 • 12WB117 • 12WB118 • 12WB119 • 12WB120 • 12Wb121 • 12Wb122 • 12WB124 • 12WB125 • 12WB126 • 12WB127 • 12WB128 • 12WB129 • 12WB130 • 12WB131 • 12WB132 • 12WB28 • 12WB29 • 12WB30 • 12WB31 • 12WB32 • 12WB33 • 12WB34 • 12WB35 • 12WB36 • 12WB37 • 12WB38 • 12WB39 • 12WB40 • 12WB41 • 12WB42 • 12WB43 • 12WB60 • 12WB61 • 12WB62 • 12WB63 • 12WB64 • 12WB65 • 12WB66 • 12WB67 • 12WB68 • 12WB69 • 12WB70 • 12WB71 • 12WB72 • 12WB73 • 12WB74 • 12WB75 • 12WB76 • 12WB77 • 12WB78 • 12WB79 • 12WB80 • 12WB81 • 12WB82 • 12WB83 • 12WB84 • 12WB85 • 12WB86 • 12WB87 • 12WB88 • 12WB89 • 12WB90 • 12WB91 • 12WB92 • 12WB94 • 12WB95 • 12WB96 • 12WB98 • 12WB99 Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • House • Isolated Artifact

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Grant County • Indiana • Miami County • Wabash County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -86.168; min lat: 40.378 ; max long: -85.443; max lat: 41.047 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Kevin Nolan; Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University

Repository(s): Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Resources Management Service, Ball State University

Record Identifiers

Reports of Investigation(s): 005

Source Collections

Ball State University Applied Anthropology Laboratories

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Documents

  1. ROI005, Final Report on the 1980-81 Mississinewa Reservoir Survey (1982)