ROI038, Morell-Sheets: An Albee Phase Habitation
Summary
This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 038 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. Mitigation of a 25% sample of a portion of the Morell-Sheets site that will be destroyed by the construction of Bridge No. 88, Montgomery County, Indiana revealed a virtually single component Albee Phase habitation site. Portions of the site were plow disturbed, but intact cultural deposits were recovered at the base of the plowzone and in a paleosol. Data recovered included a specialized lithic assemblage, a unique ceramic assemblage and very few bone tools. Features were primarily midden deposits and fire-cracked rock-filled pits. Floral analysis revealed the inhabitants were practicing horticulture supplemented with gathering of wild plants, fruits and nuts. The faunal inventory revealed that deer and turtle were being exploited along with beaver, wapiti, other small mammals and fresh water mussels. The site appears to have been occupied intermittently during the warm parts of the year. Radiocarbon dates from the site place the occupation during the Late Woodland period, from approximately AD 800 to 1200.
3D models of the artifacts recovered from Report of Investigations 038, Morell-Sheets: An Albee Phase Habitation, can be viewed using the following link: https://skfb.ly/oWC9Q
Cite this Record
ROI038, Morell-Sheets: An Albee Phase Habitation. ( tDAR id: 463023) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8463023
Keywords
Culture
Late Woodland
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Mississippian
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
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Macrobotanical
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
12My87
Site Type
Artifact Scatter
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Settlements
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Systematic Survey
Geographic Keywords
Indiana
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Montgomery County
Spatial Coverage
min long: -87.091; min lat: 39.866 ; max long: -86.694; max lat: 40.213 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Kevin Nolan; Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
Contributor(s): Leslie L. Bush; Ronald R. Richards
Principal Investigator(s): Donald R. Cochran
Repository(s): Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
Prepared By(s): Archaeological Resources Management Service, Ball State University
Submitted To(s): Butler, Fairman and Seufurt, Inc.
Record Identifiers
Reports of Investigation(s): 038
Source Collections
Ball State University Applied Anthropology Laboratories