ROI045, Mitigation of Three Multicomponent Sites in the Upper Wabash, Cass County, Indiana

Summary

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 045 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. Mitigation of approximately 25% of sites 12-Ca-234 and 12-Ca-236 to be destroyed by the widening of U.S. 24/35 near Logansport, Indiana, identified a light to moderate multi-component lithic scatter. Occupation at the site ranged from the Middle/Late Archaic through the Late Woodland. Excavation data suggests that the two sites were used as short term, small group camp sites. Information on seasonality and subsistence practices are not available because of either poor preservation or a general lack of organic material at either site. Lithic analysis suggests little initial reduction and more finishing and refinishing of tools.

Mitigation of site 12-Ca-237 has been limited to the Phase II testing and subsequent shovel testing. Because excavation data from 12-Ca-234 and 12-Ca-236 had become redundant, and given the similarity of the three sites, it appeared unlikely that excavation at 12-Ca-237 would yield any new, significant data. Additionally, the site appears to be more substantially eroded than previously reported.

No other known sites of this type have been excavated in the Upper Wabash. It is hoped that this project will serve as a catalyst for the excavation of similar sites throughout the region to flesh out the archaeological record in of the Upper Wabash.

3D models of the artifacts recovered from Report of Investigations 045, Mitigation of the Three Multicomponent Sites in the Upper Wabash, Cass County, Indiana, can be viewed using the following link: https://skfb.ly/oWCuK