ROI046, Rush County, Indiana: Predicting the Potential for Surface and Subsurface Archaeological Sites

Summary

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 046 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. An archaeological survey of Rush County, Indiana was conducted under a Department of the Interior History Preservation Fund Survey and Planning Grant administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. The purpose of this project was to update and add to the available archaeological data for Rush County.

Prior to this survey, approximately 227 sites were on record for Rush County. Most of these sites were reported by collectors. During this project, 960 acres were covered by pedestrian survey, investigating the till plain, moraine, lake/bog/marsh and valley (terrace and floodplain) environmental zones. The field survey discovered 225 new sites and resurveyed five previously reported sites. Collector interviews recorded an additional 113 new sites, bringing the total of sites on record in Rush County to 565. Site density was lower than expected, but artifact density per site and per acre was considerably higher. This was thought to reflect to the abundance of Laurel chert in the region.

Augering in alluvial and colluvial fans identified deeply buried deposits along the Big Blue and Flatrock Rivers. The surface geology of Rush County has been heavily influenced by Wisconsinan glaciation. This glaciation produced surface topography suitable for the creation of alluvial and colluvial fans with the potential for archaeological deposits to be deeply buried in these fans. Although preliminary, this theory could be tested throughout the till plain region of Indiana.

3D models of the artifacts recovered from Report of Investigations 046, Rush County, Indiana: Predicting the Potential for Surface and Subsurface Archaeological Sites, can be viewed using the following link: https://skfb.ly/oWCuP

Cite this Record

ROI046, Rush County, Indiana: Predicting the Potential for Surface and Subsurface Archaeological Sites. ( tDAR id: 463031) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8463031

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Keywords

Culture
Early Archaic Early Woodland Historic Late Archaic Late Woodland Middle Archaic Middle Woodland Unidentified Prehistoric Woodland

Material
Building Materials Ceramic Chipped Stone Fauna Fire Cracked Rock Glass Ground Stone Metal Shell

Site Name
12Ru114 12Ru195 12Ru196 12Ru220 12Ru234 12Ru235 12Ru236 12Ru237 12Ru238 12Ru239 12Ru240 12Ru241 12Ru242 12Ru243 12Ru244 12Ru245 12Ru246 12Ru247 12Ru248 12Ru249 12Ru250 12Ru251 12Ru252 12Ru253 12Ru254 12Ru255 12Ru256 12Ru257 12Ru258 12Ru259 12Ru260 12Ru261 12Ru262 12Ru263 12Ru264 12Ru265 12Ru266 12Ru267 12Ru268 12Ru269 12Ru270 12Ru271 12Ru272 12Ru273 12Ru274 12Ru275 12Ru276 12Ru277 12Ru278 12Ru279 12Ru280 12Ru281 12Ru282 12Ru283 12Ru284 12Ru285 12Ru286 12Ru287 12Ru288 12Ru289 12Ru290 12Ru291 12Ru292 12Ru293 12Ru294 12Ru295 12Ru296 12Ru297 12Ru298 12Ru299 12Ru300 12Ru301 12Ru302 12Ru303 12Ru304 12Ru305 12Ru306 12Ru307 12Ru308 12Ru309 12Ru310 12Ru311 12Ru312 12Ru313 12Ru314 12Ru315 12Ru316 12Ru317 12Ru318 12Ru319 12Ru320 12Ru321 12Ru322 12Ru323 12Ru324 12Ru325 12Ru326 12Ru327 12Ru328 12Ru329 12Ru330 12Ru331 12Ru332 12Ru333 12Ru334 12Ru335 12Ru336 12Ru337 12Ru338 12Ru339 12Ru340 12Ru341 12Ru342 12Ru343 12Ru344 12Ru345 12Ru346 12Ru347 12Ru348 12Ru349 12Ru350 12Ru351 12Ru352 12Ru353 12Ru354 12Ru355 12Ru356 12Ru357 12Ru358 12Ru359 12Ru360 12Ru361 12Ru362 12Ru363 12Ru364 12Ru365 12Ru366 12Ru367 12Ru368 12Ru369 12Ru370 12Ru371 12Ru372 12Ru373 12Ru374 12Ru375 12Ru376 12Ru377 12Ru378 12Ru379 12Ru380 12Ru381 12Ru382 12Ru383 12Ru384 12Ru385 12Ru386 12Ru387 12Ru389 12Ru390 12Ru391 12Ru392 12Ru393 12Ru394 12Ru395 12Ru396 12Ru397 12Ru398 12Ru399 12Ru400 12Ru401 12Ru402 12Ru403 12Ru404 12Ru405 12Ru406 12Ru407 12Ru408 12Ru409 12Ru410 12Ru411 12Ru412 12Ru413 12Ru415 12Ru416 12Ru417 12Ru418 12Ru419 12Ru420 12Ru421 12Ru422 12Ru423 12Ru424 12Ru425 12Ru426 12Ru427 12Ru428 12Ru429 12Ru430 12Ru431 12Ru432 12Ru433 12Ru434 12Ru435 12Ru436 12Ru437 12Ru438 12Ru439 12Ru440 12Ru441 12Ru442 12Ru443 12Ru444 12Ru445 12Ru446 12Ru447 12Ru448 12Ru449 12Ru450 12Ru451 12Ru452 12Ru477 12Ru479 12Ru526 12Ru527 12Ru528 12Ru529 12Ru530 12Ru531 12Ru532 12Ru533 12Ru534 12Ru535 12Ru536 12Ru537 12Ru538 12Ru539 12Ru540 12Ru541 12Ru542 12Ru543 12Ru544 12Ru545 12Ru546 12Ru547 12Ru548 12Ru549 12Ru550 12Ru551 12Ru552 12Ru553 12Ru554 12Ru555 12Ru556 12Ru84 Show More

Spatial Coverage

min long: -85.633; min lat: 39.454 ; max long: -85.301; max lat: 39.784 ;

Record Identifiers

Reports of Investigation(s): 046

Notes

General Note: ROI046 Additional Sites: 12Ru453, 12Ru454, 12Ru455, 12Ru456, 12Ru457, 12Ru458, 12Ru459, 12Ru460, 12Ru461, 12Ru462, 12Ru463, 12Ru464, 12Ru465, 12Ru466, 12Ru467, 12Ru468, 12Ru469, 12Ru470, 12Ru471, 12Ru472, 12Ru473, 12Ru474, 12Ru475, 12Ru476, 12Ru478, 12Ru480, 12Ru481, 12Ru482, 12Ru483, 12Ru484, 12Ru485, 12Ru486, 12Ru487, 12Ru488, 12Ru489, 12Ru490, 12Ru491, 12Ru492, 12Ru493, 12Ru494, 12Ru495, 12Ru496, 12Ru497, 12Ru498, 12Ru499, 12Ru500, 12Ru502, 12Ru503, 12Ru504, 12Ru505, 12Ru506, 12Ru507, 12Ru508, 12Ru509, 12Ru510, 12Ru511, 12Ru512, 12Ru513, 12Ru514, 12Ru515, 12Ru516, 12Ru517, 12Ru518, 12Ru519, 12Ru520, 12Ru521, 12Ru522, 12Ru523, 12Ru524, 12Ru525, 12Ru557, 12Ru558, 12Ru559, 12Ru560, 12Ru561, 12Ru562, 12Ru563, 12Ru564, 12Ru565, 12Ru566, 12Ru567, 12Ru568, 12Ru501

Source Collections

Ball State University Applied Anthropology Laboratories

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  1. ROI046, Rush County, Indiana: Predicting the Potential for Surface and Subsurface Archaeological Sites (1997)