ROI064, An Archaeological Survey of the Taylor Property at the Strawtown Prairie, Hamilton County, Indiana

Summary

This is the tDAR Project page that represents Reports of Investigation 064 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. The Archaeological Resources Management Service conducted a FY2002 Historical Preservation Fund Grant to survey the portion of the Taylor property owned by Hamilton County Parks and Recreation located south of the Strawtown-Cicero Pike. The survey documented 89 new archaeological sites and recovered over 3000 artifacts. In addition, two sites were intensively investigated to recovery additional information and augers were excavated in the flood plain portion of the project area to sample buried deposits. The data acquired during the survey showed that the Taylor property was occupied by prehistoric peoples from at least 8,000 B.C. through the Historic period, with a regionally unique presence of Middle Woodland peoples of about 2,000 years ago. The survey data also showed that the Strawtown area was a boundary region for aboriginal peoples throughout its occupational history. Data recovered from the augers showed that archaeological deposits are buried in the flood plain portion of the property. Overall, the project demonstrated that the Taylor property contains numerous and unique archaeological deposits with the potential to address many regional research problems of considerable importance both locally and within the broader region of the Midwest. There can no longer be any doubt that the Taylor property contains many archaeological sites that are most likely eligible for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

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ROI064, An Archaeological Survey of the Taylor Property at the Strawtown Prairie, Hamilton County, Indiana. ( tDAR id: 463049) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8463049

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Keywords

Culture
Adena Albee Allison LaMotte Bluegrass Clovis Crab Orchard CUMBERLAND Dalton Early Archaic Early Woodland French Lick Phase Glacial Kame Havana Historic Jerger Phase KIRK Late Archaic Late Woodland Lost Lake Mann Maple Creek Phase Marion Phase Middle Archaic Middle Woodland Mississippian Newtown Oliver Oneota PaleoIndian QUAD Red Ocher Riverton Scioto THEBES Unidentified Prehistoric Woodland Show More

Site Name
12H1000 12H1001 12H1002 12H1003 12H1004 12H1005 12H1006 12H1007 12H1008 12H1009 12H1010 12H1011 12H1012 12H1013 12H1014 12H1015 12H1016 12H1017 12H1018 12H1019 12H1020 12H1067 12H1068 12H1069 12H1070 12H1071 12H1072 12H1073 12H1074 12H1075 12H1076 12H1077 12H1078 12H1079 12H1080 12H1081 12H1082 12H935 12H936 12H937 12H938 12H939 12H940 12H941 12H942 12H943 12H944 12H945 12H946 12H947 12H948 12H949 12H950 12H951 12H952 12H953 12H954 12H955 12H956 12H957 12H958 12H959 12H960 12H961 12H962 12H963 12H964 12H965 12H979 12H980 12H981 12H982 12H983 12H984 12H985 12H986 12H987 12H988 12H989 12H990 12H991 12H992 12H993 12H994 12H995 12H996 12H997 12H998 12H999 Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter House Isolated Artifact

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Hamilton County Indiana

Spatial Coverage

min long: -86.242; min lat: 39.926 ; max long: -85.863; max lat: 40.218 ;

Record Identifiers

DHPA Permit #(s): 200226

Reports of Investigation(s): 064

Source Collections

Ball State University Applied Anthropology Laboratories

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  1. ROI064, An Archaeological Survey of the Taylor Property at the Strawtown Prairie, Hamilton County, Indiana (2003)