An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas.
An archeological survey of about 67 miles along Ditches 7, 13, and Buffalo Creek Ditch was performed by Spears Professional Environmental and Archeological Research Service (SPEARS) for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District (Contract No. DACW 66-86-C-0072). The majority of the archeolo...
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ftdtic:ADA263200 2023-05-15T14:17:40+02:00 An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. Spears, Carol S. Taylor, Robert A. Dixon, John C. Morse, Phyllis A. Million, Michael G. SPEARS PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SERVICE WEST FORK AR 1988-04 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA263200 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA263200 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA263200 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Humanities and History Soil Mechanics *NATURAL RESOURCES *SITES *MISSISSIPPI RIVER *ARKANSAS *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS *STREAMS TEST AND EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION TRENCHES HISTORY GEOMORPHOLOGY SEDIMENTS DITCHES INTERVALS LEVEES LANDFORMS SOIL TESTS CHANNELS TEXTURE ARCHEOLOGY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SURVEYS SURFACES GRAIN SIZE COMPARISON CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY BRAIDED STREAM CHANNEL FILLS PREHISTORIC MIDDENS BRAIDED TERRACE LATE WOODLAND DUNKLIN PHASE LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD CRAIGHEAD COUNTY(ARKANSAS) MISSISSIPPI COUNTY(ARKANSAS) POINSETT COUNTY(ARKANSAS) BUFFALO CREEK DITCH(ARKANSAS) Text 1988 ftdtic 2016-02-22T10:00:54Z An archeological survey of about 67 miles along Ditches 7, 13, and Buffalo Creek Ditch was performed by Spears Professional Environmental and Archeological Research Service (SPEARS) for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District (Contract No. DACW 66-86-C-0072). The majority of the archeological survey and initial site testing was conducted by 2 field directors, 1 supervisor and 2 crew members over a period of 27 days between July 22 and August 30, 1986. Combinations of survey strategies including pedestrian transects and screened shovel tests at 30 meter intervals were utilized depending on surface visibility. The survey resulted in the identification and recording of 66 new sites and revisits at 4 previously recorded sites. Initial site testing was conducted at over half of these cultural resources. Sites were found associated with three landforms identified in the project area which include natural levees, the braided stream terrace, and braided stream fill. Sediments from several locations and two backhoe trenches were analyzed for grain size and texture. Deep stratified sites were found on the natural levees. Other prehistoric middens were located in the braided stream channel fills and in sediments deposited on top of the braided terrace. Comparisons are made among Late Woodland Dunklin phase middens found. The earliest sites identified date to the Late Archaic (and possibly earlier) and were found in the western part of the project area. Text Archeological Survey Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Poinsett ENVELOPE(113.217,113.217,-65.767,-65.767) |
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Humanities and History Soil Mechanics *NATURAL RESOURCES *SITES *MISSISSIPPI RIVER *ARKANSAS *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS *STREAMS TEST AND EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION TRENCHES HISTORY GEOMORPHOLOGY SEDIMENTS DITCHES INTERVALS LEVEES LANDFORMS SOIL TESTS CHANNELS TEXTURE ARCHEOLOGY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SURVEYS SURFACES GRAIN SIZE COMPARISON CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY BRAIDED STREAM CHANNEL FILLS PREHISTORIC MIDDENS BRAIDED TERRACE LATE WOODLAND DUNKLIN PHASE LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD CRAIGHEAD COUNTY(ARKANSAS) MISSISSIPPI COUNTY(ARKANSAS) POINSETT COUNTY(ARKANSAS) BUFFALO CREEK DITCH(ARKANSAS) |
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Humanities and History Soil Mechanics *NATURAL RESOURCES *SITES *MISSISSIPPI RIVER *ARKANSAS *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS *STREAMS TEST AND EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION TRENCHES HISTORY GEOMORPHOLOGY SEDIMENTS DITCHES INTERVALS LEVEES LANDFORMS SOIL TESTS CHANNELS TEXTURE ARCHEOLOGY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SURVEYS SURFACES GRAIN SIZE COMPARISON CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY BRAIDED STREAM CHANNEL FILLS PREHISTORIC MIDDENS BRAIDED TERRACE LATE WOODLAND DUNKLIN PHASE LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD CRAIGHEAD COUNTY(ARKANSAS) MISSISSIPPI COUNTY(ARKANSAS) POINSETT COUNTY(ARKANSAS) BUFFALO CREEK DITCH(ARKANSAS) Spears, Carol S. Taylor, Robert A. Dixon, John C. Morse, Phyllis A. Million, Michael G. An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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Humanities and History Soil Mechanics *NATURAL RESOURCES *SITES *MISSISSIPPI RIVER *ARKANSAS *ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS *STREAMS TEST AND EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION TRENCHES HISTORY GEOMORPHOLOGY SEDIMENTS DITCHES INTERVALS LEVEES LANDFORMS SOIL TESTS CHANNELS TEXTURE ARCHEOLOGY ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SURVEYS SURFACES GRAIN SIZE COMPARISON CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY BRAIDED STREAM CHANNEL FILLS PREHISTORIC MIDDENS BRAIDED TERRACE LATE WOODLAND DUNKLIN PHASE LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD CRAIGHEAD COUNTY(ARKANSAS) MISSISSIPPI COUNTY(ARKANSAS) POINSETT COUNTY(ARKANSAS) BUFFALO CREEK DITCH(ARKANSAS) |
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An archeological survey of about 67 miles along Ditches 7, 13, and Buffalo Creek Ditch was performed by Spears Professional Environmental and Archeological Research Service (SPEARS) for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District (Contract No. DACW 66-86-C-0072). The majority of the archeological survey and initial site testing was conducted by 2 field directors, 1 supervisor and 2 crew members over a period of 27 days between July 22 and August 30, 1986. Combinations of survey strategies including pedestrian transects and screened shovel tests at 30 meter intervals were utilized depending on surface visibility. The survey resulted in the identification and recording of 66 new sites and revisits at 4 previously recorded sites. Initial site testing was conducted at over half of these cultural resources. Sites were found associated with three landforms identified in the project area which include natural levees, the braided stream terrace, and braided stream fill. Sediments from several locations and two backhoe trenches were analyzed for grain size and texture. Deep stratified sites were found on the natural levees. Other prehistoric middens were located in the braided stream channel fills and in sediments deposited on top of the braided terrace. Comparisons are made among Late Woodland Dunklin phase middens found. The earliest sites identified date to the Late Archaic (and possibly earlier) and were found in the western part of the project area. |
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An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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An Archeological Survey, Initial Site Testing and Geomorphic Study of Ditches 7, 13 and Lower Buffalo Creek in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett Counties, Arkansas. |
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archeological survey, initial site testing and geomorphic study of ditches 7, 13 and lower buffalo creek in craighead, mississippi and poinsett counties, arkansas. |
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1988 |
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