River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 1: Prehistory and the Missouri Valley Development Program Summary Report on the Missouri River Basin Archeological Survey in 1948

• Main Authors: Wedel, Waldo R., Smithsonian Insitition, Bureau of American Ethnology
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UND Scholarly Commons 1953
• Subjects: Archeological Salvage Program; excavation; anthropology; ethnology; fieldwork; summary; progress; American Politics; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Indigenous Studies; Law and Politics; Native American Studies; United States History; Archeological Survey
• Online Access: https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/78; https://commons.und.edu/context/indigenous-gov-docs/article/1132/viewcontent/US_GOVDOC_1953_82d1st_HDoc_165_river_basin_surveys_papers_No_1.pdf

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to losing access to the sites due to flooding. The Smithsonian Institution calls this project the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program. Paper number 1 provides a summary of the progress made on the River Basin Surveys project for the 1948 calendar year. The summary is divided into four sections: laboratory activities, fieldwork and explorations, fieldwork in paleontology, and fieldwork by cooperating agencies. The sections are, when applicable, broken down by state, citing work in Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Kansas. This paper includes photographs and a map. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/1132/thumbnail.jpg