Connie Arzigian

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center

and

Archaeological Studies Program

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

www.uwlax.edu/mvac

http://www.osa.admin.state.mn.us/

Focus on precontact archaeology

Summarize what is known

Identify where people lived

Suggest how this changed through time

WHAT AND WHEN

June and July 2010

866 acres in 32 separate parcels

Surface survey and shovel testing

RESULTS

Prior to survey: 38 known precontact sites

9 new sites recorded

5 previously known sites further investigated

GEOMORPHOLOGY TESTING To evaluate areas for deeply buried sites

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Wisconsin Glaciation

Olmsted County History Center

Olmsted County History Center

Olmsted County History Center

Olmsted County History Center

Olmsted County History

Center

Olmsted County History Center

Olmsted County History Center

Hopewell Interaction Sphere

100 BC to 300 A.D.

MVAC

MVAC

MVAC

Olmsted County History Center

George Catlin An-nó-je-nahge, He Who Stands on Both Sides, a Distinguished Ball Player, 1835 Eastern Sioux/Dakota

People lived near water Rivers

Streams

In upland areas-springs

Travel along major ridges

Fire shadows

Report your finds to your local archaeologist

Keep track of where you found things.

Don’t dig!

Become a member MVAC,

Minnesota Historical Society

Olmsted County History Center

www.uwlax.edu/mvac

http://www.osa.admin.state.mn.us/