Olmsted county 2012 wasi oju
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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
You are
here
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/