ROI122, An Archaeological Survey of Wolfpen Ridge in Harrison-Crawford State Forest, Harrison County, Indiana
Creators: name: Ryker, Hannah
name: Wright, Carson
name: Nolan, Kevin
name: Thompson, Christine
name: Reganne O'Conner
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Indiana
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/44778/indiana
subject: Harrison County
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/20603/harrison-county
subject: Middle Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/15/middle-woodland
subject: Late Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/16/late-woodland
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Unidentified Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9385/unidentified-prehistoric
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: 12Hr871
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136383/12hr871
subject: 12Hr622
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136384/12hr622
subject: 12Hr869
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136381/12hr869
subject: 12Hr870
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136382/12hr870
subject: 12Hr624
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136385/12hr624
subject: 12Hr600
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136379/12hr600
subject: 12Hr623
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136380/12hr623
subject: 12Hr599
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136378/12hr599
subject: Rock Shelter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/265/rock-shelter
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: This is the tDAR document page that represents Reports of Investigation 122 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. The Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) at Ball State University conducted a Phase Ia archaeological investigation at Harrison-Crawford State Forest (HCSF) with support from a Historic Preservation Fund grant.

The primary goal of this research was to identify the nature and extent of Indigenous use of Wolfpen Ridge, specifically sites 12HR599, 12HR600, 12HR622, 12HR623, and 12HR624.Research focuses on two survey areas on Wolfpen Ridge including 44.41 ac (17.97 ha) surrounding previously recorded site 12HR623 (a Middle Woodland workshop) and 48.62 ac (19.67 ha) surrounding four previously recorded sites including two Middle Woodland workshops (12HR622 and 12HR624) and two rockshelters (12HR599 and 12HR600).

Recovered artifacts include 49 historic glass, ceramic, and metal objects dating to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and 7,913 precontact lithic artifacts from Unidentified Prehistoric, Late Archaic, and Late Woodland time periods. Ten features were documented during the survey. Fieldwork did not encounter human remains. Cultural periods represented in the artifact assemblage include Unidentified Prehistoric, Late Archaic, Late Woodland, and late nineteenth and early twentieth century Historic.