ROI083, Investigation of Fort Ancient Settlement and Community Patterns: An Archaeological Survey of Dearborn County, Indiana
Creators: name: Swihart, Matthew R.
name: Nolan, Kevin C.
Publisher: name: Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Dearborn County
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85412/dearborn-county
subject: Indiana
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/44778/indiana
subject: Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/13/woodland
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: Mississippian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/18/mississippian
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: 12D45
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122436/12d45
subject: 12D44
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122435/12d44
subject: 12D637
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122438/12d637
subject: 12D636
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122437/12d636
subject: 12D639
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122440/12d639
subject: 12D638
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122439/12d638
subject: 12D641
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122442/12d641
subject: 12D640
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122441/12d640
subject: 12D643
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122444/12d643
subject: 12D642
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122443/12d642
subject: 12D645
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122446/12d645
subject: 12D644
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122445/12d644
subject: 12D647
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122448/12d647
subject: 12D646
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122447/12d646
subject: 12D649
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122450/12d649
subject: 12D648
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122449/12d648
subject: 12D651
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122452/12d651
subject: 12D650
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122451/12d650
subject: 12D653
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122454/12d653
subject: 12D652
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122453/12d652
subject: 12D655
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122456/12d655
subject: 12D654
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122455/12d654
subject: 12D657
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122458/12d657
subject: 12D656
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122457/12d656
subject: 12D659
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122460/12d659
subject: 12D658
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122459/12d658
subject: 12D661
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122462/12d661
subject: 12D660
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122461/12d660
subject: 12D663
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122464/12d663
subject: 12D662
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122463/12d662
subject: 12D665
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122466/12d665
subject: 12D664
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122465/12d664
subject: 12D667
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122468/12d667
subject: 12D480
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/119395/12d480
subject: 12D666
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122467/12d666
subject: 12D669
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122470/12d669
subject: 12D668
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122469/12d668
subject: 12D671
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122472/12d671
subject: 12D670
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122471/12d670
subject: 12D674
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122474/12d674
subject: 12D491
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/119401/12d491
subject: 12D672
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122473/12d672
subject: 12D676
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122476/12d676
subject: 12D675
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122475/12d675
subject: 12D678
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122478/12d678
subject: 12D677
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122477/12d677
subject: 12D680
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122480/12d680
subject: 12D679
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122479/12d679
subject: 12D681
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122481/12d681
subject: 12D396
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/119319/12d396
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Mound / Earthwork
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/323/mound-earthwork
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Isolated Artifact
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/344/isolated-artifact
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Environment Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/13/environment-research
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: The Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) of Ball State University conducted an archaeological reconnaissance and reinvestigation project for archaeological materials in Dearborn County, Indiana, for an FY2013 Historic Preservation Fund Grant (Grant 13FFY03). The focus of this Historic Preservation Fund Grant project was three-fold. First, this research targeted Dearborn County, Indiana, specifically focusing on Late Prehistoric period (cf. Fort Ancient) settlement and community organization patterns. AAL targeted previously identified Late Woodland and Late Prehistoric archaeological sites for pedestrian survey, soil phosphate, and geophysical investigations. Second, AAL attempted to identify new archaeological sites through pedestrian survey of agricultural fields in the county. Third, AAL attempted to reinvestigate five archaeological sites (12D200 and 12D272 in *** Township and 12D202, 12D203, and 12D205 in *** Township) for the purpose of data correction and enhancement.
Approximately 345.67 acres (139.89 ha) of agricultural land underwent pedestrian survey, encountering 50 archaeological sites (5 reinvestigated sites, and 45 newly defined sites) and 12,363 artifacts. Sites 12D45, 12D396, and 12D480 were subjected to soils (chemical and geophysical) analysis (24.5 acres, 9.91 ha) revealing new details of community organization. The project recovered 12,297 prehistoric artifacts and 66 historic artifacts from the ten survey areas that underwent pedestrian survey. Multiple cultural periods are represented in the artifact assemblage recovered from pedestrian surveys, including diagnostics of the Middle Archaic, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and Late Prehistoric. Multiple cultural periods are represented in landowner collections obtained for this project as well. These include the Early Archaic, Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Terminal Archaic, Early Woodland, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and Late Prehistoric. Artifact assemblages from pedestrian survey and landowner collections both contain historic artifacts. Overall, the average site density recorded for the project is one archaeological site per 7.18 acres (0.14 sites/acre). Excluding SA2, this overall site density becomes one archaeological site per 8.60 acres. Density for survey areas within the Uplands is one archaeological site per 31.54 acres. Density for survey areas within the lowlands is one archaeological site per 1.84 acres. The average artifact density for this project is one artifact per 0.03 acres (34.42 artifacts/acre). When excluding SA2, this average artifact density is one artifact per 1.33 acres (0.75 artifacts/acre). 
Of all the sites from this project, a total of nine are recommended as potentially eligible for Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures (IRHSS) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).