ROI123, An Archaeological Investigation of Pioneer Life in Spring Mill State Park, Lawrence County, Indiana
Creators: name: Ryker, Hannah
name: Wright, Carson
name: Nolan, Kevin
name: Reganne O'Conner
name: Lawton, Zoe
name: Thompson, Christine
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Lawrence County
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/86514/lawrence-county
subject: Indiana
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/44778/indiana
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: 12Lr1180
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136387/12lr1180
subject: 12Lr1203
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136388/12lr1203
subject: 12Lr1101
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136386/12lr1101
subject: 12Lr1204
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136391/12lr1204
subject: 12Lr1205
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136392/12lr1205
subject: 12Lr1201
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136389/12lr1201
subject: 12Lr1202
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136390/12lr1202
subject: 12Lr1206
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136393/12lr1206
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Mill
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/282/mill
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: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Geophysical Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/23/geophysical-survey
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 123 from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University. The Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) at Ball State University conducted a Phase Ia and Ib archaeological investigation at Spring Mill State Park (SMSP) with support from a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant. The primary goals of this research were to develop a more comprehensive understanding of historical activities around the main mill village, document settlement history of the village, address gaps in previous research, and to provide data to SMSP for use in future interpretation and resource management planning.

Research focused on two survey areas including 64.15 ac (25.96 ha) surrounding Pioneer Village (12LR1101) and 3.34 ac (1.35 ha) surrounding the presumed location of George Donaldson’s “Shawnee Cottage” (12LR1180). Recovered artifacts include 474 historic metal, glass, and ceramic objects dating to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and 11 precontact lithic artifacts from the Unidentified Prehistoric time period. Eight features were documented. Fieldwork did not encounter human remains. Cultural periods (as designated in SHAARD) represented in the artifact assemblage include Unidentified Prehistoric and nineteenth and twentieth century Historic.