Footage of Archeological Field Work, Starved Rock, Illinois
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2001.8.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Orr, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Gordon), 1916-2001
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content: Kenneth Orr films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (17 minutes, black-and-white silent; 632 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1949
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Footage shot by anthropologist Kenneth G. Orr of archeological excavations at the Zimmerman site at Starved Rock along the Illinois River in La Salle County, Illinois.  Excavations were begun in 1947 by a joint Illinois State Museum and University of Chicago crew and continued through 1950.  Excavations uncovered artifacts from prehistoric Native American occupations dating from the late Paleo-Indian period to more recent cultural periods that inlcudes what is believed to be Fort St. Louis from the late 17th century.  Footage documents tools used in excavations including shovels and trowels, workers cataloging and labelling various artifacts laid out on long tables, workers sifting and digging.  Also included is camp life including living quarters, taking showers and eating meals.  Students are filmed on the back of a truck.