Richard B. Johnston papers
name: label: Creator
content: Johnston, Richard B. (Richard Barnett), 1930-
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Indiana
label: Place
content: Montana
label: Place
content: South Dakota
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Magnetometer
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Gwen Johnston in 1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Johnston, Richard B. (Richard Barnett), 1930-
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1999-02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Richard B. Johnston Papers document his involvement with the River Basin Survey in South Dakota on sites such as 39CH4, 39CH5 (Pease Creek), 39HU7 (McClure), 39HU9. Also featured are sites in Montana and Indiana. Johnston's research and writings on the use of magnetometers are also included. The collection includes notes, site files, and slides.

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