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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/12800| Title: | Geomorphic evaluation of the Oak Bend Revetment Site, Mississippi |
| Authors: | University of Southern Mississippi United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Vicksburg District Dunbar, Joseph B. Albertson, Paul E. Blaes, Michael R. |
| Keywords: | Geology Archaeology Geomorphic investigation Geomorphology Oak Bend, Mississippi Rivers Mississippi River River engineering Cultural resources Cultural property |
| Publisher: | Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; GL-95-20. |
| Description: | Technical Report Abstract: Oak Bend landing is the site for proposed river engineering revetment work. In compliance with cultural resource management laws, archeological surveys were conducted. Pedestrian surveys noted artifacts around a mound-like feature (22WR647) in the revetmeat right-a-way. WES archeologists were contacted to examine the site for significance, and they recommended a geomorphic evaluation. The site is important because previous exploration by C. B. Moore in 1911 discovered a mound (22WR611) in the vicinity. The objective of the geomorphic study was to determine the geomorphic context of the identified artifacts at the 22WR647 site. Numerous historical documents and surveys were discovered and evaluated. Field work included borings and backhoe trenches to test the site for geoarcheological context. The archival research concluded that the site was located at the historic Diamond Cutoff. The mound-like feature was in fact dredge disposal from the 1933 river engineering efforts. Historic map comparisons also revealed that the site (22WR611) found by C. B. Moore has been destroyed by river migration. In situ testing of the site (22WR647) with trenches further verified that the artifacts found in the vicinity of the mound-like feature are not in stratigraphic context. This study is an example of interdisciplinary efforts, including archeology, historic research, and soil geomorphology, to conduct cultural resource management associated with civil works projects. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12800 |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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