IPFW Archaeological Survey Homepage/Online Reports

IPFW Archaeological Survey Homepage

During the course of writing yesterday's post on The Great Sage Plain, I clicked through to the Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Archaeological Survey (IPFW-AS) website, which readers will hopefully find worth checking out, and here are two items I want to mention in particular.

The first is a link to what are modestly described as Online Reports, but are in fact voluminous papers describing in great detail archaeological investigations conducted by IPFW-AS in 2006 and 2007, in which research was focussed on exploring past cultures and people who have inhabited the region since the late Pleistocene through to the 18th Century. The papers are free to access, as described here at the site...

As part of an ongoing effort to make primary archaeological information and data available to both professionals and the interested public, the IPFW-Archaeological Survey is committed to the timely publication and distribution of the results of our work. The publications below are screen resolution PDF versions of our reports edited for public dissemination.

I'll list the reports here, (PDFs) and to access them, just click through to the IPFW-AS Reports Online...


Report of the 2006 Archaeological Investigations at Kethtippecanunk (12-T-59), Tippecanoe County, Indiana (15 MB). By Michael Strezewski, Robert G. McCullough, Dorothea McCullough, Craig Arnold and Joshua J. Wells. Contributions by James R. Jones III, and Leslie Bush IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 703. July 2007.


The Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Occupation of the Kankakee Region of Northwest Indiana (11 MB). By Andrew A. White. Contributions by Craig Arnold and Joshua Wells IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 702. August 2007.


Archaeology in a Public Venue at the Strawtown Enclosure (12-H-883): 2006 (14 MB). By Craig R. Arnold, M.A., Colin Graham, Scott Hipskind, Dorothea McCullough, Ph.D., Robert C. McCullough, Ph.D., and Mariah Yager. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 701. July 2007.


Archaeological Investigations at the Prather Site, Clark County, Indiana: The 2005 Survey and Excavations (80MB). By Cheryl Ann Munson, Michael Strezewski, and C. Russell Stafford. Contributions by Mark Cantin, Jocelyn C. Turner, Rexford C. Garniewicz, Laura Kozuch, and Susan Dale Spencer. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 602. Fall 2006.


The Northeastern Indiana Paleoindian Project: 2005-2006 Season (6,120k). By Andrew A. White. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 601. August 2006.


Archaeological Investigations at Site 12-T-59 and Two Other Locations in Prophetstown State Park, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (3,155k). By Michael Strezewski, James R. Jones III, and Dorothea McCullough. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 513. February 2006.


Phase II Subsurface Investigations of Five Multicomponent Prehistoric Archaeological Sites (12-La-84, 91, 92, 522 526) in the Kankakee Marsh of Lake County, Indiana (13 MB). By Sarah L. Surface-Evans, Donald H. Gaff, and R. Brian Somers with contributions by Leslie L. Bush and Scott D. Hipskind IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 503. May 2005.


Late Prehistoric Archaeology of a Frontier (4,431k). By Robert G. McCullough (editor). Contributions by Leslie L. Bush, Scott Hipskind, Adam Lauer, Dorothea McCullough, R. Brian Somers, Andrew A. White, and Mariah Yager. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 502. July 2005.


Paleoindian Chronology and Technology in Northeastern Indiana (2,163k). By Andrew A. White. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 501. June 2005.


Frontier Interaction During the Late Prehistoric Period: A Case Study from Central Indiana (4,092k). By Robert G. McCullough, Andrew A. White, Michael R. Strezewski, and Dorothea McCullough, with contributions by Leslie L. Bush, Staffan Peterson, and Rexford C. Garniewicz. IPFW-AS Reports of Investigations 401. July 2004.


Elsewhere on the site is this news item, namely

Field School Announcement for Summer I 2009, Anthropology P405, 18 May – 26 June, 2009

Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne will offer an archaeological field school during the first summer session of 2009. The course carries six credit hours and meets Monday through Friday from 8:00 am–6:00 pm.

The curriculum will focus on practical field experience, including archaeological survey, excavation techniques, and preparation of field documents. Informal lectures on various aspects of Indiana prehistory will provide students with a basic background in the culture history of the region and the proper use of a variety of research methods and field techniques.

The field school is part of the Archaeological Survey’s research and education efforts. The course will be taught by Dr. Robert G. McCullough and researchers from the IPFW-Archaeological Survey. The field school is part of a multi-year research project focusing on the Late Prehistoric period in Indiana. Excavations will be conducted at sites within Allen County, Indiana.

Class size is limited to 12, so anyone wanting to sign up for this would probably be well advised to apply sooner rather than later - further details can be found on the same page.

see also: Kankakee Sand Islands Research Reveals Ice Sheet Vanished 5,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

image from IPFW-AS :: The Northeastern Indiana Paleoindian Project