The Minnesota Archaeologist
Volume 61 2002
4 Stephen Mullholland: In Memorium: Elaine Marie Redepenning
5 Anna Morrow: The Society and the Journal Part Two: The 1950s through the 1980s
This is the second installment of our look into the minutes, correspondences, and journals of the Minnesota Archaeological Society, which began, as explained in Volume 60 of this journal, with the 1929 collaboration of photographer Monroe Killy, jewelry store owner Burton W. Thayer, and fellow collectors W. Ramsey McIver and George Flaskerd.
9 Dave Mather: Zooarchaeology of the Lake Lida Site (21OT109), Otter Tail County, Minnesota
The Lake Lida site (21OT109) once occupied a prominent knoll in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, overlooking lakes Lida, Lizzie, and Crystal Lake. The faunal analysis reported here is based on data recovery excavation conducted in 1995 prior to destruction of the site area by county road construction. This analysis provides an illustration of Woodland Tradition faunal utilization in Otter Tail County.
23 Richard Rothaus and Deborah Gold: "The Grave was Unmarked and had Long Been Forgotten": The First Protestant Cemetery of St. Cloud, Minnesota (21SN0136)
Construction of the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center at St. Cloud State University in 1999 disturbed an unrecorded cemetery. Historical data and analysis of coffin hardware confirm that the cemetery functioned from 1856 into 1864 as St. Cloud's first Protestant cemetery. The area was abandoned from the 1870s until the 1910s, when housing was placed in the area. The cemetery was partially disturbed by the housing area and a parking lot built in the 1970s. Twenty-one grave shafts were excavated. Ten of these contained skeletal remains; eleven were empty. Other remains were recovered from areas disturbed by the construction. All graves were Euroamerican. In total, the remains of as many as ten adults and six children were recovered.
51 Marlin F. Hawley and Vicki L. Twinde: Bechel's Spring (47PI497): Test Excavations at a St. Croix Phase Site in Pierce County, Wisconsin
The purpose of this paper is to report on Phase II test excavations at the Bechel's Spring (47PI497) site in Pierce County, Wisconsin. The site was identified during a cultural resources survey by personnel from the Museum Archaeology Program of the Wisconsin Historical Society on behalf of the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation in 1997 in advance of proposed realignment of STH 72. The site was tested in 1998. Intact cultural deposits were found, including a feature and associated artifacts, namely lithic debitage and St. Croix Ware pottery.
62 Brad Perkl: King Coulee (21WB56): A Multicomponent Habitation Site on Lake Pepin, Wabasha County, Minnesota
King Coulee is a multicomponent habitation site on Lake Pepin in southeastern Minnesota. Much of the cultural material is deeply buried by alluvium and rests below the water table. Over 24,000 recovered artifacts and ecofacts indicate regular use of the coulee over a period of 3,000 years, from the Late Archaic through the Oneota period. The most intense period of occupation occurred during the Middle Woodland. Faunal remains are dominated by fish, although the inhabitants utilized a wide array of resources from riverine-wetland and upland environments. Squash seeds (Cucurbita pepo) , one dated to 2530 +/- 60 B.P., represent the earliest documented use of domesticated plants in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Faunal and botanical evidence indicates site use in late spring/early summer and fall, and possible use during other parts of the year. Ceramics include Early Woodland, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland and Oneota specimens.
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