Archaeological Survey of the Upper Salt Creek Basin, Osage County, Oklahoma PDF Download

Author: Foster E. Kirby
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Category : Osage County (Okla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 103

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The Shidler Lake project is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir located in the north-central portion of northwestern Osage County, Oklahoma. The proposed Shidler Lake will be formed by a dam across Salt Creek, and the reservoir will inundate approximately 4,010 surface acres extending northward to just south of the Kansas-Oklahoma border. The Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, contracted with the University of Tulsa to conduct the archaeological survey and assessment of the upper reaches of Salt Creek reported in this document. The survey area included 4,010 acres that will be directly impacted by construction of the dam and reservoir. No provisions for surveying areas of indirect impact were included in the contract. Field work was conducted in August of 1980. A total of 90 man-days was expended leading to the discovery of 35 archaeological sites and the re-assessment of nine previously recorded sites. These include both historic and prehistoric occupations. In addition, a total of 24 artifactual find spots and isolated loci of ecological or paleoenvironmental significance were identified. Five sites were subjected to limited testing, with laboratory analysis of recovered materials carried out at the University of Tulsa in the fall of 1980.