3. Focus on precontact archaeology
Summarize what is known
Identify where people lived
Suggest how this changed through time
4. WHAT AND WHEN
June and July 2010
866 acres in 32 separate parcels
Surface survey and shovel testing
RESULTS
Prior to survey: 38 known precontact sites
9 new sites recorded
5 previously known sites further investigated
GEOMORPHOLOGY TESTING
To evaluate areas for deeply buried sites
39. George Catlin
An-nó-je-nahge, He Who
Stands on Both Sides, a
Distinguished Ball Player,
1835
Eastern Sioux/Dakota
40. People lived near water
Rivers
Streams
In upland areas-springs
Travel along major ridges
Fire shadows
41. Report your finds to your local archaeologist
Keep track of where you found things.
Don’t dig!
Become a member
MVAC,
Minnesota Historical Society
Olmsted County History Center
www.uwlax.edu/mvac
http://www.osa.admin.state.mn.us/