Summary Report on Restorations of the Temple Mound (Mound F) at Angel Mounds State Historic Site (12Vg1), Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Abstract

During the summer of 2013, a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates field school (Primary Investigators Jeremy J. Wilson, IUPUI and G. William Monaghan, IU) conducted excavations at Mound F of Angel Mounds State Historic Site (conducted under DHPA Permit No. 2013004 issued to Jeremy Wilson and Timothy Baumann). Following the termination of field school that summer, the excavated trench was partially backfilled and grass seed was planted after the expiration of the permit held by the NSF REU co- PIs. However, in the following months, backfilled portions settled unevenly, rain and other natural elements resulted in the washing out of the backfill and grass seed. This report describes the subsequent reconstruction and reseeding efforts at Mound F (conducted under DHPA permit No. 2014026).