Archaeological Survey of an Erosion control/slide correction on SR 62 at Junction with Middle Mount Vernon Road, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Abstract

On February 23, 2001 archaeologists Melody K. Pope and George L. Mankowski with the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology conducted a Phase Ia archaeological reconnaissance of a proposed location for an erosion control/slide correction at the junction of SR 62 and Middle Mount Vernon Road in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Approximately 1 acre was surveyed with the purposes of 1) identifying and documenting all of the cultural resources in the project area, 2) evaluation of any sites in regard to their eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures, and 3) to make recommendations for the protection of significant and potentially significant cultural resources. Shovel probes were spaced no more than 10m apart and soil removed by the probes was carefully examined by hand. Two historic artifacts were recovered from a single shovel probe, one piece of undecorated whiteware and one piece of blue spongeware. Based on the results of the survey it was deemed unlikely that construction will have a negative impact on cultural resources within the proposed project area.