Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey for Proposed Water and Sewer Upgrades in East Germantown, Wayne County, Indiana

Abstract

At the request of RW. Armstrong and Town of East Germantown, the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University (GBL) conducted a Phase la archaeological reconnaissance survey of proposed water and sewer upgrades for the city of East Germantown, Wayne County, Indiana. The properties surveyed are located within the city of East Germantown and include five corridor segments. A right-of-way allowance of 15 feet (5 m) was applied to all surveyed segments. In addition to the corridor line segments, a proposed pumping station located approximately 1,200 feet west of town on the north side of US 40 was also surveyed. Approximately 3 acres was surveyed. The purposes of survey were 1) to identify and document all cultural resources in the project area, 2) to evaluate any sites found with regard to their eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures (IRHSS), and 3) to make recommendations for the protection of significant and potentially significant sites. Fieldwork was conducted for the corridor segments between April 12 and April 19 by GBL archaeologists Melody Pope, Kris Suthers, Daniel Sieb, and Sean Persons. Fieldwork was conducted for the pumping station location on June 20, 2001 by GBL archaeologists Melody Pope and Kris Suthers. Eight previously unrecorded archaeological sites, 12 Wy 420-427, were documented during the survey. The newly recorded sites represent isolated, low density scatters of prehistoric and Euro-American artifacts. No features or structures were located by the survey.