Hello, Julie,
Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) has completed studies for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, regarding lakeshore impacts on archaeological sites. This includes the identification and quantification of numerous lake-related impacts (bank recession, inundation, etc.), as well as the development of a model of potential impact risk for three reservoirs along the Missouri River system in North and South Dakota. As part of this study, a method was developed for identifying and quantifying periods of site inundation or near-inundation over time based on the daily pool-elevation records kept for most USACE and Bureau of Reclamantion (BOR) reservoirs. This method has also been successfully implemented for numerous other reservoirs at USACE districts throughout the western United States. Additionally, SRI developed a system for qualitatively evaluating other lake-side impacts that was used to help develop management recommendations for most of these same projects. Following is a list of reports that resulted from the studies. You can contact me off-list for copies, or you can contact the USACE Omaha and St. Louis Districts for more information.
Heilen, Michael (editor)
2011 Geographic Information Systems and Bank-Recession Modeling along the Missouri River Reservoir System. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 26. Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 11-11, Tucson, Arizona.
The following other SRI reports (among others) also contain inundation analyses, discussions of reservoir-related impacts to archaeological sites, and examples of SRI's process for evaluating those impacts for specific project areas.
Blake, Karry L., William M. Graves, John D. Hall, and Robert M. Wegener (editors)
2011 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District: Culture and Sustainability in the Alamo Lake Area: A Class I Overview and Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of the Alamo Dam, La Paz County, Arizona. NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 13, Volume 3; Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 10-48, Tucson, Arizona.
Graves, William M., Christopher P. Garraty, and Robert M. Wegener (editors)
2011 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District: Culture and Sustainability in the Gila Bend Area: A Class I Overview and Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of the Painted Rock Reservoir, Maricopa County, Arizona. NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 13, Volume 2; Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 10-42, Tucson, Arizona.
Hanson, Jeffery R., David T. Unruh, Brandon M. McIntosh, Jason D. Windingstad, and James H. Mayer
2011 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District: Section 110 Survey of 2,448 Acres of Selected Parcels at Big Hill Lake, Fall River Lake, and Toronto Lake, Kansas. NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 12; Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 10-81, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Jenks, Kelly L., Monica L. Murrell, Bradley J. Vierra, Phillip O. Leckman, Brandon McIntosh, Jason D. Windingstad, William M. Graves, Robert A. Heckman and Nicholas Reseburg
2011 Section 110 Survey of 1,475 Acres and Condition Assessment of 11 Sites at John Martin Reservoir, Bent County, Colorado. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 1, vol. 1. Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 10-37, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Leckman, Phillip O.
2011 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009, Section 110 Compliance Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Walla Walla District: Compiling a Baseline Geographic Information Systems Database for Walla Walla District Cultural Resources. NHPA, Cultural Resources Investigations Technical Report No. 25, Volume 2. Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Report 11-18, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Subject: Query about flooding and archaeological site integrity
Dear Histarchers, My colleagues and I are trying to compile some informationfrom published articles about the effect of continuous flooding over a longperiod of years on the preservation of archaeological sites. Specifically, we are interested in sitesaffected by flooding from man-made issues, such as construction or earthmovingthat has rerouted natural drainages or eliminated original landforms that wouldhave once prevented flooding. The questionis whether this kind of flooding can affect the integrity of an archaeologicalsite by jumbling or otherwise impacting stratigraphic sequences or sitepreservation. Any published references(U.S. sites preferred) you would be willing to share would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Best,Julie
Julie Abell Horn, M.A., R.P.A.
Principal Investigator and Senior Archaeologist/Historian Historical Perspectives, Inc.
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