Historic Properties Data Synthesis, Mark Twain Lake, Missouri. St. Louis DistrictHistoric Properties Management Report Number 47. Volume 1

摘要

This report summarizes archaeological investigations and sites at Mark TwainLake, Ralls, Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District. This data synthesis is a reference resource to aid lake staff in meeting state and federal cultural resource management requirements at Mark Twain Lake. It contains chapters dealing with different aspects of the archaeology and history of the property. Chapter 3 describes the lake environment. Chapter 4 summarizes previous archaeological investigations on the project. Chapter 5 is a descriptive compilation of the historic properties identified at the lake to the present, and is the largest section. Chapter 6 summarizes our current knowledge of the history of human occupation in the Mark Twain Lake/Salt River drainage basin area. In Chapter 7, the information from previous chapters is used to create an outline of priorities for future historic properties investigations at Mark Twain Lake.