Cultural Resources Survey of the Nisswa Lakes, A Part of the Gull Lake Reservoir in Cass and Crow Wing Counties, Minnesota

摘要

In 1982, Northland Archaeological Service (NAS) was contracted by the St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers, to conduct a cultural resource survey along the shorelines of four, small, interconnected, and highly-developed reservoir lakes in north-central Minnesota. These lakes-base, Spider, Roy, and Nisswa--form a northerly extension of the Gull Lake Reservoir in cass and crow wing counties and are a part of the Gull River branch of the Upper Mississippi Valley watershed. Drawing upon literary sources, informant interviews, surface inspections, and shovel tests, NAS archaeologists in 1983-84 located 23 previously unrecorded prehistoric sites in the survey area. These sites range from isolated 'find spots' to multiple activity areas exceeding 4000 square meters in size and include one prehistoric mound group. Site 21ca116, a transitional middle to late woodland site complex reported by an earlier corps survey at the outlet of Bass Lake, was revisited. A wide variety of modern historic features, such as road cuts, a logging railroad grade, trash dumps, and an old logging-era cook shanty, were also found. This report describes the survey area, details the 1983-84 field work, discusses the survey results, and presents some final assessments and recommendations. (Author)