Cultural Resources Survey at Historical Kaskaskia and Selected Portions of the Upper Mississippi River Shoreline from Miles 115.9 to 272.9, Illinois and Missouri.

摘要

A cultural resources survey of five linear miles of shoreline of the upper Mississippi River at selected locations in Illinois and Missouri and conducted in December, 1984. The survey area consisted of eight shoreline tracts in the Illinois counties of Calhoun and Randolph, and the Missouri counties of Pike, Lincoln, and St. Charles. The pedestrian survey produced one previously unrecorded prehistoric site (11-C-189) and two prehistoric isolated finds. Cultural/temporal affiliations could not be determined for the prehistoric site or the isolated finds. The prehistoric site was not within the proposed project area. Details of cartographic research associated with the historic archaeology of Old Kaskaskia, Illinois (ca. 1703-1925), are presented in addition to a chronological outline of the history of Kaskaskia. Field survey at the Kaskaskia tract emphasized historic archaeological properties. A previously recorded historic site (11-R-480) near the southern end of the survey area was revisited. It was determined that this site was outside the project area but that it may date to the French Colonial period at Kaskaskia. It was determine that proposed shoreline stabilization construction will not adversely impact cultural resources within the project area, as no significant or potentially significant cultural resources were found within the project area. Sites 11-C-189 and 11-R-480 will not be affected by proposed construction activities since they are well outside the project limits. (Author)