Shallow Subsurface Geology, Geomorphology and Limited Cultural Resource Investigations of the Meredosia Village and Meredosia Lake Levee and Drainage Districts, Scott, Morgan, and Cass Counties, Illinois. St. Louis District Resource Management Report Number 17.

摘要

The Meredosia Village and meredosia Lake Levee and Drainage District study is the fifth of an ongoing series of combined geologic, geomorphic, and archeological surveys of lower Illinois River valley levee and drainage districts. Subsurface investigations in Illinois Valley deposits are used in concert with geomorphic analysis and radiocarbon dates to identify, spatially delimit and date lithostratigraphic units, interpret depositional environments, and reconstruct the terminal Wisconsinan and Holocene valley evolution. Within this contextual framework, evaluations of the location and preservation potentials for surface and buried archeological sites are made.