Know Archaeological and Historical Resources in the Root River Basin

摘要

Data on the nature and location of archaeological and historical sites in the Root River Basin of southeastern Minnesota were compiled from records in the Archaeology Laboratory, University of Minnesota. The region lies within portions of Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, and Winona counties where the Root River and its tributaries cut through the so-called driftless area of Minnesota. No archaeological or historic sites are recorded for the portions of the Root River basin lying in Dodge, Mower and Winona Counties so that these counties do not appear in the following table. It should be noted that, while a few significant archaeological sites within the basin have been excavated and a number of sites have been recorded, no systematic and intensive archaeological or historical survey has been conducted in the basin. Based on the number of sites that are known, and being aware of the significant number of known sites in the adjacent and comparable areas of southwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Iowa, an intensive archaeological site survey would increase the site inventory many times over.