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The Arzberger Site: Hughes County, South Dakota
Albert C. Spaulding
In this report, Albert C. Spaulding describes the 1939 archaeological excavations at the Arzberger site, in Hughes County, South Dakota, near the Missouri River. Spaulding and his team found the remains of more than forty houses, of which they excavated four. They also found a ditch and stockade; human burials; and artifacts, including pottery, shell, bone, and stone tools.
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Contents
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Introduction
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Surface Features
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Excavations
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Houses
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Ditch and Stockade
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Burials
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Artifacts, Faunal Remains, and Vegetal Material
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Ground Stone
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Chipped Stone
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Bone and Antler
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Shell
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Faunal Remains
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Pottery
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Cultural Affiliations and Chronological Position
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The Central Plains
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Iowa-Eastern South Dakota-Minnesota
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The Upper Missouri
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Summary
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Appendix-Ceramic Analysis
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Introduxtion
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Method of Analysis
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Site Homogeneity
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Body Sherds
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Rim Sherds
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Pottery Types
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Literature Cited
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Published: 1956
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-951538-47-7 (ebook)
- 978-1-949098-49-5 (paper)