Fry, Robert, and Peter Peregrine (Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Purdue University)
EXCAVATIONS AT THE GLENN ACRES SITES, LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
During the summer of 1989, the Purdue Archaeological Field School conducted test
excavations at four sites in a proposed Glenn Acres Park in Lafayette, Indiana.
Three known sites were sampled, and a fourth site was discovered. Nine 2 by 2m
test units were placed randomly in the Korty Site (12 T 229), and an additional
four units excavated to define the boundaries of a feature. The primary prehistoric
activity at the site involved the production of tools from locally obtained chert
nodules and chunks, and the renovation of already formed tools. Although the site
had been deeply disturbed by chisel plowing, several possible activity areas were
defined. A single, linear feature measuring approximately lm by 5m was located,
but its age and function remain undetermined. Single test units were placed in
the Korty East Site (12 T 231) and the Korty South Site (12 T 230). These smaller
sites had much lower densities of cultural material than the Korty site, and contained
no temporally diagnostic artifacts, but they also had been severly damaged by
chisel plowing. Diagnostic artifacts from the three sites suggest strong Archaic
components with some Woodland and Mississippian remains. A 4 by 4m test unit placed
in the Shady Lane Site (12 T 781), discovered west of the Korty sites, revealed
a Mississippian occupation in an area that has never been plowed. Although no
features were found, several artifact concentrations suggest activity areas are
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