Ruby, Bret J. (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University)
CONTROLLED SURFACE COLLECTIONS FROM THE GRABERT SITE (12 PO 248):
A LATE MIDDLE WOODLAND HABITATION IN POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA
The Grabert Site (12 Po 248) is located approximately three miles north of the
Ohio River, on a high level terrace drained by McFadden Creek. The Indiana University
Archaeological Field School conducted controlled surface collections at the site
in the summer of 1989, using 5 m square collection units. All objects larger than
1 cm2 were collected from each unit. Cultural materials were scattered
over an area of approximately 2 ha, but the greatest concentration occurred in
a small area about 20 meters square.
Materials collected identify the site as a single component late Middle Woodland
habitation site. Most (59.1%) of the ceramics are relatively thin with fine, closely
spaced cordmarking, and 38.2% of the assemblage is plain. The remainder (2.7%)
of the assemblage is decorated with complicated stamping and plain unzoned rocker
stamping. Grog tempering is most frequent (68.7%), followed by limestone (26.5%),
and grit (5.8%). Almost half of the rims are either notched or scalloped. Projectile
points are represented by expanding stem forms of the Lowe type cluster. Ground
stone tools are represented by a variety of adze and ungrooved celt forms. Crystal
quartz and a fragmentary modelled clay human figurine were also recovered. [return to 1989 abstracts menu][continue to next]