A primary objective of this investigation was to recover archaeological data pertaining to intrasite settlement patterns, domestic activities, subsistence behaviors, and the temporal positioning of specific stylistic and morphological attributes of the material culture of the Late Prehistoric occupants of this site. Both the initial survey results and the neutral to alkaline soils at Bundy-Voyles suggested the possibility of good bone preservation at the site, making it one of very few Oliver Phase sites for which faunal diet and seasonality may be adequately determined.

Excavations at 12 Mg 1 were also conducted to supplement and enhance the GBL's ongoing study of the Late Prehistoric settlement in the area (McCullough n.d.a, n.d.c). Specifically, the primary objectives of the proposed investigation attempted to address the following research goals:

1. To identify the presence or absence of defensive structures and to document the overall community pattern;
2. To locate and identify cultural patterns of domestic activity areas as evidenced by the location of pit features and midden concentrations resulting from the preparation, consumption, storage or disposal of material culture;
3. To test for the presence of a central plaza or community area that may have been the locus of communal activities;
4. To obtain additional samples of well-preserved floral and faunal remains to more adequately assess prehistoric subsistence practices and to determine the seasonality of the Late Prehistoric occupation;
5. To recover a large enough quantity of Late Prehistoric ceramics to include the Bundy-Voyles site in a seriational analysis being conducted for south central Indiana (McCullough n.d.b); and
6. To collect sufficient data to provide a reliable assessment of this site's eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.