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Ozark National Scenic Riverways
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In September 1978 a team of archeologist from the American Archeology Division of the University of Missouri, Columbia and the NPS SRC collected data on Round Spring and Alley Spring by setting up field experiments to test the impacts of freshwater immersion on archeological materials. Underwater archeological field methods were employed to map both the basin and the grotto at Round Spring and document the Alley Spring basin and cave. The documentation of Round Spring yielded an archeological site in shallow water that sheds light on the cultural history of Ozark National Scenic Riverways. It also provided data relevant to the hydro-geological and paleo-climate changes in the Riverways region now under management of the NPS. |
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| - 1980 - The team returned to the park retrieve artifacts and complete mapping operations. Directed by Dan Lenihan, with Ervan Garrison and Toni Carrell and cave diver Bob Goodman. Research impacted by unauthorized removal of artifacts from experimental bucket placed in 1978.
- 1978 - Research conducted in association with the National Reservoir Inundation Study. Placed experimental materials and mapped and video and photo-documented the springs. Directed by Daniel Lenihan. Done in partnership with archeologists from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Ervan Garrison and J. Alan May.
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Reference:
- Carrell, Toni C., J. Alan May and Ervan G. Garrison, 1980, National Reservoir Inundation Study Research at Round Spring and Alley Spring, Ozark Scenic Riverways, Missouri. USDI-NPS, Southwest Cultural Resources Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways
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