Estimation of WPA Artifact Collection Bias in the East Village at Angel Mounds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11205309 |
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| Authors | Joel Michael Marshall (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Anthony M Krus (0000-0003-1970-4473, Scottish Enterprise) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-188 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1109 • E-ISSN: 2327-4271 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/mca.2013.007 |
| OpenAlex | W2034028674 |
| Language | EN |
The East Village is a densely occupied area spanning 5,700 m2 on the eastern edge of Angel Mounds. The Works Project Administration (WPA) conducted excavations at the East Village from 1939 through 1942. In 2010, the northern boundary of the WPA East Village excavations was relocated, and artifacts were discovered in the excavation backfill. To estimate artifact collection bias during the WPA excavations at Angel Mounds, a sample of backfill was screened and the number and type of artifacts were identified and recorded. From this analysis, it appears that approximately 80 percent of pottery sherds and flakes discovered during WPA-era excavations at Angel Mounds were collected for curation
Archaeology · Artifact (error · Excavation · Geography · Mining engineering · Pottery · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
| Highly cited | No |
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