Analysis of Artifacts from a Test Excavation at the Site of Fort Sully I, (39HU52), Hughes County, South Dakota.

Abstract

The military frontier outpost called Fort Sully secured a portion of the Missouri River from 1863 to 1866 and lay just east of present-day Pierre, South Dakota. A small portion of the site was tested archaeologically in 1970. Herein is a brief history of the site, a report of the excavation and an analysis of the artifacts recovered.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149678

Entities

People

  • S. D. Ruple

Organizations

  • University of Tennessee

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artifacts
  • Continents
  • Excavation
  • Geographic Regions
  • Missouri
  • Missouri River
  • Rivers
  • South Dakota

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.