An Assessment of Previous Archaeological Surveys at Fort Campbell, Kentucky/Tennessee

Abstract

From September 2003 through June 2004 the Public Service Archaeology Program (PSAP) of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and ERDC/CERL conducted an assessment of archaeological site surveys previously conducted at Fort Campbell, Kentucky/ Tennessee. The Fort Campbell cultural resource management (CRM) program had reason to believe that the archaeological site surveys conducted over the past 25 years do not provide the quality of information required to meet current Army cultural resource regulations and land management objectives. Overall, this project identified numerous deficiencies in previous archaeological site surveys at Fort Campbell. Suggested remedial and proactive measures include resurvey of a stratified random sample of previously surveyed areas to quantify the reliability of extant site data, a detailed analysis of field maps from previous projects to identify areas that may not have been surveyed, a greater specificity in future Scopes of Work, and frequent monitoring of ongoing fieldwork. Some of these recommendations had already been implemented by the current Fort Campbell CRM staff prior to this project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA454125

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Hargrave
  • Paul P. Krejsa

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Medical Personnel
  • United States
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.