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Date of this Version
1999
Citation
Midwest Archeological Center Special Report No. 2 (1999) 120 pages
Abstract
Contents
List of Tables .................................................................................. ii
Preface .............................................................................................. v
Early Antecedents .......................................................................... 1
Work Relief Programs .................................................................................... 1
The Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains ............................. 3
The Interagency Archeological Salvage Program ...................................... 9
The River Basin Surveys ........................................................................... 18
The Missouri Basin Project ...................................................................... 22
End of the River Basin Surveys ................................................................... 35
Establishment of the Midwest Archeological Center ................................... 47
Concluding the Salvage Mission: 1969-1975.................................... 51
References Cited ........................................................................... 69
Appendix A: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior [1945] ........................................................................................ 87
Appendix B: Memorandum of Understanding of April 27, 1961, Between the National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution Relating to Archeological and Paleontological Surveys Within Reservoir Areas .................................................................................... 91
Appendix C: Memorandum of Understanding of April 30, 1965, Between the National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution Relating to Archeological and Paleontological Surveys Within Reservoir Areas .................................................................................... 95
Appendix D: [Report of the 1968 “Ad Hoc” Committee to Evaluate the River Basin Surveys Program] ................................................................... 99
Appendix E: Outline of Agreement Reached by Representatives of [the] Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service For the Transfer of the River Basin Surveys Project by June 30, 1969 ............................................................................................ 105