Report on Field Investigations on the Location of a Proposed Horse Train Staging Area on Shawnee Creek, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Shannon County, Missouri

James E. Price was requested to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the area to be impacted by a planned horse trail staging area to be constructed between Big Shawnee and Little Shawnee Creeks near Shawnee Shop in Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Shannon County. The project area is located east of Eminence, Missouri north of Highway 106, On April 12, 2001, James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist, assisted by Renata Coleman, Archeological Technician, visited the project area and conducted a pedestrian survey of the road. During the course of the field investigations the project area was shovel tested to determine if any buried archeological deposits exist in the project area. Price also examined the extant documentation on previously recorded prehistoric and historic archeological sites in the Shawnee Creek locale to determine that the project area is not within the area previously defined as an archeological site.

詹姆斯·E·普莱斯（James E. Price）受委托开展第一阶段文化资源评估，评估范围为计划修建的马道集结区所影响的区域。该集结区拟建于欧扎克国家风景河流域（Ozark National Scenic Riverways）香农县（Shannon County）肖尼商店附近的大肖尼溪与小肖尼溪之间。项目区域位于密苏里州伊明斯（Eminence）以东、106号公路以北。2001年4月12日，欧扎克考古学家詹姆斯·E·普莱斯在考古技术员雷纳塔·科尔曼（Renata Coleman）的协助下抵达项目区域，并对道路开展了步行考古勘查。野外调查期间，工作人员对项目区域实施了铲探作业，以排查是否存在埋藏的考古遗存。普莱斯同时查阅了肖尼溪流域此前已记录的史前与历史考古遗址的现存文献资料，确认项目区域不在此前划定的考古遗址范围之内。