Archaeological Intensive Assessment, DNR Project E15-702C - Mississinewa Reservoir, Wabash County, Indiana

A series of test pits plus additional shovel probes and surface reconnaissance on Site Wb-24 indicated that the primary concentration of cultural materials had been in a field, where it was heavily disturbed, rather than the adjacent woods and that the wooded portion of the site contained only scattered remains that do not appear to meet the National Register criteria of significance. However, it was also noted that there are additional possibly significant sites associated with a nearby chert outcrop and that these may be subject to secondary impact as a result of the proposed construction.针对Wb-24遗址开展的一系列探坑作业、补充铲探及地面踏勘结果表明，该遗址的文化遗存核心富集区位于一片遭受严重扰动的农田内，而非相邻林地；遗址的林地片区仅存零散遗存，未达到《国家史迹名录》（National Register）的重要性认定标准。不过，本次勘察同时发现，附近一处燧石露头（chert outcrop）周边存在其他潜在重要遗址，这些遗址或因拟建工程遭受次生影响。