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Fort Thompson Mounds
The Fort Thompson Mounds are a complex of ancient archaeological sites in Buffalo County, South Dakota, near Fort Thompson and within the Crow Creek Reservation. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 by the US Department of Interior, the mound complex extends for a distance of about along the east bank of the Missouri River. It is one of the largest known complex of burial mounds in the Plains region north of Kansas. One of the sites excavated in the 1950s was radiocarbon dated to c. 2450 BCE, showing nearly 5,000 years of indigenous human settlement. The mounds are believed to have been constructed in the Plains-Woodland period, beginning c. 800 CE. Description The Fort Thompson Mounds are a series of low earthen mounds, extending from the eastern (downstream) end of the Missouri River's Big Bend, downriver along the eastern bank, past Fort Thompson and the Big Bend Dam. They are generally located on a terrace above the river's bottomlands, roughly above the river's ...
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Fort Thompson, South Dakota
Fort Thompson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buffalo County, South Dakota, Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, making it the largest settlement on the Crow Creek Reservation. Fort Thompson was named in honor of Clark W. Thompson (Minnesota politician), Clark W. Thompson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. __TOC__ Geography Fort Thompson is located at (44.060793, -99.429128). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (17.98%) is water. Big Bend Dam is located just south of Ft. Thompson and impounds Lake Sharpe. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375 people, 325 households, and 265 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 133.5 people per square mile (51.5/km2). There were 355 housing units at an average density of 34.5 per square mile (13.3/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.36% Native America ...
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List Of Burial Mounds In The United States
This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over a span of many thousands of years, beginning in the Late Archaic period and continuing through the Woodland period up to the time of European contact. Adena and Hopewell culture burial mounds Mississippian culture burial mounds See also * List of Adena culture sites * List of Hopewell sites * List of Mississippian sites * List of the oldest buildings in the United States References External links International Architecture: database website {{Prehistoric technology Burial mounds in the United States Burial mounds in the United States Burial mounds Burial mounds in the United States Burial mounds Burial mounds Historic preservation in the United States Mound builders (people) Burial mounds United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or U ...
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Geography Of Buffalo County, South Dakota
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and th ...
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National Historic Landmarks In South Dakota
The List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of South Dakota. There are 16 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in South Dakota, one of which is shared with Iowa and listed by the National Park Service as primarily in that state. They have been designated in 13 of South Dakota's 66 counties. Most are along rivers, long the chief areas of human settlement in this arid place. Current NHLs Historic areas in the United States National Park System National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs ''per se''. Two additional South Dakota sites have national historical importance and have been designated as National Historic ...
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Archaeological Sites On The National Register Of Historic Places In South Dakota
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for which, by definition, there are no written records. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of ...
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Native American History Of South Dakota
Native may refer to: People * Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory ** Native Americans (other) In arts and entertainment * Native (band), a French R&B band * Native (comics), a character in the X-Men comics universe * ''Native'' (album), a 2013 album by OneRepublic * ''Native'' (2016 film), a British science fiction film * ''The Native'', a Nigerian music magazine In science * Native (computing), software or data formats supported by a certain system * Native language, the language(s) a person has learned from birth * Native metal, any metal that is found in its metallic form, either pure or as an alloy, in nature * Native species, a species whose presence in a region is the result of only natural processes Other uses * Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education (NATIVE), a technology school district in the Arizona portion of ...
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Mounds In The United States
A mound is an artificial heap or pile, especially of earth, rocks, or sand. Mound and Mounds may also refer to: Places * Mound, Louisiana, United States * Mound, Minnesota, United States * Mound, Texas, United States * Mound, West Virginia * Mound Creek, a stream in Minnesota * Mounds, Illinois, United States * Mounds, Oklahoma, United States * The Mound, a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, linking the Old Town and the New Town * The Mound railway station, a former station in northern Scotland Arts, entertainment, and media * Mound, a fictional entity in the work of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock * ''The Mound'' (novella), a 1940 work by H. P. Lovecraft Other uses * Mound, monumental earthwork mound built by prehistoric Mound builder (people) * Mound Laboratories, a nuclear laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio that was a part of the Manhattan Project * Mounds (candy), a candy bar * Pitchers mound A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which t ...
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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Buffalo County, South Dakota
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Buffalo County, South Dakota. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 7 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed. Current listings Former listing See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota * National Register of Historic Places listings in South Dakota This is a list of properties and historic districts in the U.S. state of South Dakota that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,300 listings are distributed ...
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List Of National Historic Landmarks In South Dakota
The List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of South Dakota. There are 16 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in South Dakota, one of which is shared with Iowa and listed by the National Park Service as primarily in that state. They have been designated in 13 of South Dakota's 66 counties. Most are along rivers, long the chief areas of human settlement in this arid place. Current NHLs Historic areas in the United States National Park System National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs ''per se''. Two additional South Dakota sites have national historical importance and have been designated as National Historic ...
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Salvage Archaeology
Rescue archaeology, sometimes called commercial archaeology, preventive archaeology, salvage archaeology, contract archaeology, developer-funded archaeology or compliance archaeology, is state-sanctioned, archaeological survey and excavation carried out in advance of construction or other land development. Other causes for salvage digs can be looting and illegal construction. One effect of rescue archaeology is that it diverts resources and impacts pre-planned archaeological work. Conditions leading to rescue archaeology could include, but are not limited to, highway projects, major construction, the flood plain of a proposed dam, or even before the onset of war. Unlike traditional survey and excavation, rescue archaeology must be undertaken at speed. Rescue archaeology is included in the broader categories that are cultural resource management (CRM) and cultural heritage management (CHM). Background Rescue archaeology occurs on sites about to be destroyed but, on occasion, may ...
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Archaeological Site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record. Sites may range from those with few or no remains visible above ground, to buildings and other structures still in use. Beyond this, the definition and geographical extent of a "site" can vary widely, depending on the period studied and the theoretical approach of the archaeologist. Geographical extent It is almost invariably difficult to delimit a site. It is sometimes taken to indicate a settlement of some sort although the archaeologist must also define the limits of human activity around the settlement. Any episode of deposition such as a hoard or burial can form a site as well. Development-led archaeology undertaken as cultural resources management has the disadvantage (or the ben ...
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United States Army Corps Of Engineers
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