Date of Graduation
5-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Anthropology (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Anthropology
Advisor/Mentor
Kenneth L. Kvamme
Committee Member
Marvin Kay
Second Committee Member
Jesse Casana
Third Committee Member
W. Raymond Wood
Keywords
Social sciences, Dakota, G. K. Warren, Historic cartography, Iowa, Missouri River, Nebraska
Abstract
In 1855 and 1856, military surveyor Gouverneur K. Warren and his assistants produced what was at the time the most accurate map ever made of the Missouri River. This series of highly detailed sketch maps records numerous cultural features and an extraordinary level of environmental detail, making it an invaluable resource for research on the history of the region. This paper represents the first attempt to comprehensively interpret the content of these maps, identifying the features recorded where possible and assessing the probability of archaeological preservation of those not previously known. A subset of the recorded environmental data, from roughly the Cheyenne River to the Cannonball River, is also studied by comparison with the distribution of major archaeological sites from the preceding 150 years.
Citation
Callaway, G. A. (2012). Landscape History in the G.K. Warren Missouri River Maps. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/372
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