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  • Blake Site - 23SL543 Phase III (St. Louis County, MO)
    • THE BLAKE SITE - A LATE WOODLAND CAMP SITE
    IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
    The Blake site is a prehistoric Late Woodland period occupation within the floodplain of the Missouri River. The site is situated on a low terrace at the point where Cowmire Creek exits the uplands and begins to traverse the Missouri River bottoms in St. Louis County, Illinois. Archaeological investigations conducted by Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc. in 2001 resulted in the identification and complete excavation of a single component Patrick phase Late Woodland camp composed of 16 pit features and a small rectilinear domicile. The assignment of the Patrick Phase temporal designation is based on the presence of diagnostic ceramics and radiocarbon analyses. The Blake siteís archaeological signature is composed of a shallow rectangular house basin from which two roughly linear series of pit features radiate to the north and east from the structure. In addition, there are a number of widely scattered pits situated along the northern periphery of the site. The pit feature assemblage is comprised of seven shallow basins of unknown function, two shallow circular hearths, two bell-shaped storage pits, one cylindrical shaped storage pit, two amorphous shallow refuse disposal basins, and a vertical wall flat-bottom pit which may have functioned as an earth oven. The presence of the structure and larger storage pits indicates evidence for a degree of permanency of the siteís use. Storage facilities at the site reflect seasonal caching of surplus resources during the siteís uses and may suggest intent to return to the site following a period of temporary abandonment.

    TRiSTAR Business Communities of St. Louis, Missouri initiated archaeological mitigation of the Blake Site in order to comply with federal legislation regarding the management and protection of cultural resources. TRiSTARís development and construction of the 460-acre Park 370 project necessitated the filling and reconstruction of federally regulated wetlands, which required U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permitting under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89-665, as amended) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservationís regulation 36 CFR Part 800, the St. Louis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required the inventory and evaluation of cultural resources within the entire impact area of the Park 370 development prior to granting of necessary permits for the project.

  • Spanish Village - 23SL69 Phase III (St. Louis County, MO)
    • THE SPANISH VILLAGE SITE (23SL69) - ARCHAEOLOGICAL
    INVESTIGATIONS OF A PORTION OF A LATE PREHISTORIC
    HABITATION ON THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER
    The Spanish Village site is situated on a high terrace overlooking the floodplain of the Lower Missouri River in Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri. Archaeological investigations conducted in 1996 resulted in the identification and complete excavation of 44 prehistoric pit features at the site. Of these pit features, twenty-five dated to the Patrick phase occupation, fifteen dated to the Merrell phase, and two dated to the Mund phase; no structures or post molds were identified. Within the multi-component prehistoric site a small historic cemetery was located in which three Euro-American graves were identified. The three Euro-American graves uncovered appeared to represent a family burial plot associated with a historic farmstead identified at the adjacent Bridgeton site and dates to the first quarter of the 19th Century. Excavation remains recovered at the Spanish Village Site derive from both Late Woodland and Emergent Mississippian occupations. The artifact assemblage from the site is typical of Late Woodland and Emergent Mississippian assemblages in the American Bottom, and shows that the site was occupied during the Mund, Patrick, and Merrell ceramic phases.

    Archaeological investigations at the Spanish Village site began as a result of the planned development by Perkinson Realty Group, Inc., of Earth City, Missouri, for the Corporate Exchange Platt II Commercial Development in Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri. Construction of the commercial development required the relocation of the intermittent stream under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District.

  • Bridgeton Site - 23SL442 Phase III (St. Louis County, MO)
    • THE BRIDGETON SITE (23SL442) - ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
    OF LATE PREHISTORIC LIFE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
    The Bridgeton site is located in northwester St. Louis County, situated on a terrace and an adjacent Missour River floodplain to the west and a quarry to the northeast. Archaeological investigations conducted in 1996 resulted in the identification and complete excavation of 67 prehistoric features at the site, including dwellings, storage pits, hearths, and earth ovens. Of these features, 16.4 percent dated to the Patrick phase occupation of the Late Woodland period, 35.8 percent dated to the Merrell phase of the Emergent Mississippian period, and 25.4 percent dated to the early portion of the Mississippian period. THis multi-component prehistoric site also revealed scattered human skeletal remains derived from the Emergent Mississippian occupation. The artifact assemblage from the site is typical of Late Woodland and Emergent Mississippian assemblages in the American Bottom, and shows that the site was occupied during the Patrick and Merrell ceramic phases.

    Archaeological investigations at the Bridgeton site began as a result of the proposed Corporate Exchange Platt II Commercial Development in Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri, for West Lake Quarry & Material Company, of St. Louis, Missouri.

  • 23SL1054 Phase III Mitigation (St. Louis County, MO)
    • PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE 23SL1054
    LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
    Site 23SL1054 located in St. Louis County, Missouri is situated within the Missouri River floodplain. Initial archaeological investigations identified lithic debris and pottery sherds dating to the Emergent Mississippian and Middle Woodland periods. However, Phase III investigations conducted in 1999 failed to identify intact prehistoric cultural deposits or artifacts. Therefore, construction activities associated with the Park 370 development would not adversely impact site 23SL1054.

    Archaeological investigations at the Site 23SL1054 began as a result of the proposed Park 370 Development for TRiSTAR Business Communities, of St. Louis, Missouri.

  • MoDotSL - Phase II Evaluation (St. Louis County, MO)
    • PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE MoDOTSL1
    LOCATED IN CHESTERFIELD, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
    Site MoDOTSL1, situated on a ridge overlooking Creve Coeur Creek and bissected by U.S. Route 40, is located in Chesterfield, St. Louis County, Missouri. Phase II archaeological investigations began in 2003 and identified lithic debris, pottery sherds dating to the Late Woodland period, and historic debris. Phase II investigations failed to identify intact prehistoric cultural deposits, but rather showed evidence of disturbance in the form of cutting and filling and previous home construction activities. It was determined that artifacts were recovered from disturbed soil horizons. The transfer of site MoDOTSL1 from public to private ownership would not adversely impact site MoDOTSL1.

    Archaeological investigations at the Site MoDOTSL1 began at the request for a transfer .76-acres of an excess right-of-way parcel (E6-26737), near Route 40, from public to private ownership and was initiated by Stone Ridge Development, LLC, of St. Louis, Missouri.

  • 425-acre Residential Development - Phase I Survey (St. Charles County, MO)
  • 160-acre North Park Development - Phase I Survey (St. Louis County, MO)
  • Stonebridge Office Building Development - Phase I Survey (St. Louis County, MO)
  • Murphy Tract Development
  • 20-acre Parcel
  • 0.76-acre Parcel
  • Metrolink
  • Fiber Optic
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