The Sheyenne River Study Unit
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The Sheyenne River Study Unit .......................................................................... 12.1 Description of the Sheyenne River Study Unit................................................ 12.1 Physiography ................................................................................................ 12.1 Drainage .......................................................................................................12.6 Climate..........................................................................................................12.6 Flora and Fauna ...........................................................................................12.7 Other Natural Resource Potential................................................................12.8 Overview of Previous Archeological Work ......................................................12.8 Inventory Projects ........................................................................................12.8 Fort Ransom...........................................................................................12.45 Lake Jessie..............................................................................................12.45 Camp Grafton North..............................................................................12.46 Pipelines..................................................................................................12.47 Test Excavation Projects ............................................................................12.48 Grahams Island......................................................................................12.52 Camp Grafton North..............................................................................12.53 Camp Grafton South ..............................................................................12.55 Pipelines..................................................................................................12.56 NRHP and NDSHSR ..................................................................................12.56 Major Excavation and Salvage Projects..................................................... 12.57 Dahnke-Reinke Site............................................................................... 12.60 Horner-Kane Site ................................................................................... 12.61 Camp Grafton North.............................................................................. 12.61 Camp Grafton South ..............................................................................12.62 Other Work.................................................................................................12.62 Paleo-Indian Period .......................................................................................12.66 Paleo-Environmental Modeling.................................................................12.66 Cultural Chronology ...................................................................................12.67 Settlement Behavior...................................................................................12.67 Native Subsistence Practices......................................................................12.67 Technologies...............................................................................................12.68 Artifact Styles .............................................................................................12.68 Regional Interaction...................................................................................12.68 Historic preservation Goals, Priorities, and Strategies .............................12.68 Plains Archaic Period.....................................................................................12.69 Paleo-Environmental Modeling.................................................................12.69 Cultural Chronology ...................................................................................12.70 Settlement Behavior...................................................................................12.70 Native Subsistence Practices...................................................................... 12.71 Technologies............................................................................................... 12.71 Artifact Styles ............................................................................................. 12.71 Regional Interaction................................................................................... 12.71 Historic Preservation Goals, Priorities, and Strategies .............................12.72 Plains Woodland Period ................................................................................12.72 Paleo-Environmental Modeling.................................................................12.74 Cultural Chronology ...................................................................................12.74 Settlement Behavior................................................................................... 12.75 Native Subsistence Practices......................................................................12.76 Technologies............................................................................................... 12.77 Artifact Styles ............................................................................................. 12.77 Historic Preservation Goals, Priorities, and Strategies .............................12.78 Plains Village Period ......................................................................................12.79 Paleo-Environmental Modeling.................................................................12.82 Cultural Chronology ...................................................................................12.82 Settlement Behavior...................................................................................12.82 Native Subsistence Practices......................................................................12.83 Technologies...............................................................................................12.83 Artifact Styles .............................................................................................12.84 Regional Interaction...................................................................................12.84 Historic Preservation Goals, Priorities, and Strategies .............................12.84 Equestrian/Fur Trade Period ........................................................................12.85 Paleo-Environmental Modeling.................................................................12.85 Cultural Chronology ...................................................................................12.85 Settlement Behavior...................................................................................12.85 Native Subsistence Practices......................................................................12.86 Technologies...............................................................................................12.86 Artifact Styles .............................................................................................12.86 Regional Interaction...................................................................................12.86 Historic Preservation Goals, Priorities, and Strategies .............................12.87 Figure 12.1: Map of the Sheyenne River Study Unit. ..........................................12.2 Figure 12.1A: Shaded relief map of the Sheyenne River Study Unit...................12.3 Figure 12.2: Re-creation of a table provided by Jackson et al. (2005) of tested sites at Camp Grafton North in 2002-2003......................................................12.54 Table 12.1:Townships in the Sheyenne River Study Unit. ..................................12.4 Table 12.2: Feature Type by Landform for Recorded Archeological Sites within the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 13-Sept-2007. ..................................................12.9 Table 12.3: Cultural/Temporal Affiliation for Recorded Archeological Resources within the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 13-Sept-2007. ......................................12.11 Table 12.4: Inventory Projects in the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 5-Sept-2007. ............................................................................................................................ 12.12 Table 12.5: Test Excavations in the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 5-Sept-2007. ............................................................................................................................12.48 Table 12.6: Major Excavation Projects in the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 5-Sept- 2007. .................................................................................................................. 12.57 Table 12.7: Other Work in the Sheyenne River Study Unit, 5-Sept-2007. .......12.64 The Sheyenne River Study Unit Fern E. Swenson and Amy Bleier 2008 The Sheyenne River Study Unit is located in eastern North Dakota. The Sheyenne River Study Unit is adjacent to the Northern Red River Study Unit to the east and north; the Southern Red River Study Unit to the south and southeast; and to the James River, Souris River, and Southern Missouri River study units to the west. Description of the Sheyenne River Study Unit The Sheyenne River Study Unit covers 10,996 mi² including the Devils Lake basin. Figures 12.1 and 12.1A illustrate the study unit and several principal tributaries within it. The river lies entirely within North Dakota. All or parts of McHenry, Ransom, Richland, Cass, Barnes, Stutsman,