Midwest Region Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program Plan Prepared By Midwest Archeological Center National Park Service Lincoln, Nebraska Revised June 2003 Contents Part I. Introduction....................................................................................................................I-1 The Midwest Region ..............................................................................................I-1 Midwest Region SAIP Plan....................................................................................I-2 Part II. Description of Park Lands............................................................................................ II-1 Number of Park Areas.......................................................................................... II-1 Park Size and Type ............................................................................................... II-1 History of Midwest Region Parks ........................................................................ II-1 Park Locations and Accessibility Problems ......................................................... II-1 Land Ownership ................................................................................................... II-2 Nature of the Physical Environment..................................................................... II-2 Neighboring Government Landholdings.............................................................. II-4 Cultural Themes ................................................................................................... II-4 Part III. Regional Overview and Status of Archeological Inventory........................................III-1 Eastern Woodland Cultural Sequence .................................................................III-1 The Great Plains Area and Its Cultural Sequence ...............................................III-3 Part IV. Regionwide Strategies for Archeological Survey .......................................................IV-1 Research Designs and Work Plans ......................................................................IV-2 Consultation With State Historic Preservation Officers......................................IV-3 Consultation With Indian Tribal Groups and Other Appropriate Ethnic Groups ...IV-3 Research on Lands That Are Not NPS Owned....................................................IV-3 Curatorial Issues..................................................................................................IV-3 Cooperation With Non-NPS Scholars .................................................................IV-3 Interdisciplinary Research...................................................................................IV-3 Interpretation .......................................................................................................IV-3 Overviews and Assessments................................................................................IV-4 State Standards ....................................................................................................IV-4 State Site Forms...................................................................................................IV-4 Submerged Lands ................................................................................................IV-4 Summary .............................................................................................................IV-4 Part V. Proposed Projects and Regional Priorities ...................................................................V-1 SAIP Priority Factors ...........................................................................................V-1 The Project Statements.........................................................................................V-1 Classifying Midwest Region Projects ..................................................................V-2 Summary of Midwest Region Priorities ...............................................................V-3 Part VI. Individual Park Summaries .........................................................................................VI-1 Agate Fossil Beds National Monument ............................................................ AGFO Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ................................................................. APIS Arkansas Post National Memorial .................................................................... ARPO Badlands National Park .................................................................................... BADL Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site ....................................... BRVB Buffalo National River ..................................................................................... BUFF Central High School National Historic Site ..................................................... CHSC 6/4/03 i Part VI. Individual Park Summaries, continued Cuyahoga Valley National Park ........................................................................CUVA Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park .........................................DAAV Effigy Mounds National Monument .................................................................EFMO First Ladies National Historic Site ...................................................................FILA Fort Larned National Historic Site ...................................................................FOLS Fort Scott National Historic Site ......................................................................FOSC Fort Smith National Historic Site .....................................................................FOSM Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site ...............................................FOUS George Rogers Clark National Historical Park ................................................GERO George Washington Carver National Monument .............................................GWCA Grand Portage National Monument ..................................................................GRPO Harry S Truman National Historic Site ............................................................HSTR Herbert Hoover National Historic Site .............................................................HEHO Homestead National Monument of America ....................................................HOME Hopewell Culture National Historical Park ......................................................HOCU Hot Springs National Park ................................................................................HOSP Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore ...................................................................INDU Isle Royale National Park .................................................................................ISRO James A. Garfield National Historic Site .........................................................JAGA Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ..........................................................JEFF Jewel Cave National Monument .......................................................................JECA Keweenaw National Historical Park .................................................................KEWE Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site ..........................................KNRI Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial ..............................................................LIBO Lincoln Home National Historic Site ...............................................................LIHO Minuteman Missile National Historic Site .......................................................MIMI Mississippi National River and Recreation Area ..............................................MISS Missouri National Recreational River ..............................................................MNRR Mount Rushmore National Memorial ...............................................................MORU Nicodemus National Historic Site ....................................................................NICO Niobrara National Scenic River ........................................................................NIOB Ozark National Scenic Riverways ....................................................................OZAR Pea Ridge National Military Park .....................................................................PERI Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial ...........................................PEVI Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore .................................................................PIRO Pipestone National Monument .........................................................................PIPE Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway .............................................................SACN Scotts Bluff National Monument ......................................................................SCBL Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ........................................................SLBE Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve ...................................................................TAPR Theodore Roosevelt National Park ...................................................................THRO Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site ............................................................ULSG Voyageurs National Park ..................................................................................VOYA William Howard Taft National Historic Site ....................................................WIHO Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield .................................................................WICR Wind Cave