Post by lanceslambos on Apr 12, 2015 8:00:10 GMT -6
With only 2-3 weeks of school left this semester I'm proud to announce that my (grad level) student independent study at Missouri State in conjunction with University of Arkansas was very influential and I've succeeded in getting one square mile designated as Arkansas's latest archaeological site. Hogscald Hollow is a complex multi component site. I've identified no less than 25 features on the site and the next step will be the National Register of Historic places.(no hurry on that) Hogscald was the reason why I went back to college after 20 years to study archaeology. I've already been asked to present my findings at two large annual meetings, and several local newspapers want a story from me now. Hogscald may be one of the most important sites in Arkansas since it was very active during the Civil War as the Confederate Kitchen. There's a cave and no less than 7 huge waterfalls ranging from 4 - 8.5 stories high! I have confirmed a strong late archaic - early Mississippian presence. A petrified lower limb bone of a razorback hog washed out of a bank back in February near one of the features which exhibits possible American porcupine incisions on the distal end. This find has baffled several biological anthropologists and a paleontologist because porcupines have not been in NW Arkansas in roughly 8,000-8,500 years BP. And we know that razorbacks were the bi-product of hogs brought to the New World only some 500-600 years ago. Until a zooarchaeologist can confirm we have a real mystery on our hands!
I've compiled over 400 pages of historical documents, photos, etc. about the area for a site extension file with the survey. I have posted here in the past about Hogscald but I'm not finding them right now...ugh oh well. Ten acres has been a nature preserve since the 1970s and I've been the only site steward there since 2011 for the Ozark Regional Land Trust (O.R.L.T.) who owns and operates the nature reserve there.
Real photo postcard of the Durham Mill which operated there from 1840-1940 There is little to nothing left of this huge 4 story building now. The wheel was literally rolled out of there and stolen in the 1980s.
I've compiled over 400 pages of historical documents, photos, etc. about the area for a site extension file with the survey. I have posted here in the past about Hogscald but I'm not finding them right now...ugh oh well. Ten acres has been a nature preserve since the 1970s and I've been the only site steward there since 2011 for the Ozark Regional Land Trust (O.R.L.T.) who owns and operates the nature reserve there.
Real photo postcard of the Durham Mill which operated there from 1840-1940 There is little to nothing left of this huge 4 story building now. The wheel was literally rolled out of there and stolen in the 1980s.
