Project Focus – Interstate 69 Corridor

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

Beginning stage of site excavation.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

Machinery is used to mechanically strip the site before work is done by hand.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

Archaeologists use a trowel to conduct hand excavations at the site.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

Archaeologists pump water from a previously excavated unit.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

After removing dirt from the units by hand, the dirt is screened to recover potential artifacts.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

An archaeologist records information for a test unit.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

View of the site after multiple units have been excavated.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

During an excavation, the site is divided into grid pattern. Each square on the grid is a separate unit.

Interstate 69 Greene County, IN
Interstate 69 Greene County, IN

These pieces of debitage are material produced while making stone tools.

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For more than 10 years, Gray & Pape has served as the lead cultural resources project management consultant for the 141-mile Interstate 69 Evansville to Indianapolis project. As part of the Lochmueller team, the firm has assisted the Indiana Department of Transportation and Lochmueller to proactively identify and solve cultural resources management challenges. Responsibilities included the review of proposals, task orders, cost estimates, technical reports, scopes-of-work; oversight of field efforts; participation in consulting party process; and consolidation of all GIS data. Under this contract Gray & Pape has also conducted multiple Phase Ia surveys totaling several thousand acres, completed Phase II investigations for 10 archaeological sites in Sections 1 through 5, and the Phase III mitigation of one site in Section 4. Numerous rounds of subsurface testing for archaeological sites were completing, helping Lochmueller and INDOT identify avoidance strategies for resources identified along the corridor. As work on Section 6 is underway, the firm will continue to complete cultural resources tasks as they are identified and assigned.