Accession Number:

ADA084192

Title:

Cultural Resources of the Ohio River Floodplain in Illinois,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CORPS OF ENGINEERS HUNTINGTON WV HUNTINGTON DISTRICT

Personal Author(s):

• Muller,Jon D.
• Davy,Douglas M.
• Wilson,David
• Carlock,Margo

Report Date:

1977-10-15

Pagination or Media Count:

108.0

Abstract:

The study area in Illinois includes portions of two major physiographic provinces the Interior Low Plateaus Province and the Gulf Coastal Plain Province. The Shawnee Hills section of the Interior Low Plateaus Province extends from the mouth of the Wabash River to Bay Creek river miles 848-908. There are two sections of the Gulf Coastal Plain Province in the project area. The Mississippi Plateau section of this province extends from Bay Creek to the mouth of the Tennessee River river miles 909-934, and the Mississippi Embayment section of the same province extends from the Tennessee River to the mouth of the Ohio at the Mississippi River river miles 935-981.

Descriptors:

• *ARCHEOLOGY
• SITES
• BIBLIOGRAPHIES
• HISTORY
• RESOURCES
• ARTIFACTS
• CULTURE
• OHIO RIVER
• FLOOD PLAINS
• ILLINOIS

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE