Archaeological investigations at the Amini site (12 DU 323A), Dubois County, Indiana by Anslinger, Michael C.

Anslinger, Michael C. (Department of Anthropology Indiana State University)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE AMINI SITE (12 DU 323A), DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA

Archaeological excavations conducted at the Amini Site (12 Du 323A) in Dubois County, Indiana, identified a well developed and extensive midden. Materials recovered include chert tools, blanks, abortions and debitage, hardstone tools and bone pins, as well as burnt sandstone, carbonized floral and faunal remains and human interments. Although multicomponent, the midden and much of the associated cultural material is of Late Archaic origin, dated by a single radiocarbon determination at 5000 B.P. In addition to providing settlement-subsistence information useful for reconstructing the Late Archaic system(s) of adaptation in the Upper Patoka Valley, materials from the site may play an important role in the development of a Middle-Late Archaic phase sequence for southwestern Indiana.

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