Forts on Burial Mounds: Interlocked Landscapes of Mourning and Colonialism at the Dakota-Settler Frontier, 1860–1876

Arnott, S.; Maki, David

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“…2012; Challis et al 2008, 2011; Hesse 2010; Kokalj et al 2011; Štular et al 2012). These visualization methods have proven effective for mapping burial mounds and earthworks during several recent projects conducted in Minnesota (Arnott and Maki 2019; Arnott, Brosowske, and Maki 2013; Arnott, Jones, and Maki 2013; Artz et al 2013; Riley et al 2010).…”

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“…The technology and accessibility of remote sensing have improved in recent years (Whittaker 2009:57; see also Arnott and Maki 2019; Conyers 2006, 2013; Gaffney and Gater 2006; Hanna 2011; Horsley et al 2014; Kvamme 2001, 2003; McBride and McBride 2011; Orr and Steele 2011; Somers 1998; Sunseri and Byram 2017; Witten 2006). Remote sensing applications gather geospatial information to capture subtle changes in topography, vegetation, or other geomorphological and anthropogenic landscape characteristics and include studying aerial photographs, collecting and analyzing light detection and ranging (lidar) data, 1 and applying geophysical survey methods such as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), magnetometer, electromagnetic induction (EMI), or earth resistance survey (see Arnott and Maki 2019; Byram 2005, 2013; Clark, 1996; Conyers 2013; Hanna 2011; Kvamme 2001, 2003; Somers 1998; Whittaker 2009). Historic maps, like other remote sensing tools, yield geospatial information with their own characteristic set of opportunities and limitations and have been used analogously by archaeologists with greater frequency (e.g., Byram 2013; Panich et al 2018; Tveskov and Johnson 2014).…”

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“…All these techniques have been applied in conflict archaeology when battlefield artifacts, fortifications, trenches, and other substantial features are found (Byram 2005, 2013; Hanna 2011; Hargrave 1999; Nassaney et al 2004; Parrington 1979; Williams and Shapiro 1982). Somers (1998) used resistivity and magnetic gradient survey to identify artifact scatters and architectural features at Fort Laramie, Wyoming; Whittaker (2009) used GPR to study the interior of nineteenth-century US Army fortifications in Iowa and Wisconsin; Arnott and Maki (2019) used lidar and GPR survey to demonstrate how US Army forts in the Dakotas were often purposely situated over indigenous burial mounds; and Maki (2013) used lidar and earth resistance survey to detect temporary rifle pits and trenches from the Battle of Wood Lake (the final battle of the US-Dakota War of 1862) in Minnesota. Metal detectors are amenable to the study of battlefields characterized by broadly dispersed distributions of lead munitions (Hanna 2011:12) and have been used to great effect in the survey and forensic interpretation of the 1876 Little Big Horn battlefield (Scott et al 1989), the 1778 Monmouth battlefield of the Revolutionary War (Starbuck 2011:12), the 1637 Mystic Fort battle of the Pequot War (McBride et al 2017), and the 1812 Battle of Caulk's Field in Maryland (Lucas and Schablitsky 2014).…”

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“…In North America, the entrée and involvement of descent communities in the archaeological process has accelerated concerns about site preservation, the necessity of consultation, and the need to incorporate the protocols of these communities in archaeological research designs and interpretations (see Gonzalez 2016). In this context, the noninvasive nature of remote sensing can be an asset (Arnott and Maki 2019; Sunseri and Byram 2017; see also Bevan 1998; Conyers 2013; Heimmer and De Vore 1995; Horsley et al 2014; Mussett and Khan 2000). Why excavate an archaeological site and destroy those cultural deposits when seemingly ever-improving technology can allow us to see beneath the ground without digging?…”

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Indigenous communities are increasingly turning to archaeological remote sensing to help detect and preserve the material remains of their pasts without extensive excavations. For some Indigenous communities, histories of dispossession and mobility have led to a disconnection between them and archaeological sites, leading to challenges with collaborative models emphasizing local engagement. Here, we present a case study where the nearest modern community associated with the site is hundreds of kilometres away but preserving their heritage is important. The Métis, an Indigenous nation, emerged alongside the North American fur trade during the seventeenth century and became a distinct people. During the nineteenth century, the Métis adopted a highly mobile lifestyle, centred around bison hunting, where they would form temporary villages to overwinter on the northern plains. This case study highlights a post-contact application of remote sensing where the targets are not large colonial structures but more ephemeral and short-term occupation sites.We applied multiple methods, specifically ground-penetrating radar (GPR), magnetic gradiometry, multi-spectral and orthographic UAV imagery, to survey the mid-nineteenth-century Métis wintering site of Chimney Coulee (DjOe-6), near Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada. Using high-frequency GPR (900 MHz) and magnetic gradiometry, this survey successfully delineated the wood wall remains and chimney of one cabin, later confirmed through targeted excavation. The survey was then expanded to other higher potential areas of the site to help refine the approach and define other areas of interest. Here, we outline the results of the Chimney Coulee project and our progress in developing an integrated remote sensing approach for Métis sites. We conclude that there are many forms of collaboration to which remote sensing can contribute and that careful survey can provide insights for modern groups' sense of identity, homelands and Indigenous rights.

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Forts on Burial Mounds: Interlocked Landscapes of Mourning and Colonialism at the Dakota-Settler Frontier, 1860–1876

Cited by 5 publications

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Every Rusty Nail Is Sacred, Every Rusty Nail Is Good: Conflict Archaeology, Remote Sensing, and Community Engagement at a Northwest Coast Settler Fort

Every Rusty Nail Is Sacred, Every Rusty Nail Is Good: Conflict Archaeology, Remote Sensing, and Community Engagement at a Northwest Coast Settler Fort

An integrated remote sensing approach to Métis archaeology in the Canadian Prairies

The Chaîne Opératoire of Settler Wampum Manufacture at the David Campbell House in Northern New Jersey

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