The Demery Site, Oahe Reservoir, South Dakota


Mammoth Excavations

Publication: River Basin Surveys, Paper No. 34

Author: Alan Woolworth & Raymond Wood

Date of Publication: 1956

PDF File: Demetry-final-SD.pdf

Description


In the summer of 1956 an archeological field party from the State Historical Society of North Dakota carried out excavations at the Demery site, in the upper part of the Oahe Reservoir, in Corson County, South Dakota. Funds for the project were provided under a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and through appropriations by the North Dakota State Legislature. The excavations were conducted between June 18 and August 31, 1956, under the supervision of Alan R. Woolworth and W. Raymond Wood, then staff archeologists with the State Historical Society, with Frederic Hadleigh-West serving as assistant archeologist.