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Conclusions

A model of culture period-landform associations provides a general framework within which to consider the taphonomy of prehistoric settlement, which to a large degree influences the patterns perceived. This study has dealt with the loess mantle of the uplands and the alluvial surfaces and fills of the valleys. Although much of the cultural record is lost or disturbed, some remains exposed on the surface or within the upper few centimeters, but much more of it is buried, often deeply. Through absolute age determination, stratigraphic correlation, and landform mapping, the probability of locating buried archaeological remains has been articulated in a cultural-specific fashion.

This phase of the USACERL-funded Fort Riley project represents a continuation of geoarchaeological investigations aimed at producing a high-resolution model of late-Quaternary landscape change and potentials for burial of prehistoric cultural materials. Specific tasks and activities included:

  1. Continued refinement of spatial data (2-D) of landform-sediment associations in an ArcView format. Maps within this report are the representation of the relationships established between the age of sedimentary bodies and their distribution, with a perspective on distribution of prehistoric cultural remains.
  2. Development of a computerized ACCESS database to assess the impact of the military tank emplacements via the "dig permit" data. This task could not be accomplished due to an inaccessibility of the hardcopy data, i.e., it was not provided by the government.
  3. Preparation of three-dimensional visualizations of landform-sediment assemblages using ESRI ArcView 3-D Analyst. Surface and subsurface rendering of the valley fills were generated to depict the extent of unconsolidated sediment bodies in valleys.

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