How to research/find campsites?

[douglaslefler]

I have been hearing a lot of people say that to find artifacts you need to research the area and find out where campsites are, or have been found. My question is, how do you go about doing this? I have tried the internet with not much success so I could use some tips. Thanks, Doug.

[drdave514]

This might help.
Part 1 of 5.

How to find arrowheads!

[Otepgod]

I looked up old State Archeology magazines to located my campsites. You usually can find them online or in a library.

[comanche]

The local History Museum is a good place to start,,,although Archaeologist Name sites with reference #'s but,,, you can narrow down the general Area most Times,,,Just make sure you are not breaking the Law by going to protected sites////c

[Otepgod]

Originally Posted by comanche

The local History Museum is a good place to start,,,although Archaeologist Name sites with reference #'s but,,, you can narrow down the general Area most Times,,,Just make sure you are not breaking the Law by going to protected sites////c

Excellent point! I used "The Wisconsin Archaeologist" to locate my sites. Very very useful magazine, and like Comanche said they do have reference #'s like you will see Southeast corner of section 17. Then you go to the local library and find a plot map from back then. Boom there is your site! Good luck buddy! Let us know how the hunt for a site goes. I look forward to seeing your finds

[paleo_joe]

If archaeologists start believing that people are going to flock to every site they publish, they'll publish even less than they do now and be even more secretive, if that is possible. If I owned a site, I'd worry a lot more about collectors descending on it than I would the gov knowing about it. A lot of people in this state at least don't think twice about mining someone else's land for points. Maybe that it is why the archies go to great lengths to be vague in what they publish, to protect the landowner.

[uniface]

Your best bet is to ask around. Somebody knows where people used to find arrowheads.

Failing that, scout exposed, high ground where a feeder creek joins a larger one.

[Scotto]

Originally Posted by uniface

Your best bet is to ask around. Somebody knows where people used to find arrowheads.

That's what I did. I asked enough people, until I met one older guy who told me; "My brother did that for years around here, you should see what all he found." He gave me his number, and he was a wealth of info.

[Dennis]

The camps are easy to spot here in the foothills of ca. Just look for old homesteads There always on land with a year round water supply with a southern exposure the native Americans kept the land cleared by fire made nice homesteads for the pioneer's A good spring is a plus. And a nice knoll with plenty of oaks nearby.

[rockhunter]

I just spent about 1 minute googling your area, along with different keywords like indian, ancient, etc. and quickly came across a book on the history of your county, Henry County? and you can read it free. you can even search keywords there and it will show the pages. I typed in indian and it showed pages talking about scatterd teepee posts, indian burials, arrowheads etc. I do it all the time, and have learned of alot of indian history and villages of my county. just try it once in a while, somtimes I search the name of a creek, road, neighborhood, etc. and add the words indian, artifact, village, and you never know what will pop up. the other day I googled the name of a creek, my county, ancient, indian, village, and up popped a paragraph of a book written by an archaeologist in the 1800's that told me exactly where a campsite is he discovered that i've never heard about. just a idea, hope it helps