National Park Service ABPP Grants Awarded!

The Department of Anthropology at Ball State University has been awarded two 2013 National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) grants to continue its archaeological research and preservation work at Fort Recovery. An update on these two new grants and the current 2012 ABPP grant will be given at the Fort Recovery Historical Society on Tuesday August 21. We are all thrilled to be able to continue the work to further preserve and protect our battlefield!
For more information:
National Park Service News Release
2013 ABPP Awards

American Battlefield Protection Program Grant 2012
July 2012 - We are pleased to announce that Ball State University's Department of Anthropology, in collaboration with the Fort Recovery State Museum, Fort Recovery Historical Society, and the Ohio Historical Society, has received a $54,416 American Battlefield Protection Program Grant from the National Park Service to continue research at Fort Recovery. This grant will research and submit a National Register for Historic Places nomination for the battlefields of the Battle of the Wabash and the Battle of Fort Recovery.

National Park Service 2012 ABPP Grant Awards
National Park Service News Release
Ohio Archaeology Blog

American Battlefield Protection Program Grant 2010
July 2010 - As part of the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program grant, Ball State University's Department of Anthropology held an archaeology field school from May 16 to June 17, 2010 under the direction of Dr. Mark Groover. As part of their excavation, the field school students discovered a 2 ft wide trench that extended 17 ft east/west almost exactly aligned with the Greenville Treaty Line. The trench contained multiple closely-spaced post holes of various sizes with battlefield period artifacts (including bone buttons, shell buttons, lead musket ball, Charleville musket center band) found in or close to the trench. The trench with postholes almost certainly extends beyond 17 ft - additional excavation units in the future could confirm this. The trench/post hole feature most likely represents a palisade wall of the fort or a fort-related structure.
American Battllefield Protection Program Grant Report
Ohio Historical Society "New Discoveries at Fort Recovery" video - August 2011

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Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Blog entry - 8/22/11
Ball State College of Science and Humanities Facebook post - 6/27/11
JournalGazette.net (Fort Wayne IN) The Scoop blog entry - 6/22/11
Ball State University Daily Newscenter article - 6/21/11
Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Blog entry - 6/20/11
Applied Archaeology Laboratories Facebook photo album - 6/18/11
Ball State University Daily News article - 6/15/11
The Daily Standard (Celina OH) article - 6/14/11
Ball State University Sponsored Programs Blog entry - 5/5/11
Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Blog entry - 1/6/11
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