This project was conducted by Impact Services Incorporated under contract with the Blue Earth County Highway Department. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate ten prehistoric archaeological sites which were to be impacted or destroyed by the realignment of County Road 2.

Of all of the sites tested, only four contained significant cultural resources. It was proposed that three of the four sites be covered with clean clay as a protective measure prior to road construction. The three sites were large habitation sites, mostly undisturbed. Rather than mitigate them, it was decided to simply preserve them for later investigation.

Andrew Lydecker and Kathleen Roetzel Surface Collecting at Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Field Showing the Location of Surface Artifacts Represented by Red Flags at Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Scraping Procedure Utilized to Locate Burial Features at the Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Tisha Strachan Surface Collecting after the Scrape at the Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Scrape Procedure Showing the Location of Artifacts (Red Flags) at the Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Location of Artifacts Found as a Result of the Scraping Procedure (Red Flags) at the Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

Mark Piepho, Tisha Strachan, Kathleen Roetzel and Dan Zielski Surface Collecting at he Blue Earth County Road #2 Realignment Project, 1990

A Cultural Resources Investigation and Mitigation of Sites Impacted by the Realignment of Blue Earth County Road 2, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. Richard Strachan, Kathleen Roetzel and Andrew Lydecker, 1990.