ML20083G747

Forwards Natl Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form,Identifying Potential Archeological Site Located Onsite.Site Undisturbed by Const

ML20083G747
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	12/21/1983
From:	Swartz E COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To:	Youngblood B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8401060416
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Adoress Reply to: Post Office Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 December 21, 1983 i

1 Mr. B. J. Youngblood Licensing Branch No. 1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue i

Bethesda, Maryland 20014

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Subject:

Braidwood Station Unit 1 and 2 Environmental Review NRC Docket Nos. 50-456/457

Reference:

B. J. Youngblood letter to D. L. Farrar dated October 12, 1983.

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Dear Mr. Youngblood:

Enclosed is a copy of the U.S. Department of Interior form (FHR-8-300), " National Register of Historic Placea Inventory - Fomination Form", which has been completed in light of the information that is presently available concerning archeological site 11 Ka 179.

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Sinca it is apparent that sufficient data is not available to i

make a determination of eligibility, Commonwealth Edison has made arrangements with the Illinois State Museum Society to conduct additional field investigations during the 1984 spring field work season. Upon completion of these investigations the information obtained should be adequate to make a firm decision as to the eligibility of site llKal?9.

In the meantime, the site has not been disturbed by construction of any Commonwealth Edison facilities and to the best of our knowledge no other activity has occurred or is planned that will impact on the site.

Your office will be informed as soon as the further investigations ara completed.

If there are any further questions regarding this matter please contact C. L. McDonough at (312)294-4431.

l Sincerely, f n/ 2 f i

c E. D. Swartz i

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1. Name historic and!ct common llKal79 2.

Location strest & number NEk 0F THE SE OF THE NEk 0F THE SEk, SEC 9, T31N, RllE 2 not for publication 1

city, town vicinity of congressional district Illin is Kankakee stata code county code 3.

Classification Catagory Ownership Status Present Use district public occupied x agriculture museum building (s)

X private l unoccupied comrrercial park structure both work in progress educational private residence

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v site Public Acquisition Accessible entertainment religious object in process yes: restricted government scientific being considered yes: unrestricted industrial transportation no military other:

4o Owner of Property ntme Chicago Title and Trust Company, Trust No. 45553, April 26, 1983 street & number Ill West Washington Street city, town

Chicago, vicinity of state Illin is 5.

Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Kankakee County Courthouse strest & number East Court Street Kankakee Illinois city, town G.

Representation in Existing Surveys title has this property been determined elegible?

yes no date federal state county local depository for survey records city, town state

.7o 'DJscriptien Crn;'ition Check one Check ono 6xcellent deteriorated unaltered X onginal site grod ruins X altered

_ moved date December 15. 1983 fair

_2L_ unexposed C caribe the present and original (if known) physical appearance 11Ka179, a prehistoric archaeological site, was located in a fallow field and pasture on a level area of the northern bluff of the Kankakee River. The surface of the fallow field had a variety of prehistoric artifacts on it.

No artifacts were visible on the surface of the pasture. However, shovel probing located a rich concentration of artifacts and organic remains beneath the surface.

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The significance of this site has not yet been determined.

It was described as potentially eligible in the 1981 report of investigations of the transmission line corridor. This determination is based on the discovery of well preserved prehistoric artifacts and organic remains discovered while inspecting the site surface and ex-cavating a luaited number of shovel-test holes to evaluate the site in the pasture.

A pit feature was discovered by shovel testing. This pit yielded well-preserved organic remains including both flora and fauna.

Ceramic sherds from the site are classified as Late Mississippian in age, AD 1,000 to AD 1,380.

It is possible that the pasture area of the site has never been plowed and that extensive well-preserved remains of a Mississippian village are preserved.

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9[Majer Bibliographical Refersnces Knight, Frances Archaeological Investigations Along the Proposed Braidwood-to-Crete 1981 Power Line Corridor, Kankakee and Will Counties Illinois.

Illinois State Museum Society, Archaeological Research Program. Springfield.

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t V&rbal boundary description and justification Current boundary delineation is based on shovel probing in pasture area and artifact scatter in cultivated field. Further analysis is required to precisely delimit boundary.

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Form Prepared By namsititle Michael D. Wiant, Associate Curator of Anthropology crganization Illinois State Museum date December 15, 1983 217-783-0134 street & number Spring and Edwards telephone Illinois cit / cr town Springfield state

12. Sta2e Mistoric Preservation Officer Certification-Th3 cvalJated significance of this property within the state is:

national state local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this,troperty for inclusion in the N tional Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and pre ederes set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

State H!storic Preservation Officer signature titta date For liCRS use oniy I hereby c :r..fy that this property is included in the National Register date Keeper of the Nationti Ray:2ter Attest:

date Cinct of Registration

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