IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
ARTIFACTS AS ART WHAT IS AN EFFIGY POT? COMPARISON AND CONTRAST THE SPIRO MOUND GROUP THE BLUFF SHELTERS A CARNEGIE GRANT & COB CAVE OTHER BLUFF SHELTER SITES SALVAGE ARCHEOLOGY ARTIFACTS FROM OTHER SITES
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Dellinger presents a collection of antiquities to supporter Harvey Couch
University Museum Collections, University of Arkansas Salvage Archeology
This era was the heyday of dam building in Arkansas and bluff shelters weren’t the only sites threatened.
A case study of Dellinger’s political savvy was his relationship with Harvey Couch, the powerful head of the Arkansas Power & Light Company. Dealings began between the two in 1929 when Dellinger approached Couch about rescuing Caddo artifacts from three prehistoric cemeteries on AP&L land that was about to be flooded to create Lake Hamilton. The excavations meant possible delays for Couch’s project, but Dellinger convinced him not only to agree to the dig, but to help underwrite it financially. Dellinger was able to persuade Couch in part because he was able to bring to bear the influence of U. S. Senator Thaddeus Caraway. He also apparently sweetened the deal by offering Couch a share of the artifacts. Next > Artifacts from Other Sites
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