Historical Environments of the Pedersen Site (21LN2) and the Lake Benton Region
To hire qualified professionals to complete an interdisciplinary pilot study to begin to document the shifting environmental backdrop for cultural changes in the Pedersen Site and Lake Benton regions.
To hire qualified professionals to complete an interdisciplinary pilot study to begin to document the shifting environmental backdrop for cultural changes in the Pedersen Site and Lake Benton regions.
$5,846,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $7,004,000 in fiscal year 2021 are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. Contact, grants@mnhs.org
The results of the project are extremely valuable for southwestern MN archaeology and understanding of long term environmental changes in the region, and are integrated into ongoing interpretations of the occupation of the Pedersen site. This project also has identified additional analyses that will be helpful in refining the sequence of environmental changes in the region. The data will be published multiple ways, 1. as part of a regional study of prairie lakes by Umbanhowar, and 2. as part of the broader Pedersen site investigations.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org