Engineer Cantonment
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Engineer_Cantonment an entity of type: Thing
Engineer Cantonment is an archaeological site in Washington County, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Located in the floodplain of the Missouri River near present-day Omaha, Nebraska, it was the temporary winter camp of the scientific party of the Yellowstone Expedition. From October 1819 to June 1820, the party studied the geology and biology of the vicinity, and met with the local indigenous peoples. Their eight-month study of the biota has been described as "the first biodiversity inventory undertaken in the United States".
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Engineer Cantonment
rdf:langString
Engineer Cantonment
rdf:langString
Engineer Cantonment
xsd:integer
49045826
xsd:integer
1118231456
xsd:date
2015-11-17
rdf:langString
Trenches in bare earth; inside fabric-walled building
rdf:langString
Excavations at Engineer Cantonment, 2015
rdf:langString
Eastern edge of state, about the middle north-south
rdf:langString
Washington County, Nebraska
xsd:integer
235
xsd:integer
15000795
rdf:langString
Engineer Cantonment is an archaeological site in Washington County, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Located in the floodplain of the Missouri River near present-day Omaha, Nebraska, it was the temporary winter camp of the scientific party of the Yellowstone Expedition. From October 1819 to June 1820, the party studied the geology and biology of the vicinity, and met with the local indigenous peoples. Their eight-month study of the biota has been described as "the first biodiversity inventory undertaken in the United States". The site was not used again after the departure of the expedition, and its location was forgotten. In 2003, it was rediscovered, and investigated during the 2003–05 archaeological seasons. In 2015, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
rdf:langString
Map of Nebraska highlighting Washington County.svg
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
29320
xsd:string
15000795
