Van Winkle's Mill Archaeological Project

Links to reports, articles, press clippings, news stories, learning activities, 3-D virtual reconstructions, and more...

Academic reports, articles, etc. for download

Brandon, Jamie C. and Jerry Hilliard

1998 The Van Winkle Mill and the Anderson Slave Cemetery: African-American Related Sites in Northwest Arkansas. African-American Archaeology 22:1. [html]

Brandon, Jamie C., James M. Davidson and Jerry E. Hilliard

2000 Preliminary Archeological Investigations at Van Winkle’s Mill (3BE413), Beaver Lake State Park, Benton County, Arkansas, 1997-1999. Report to Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Little Rock, from the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, Arkansas. [pdf 1.7MB]

Brandon, Jamie C. and James M. Davidson

2003 Archeological Inventory and Testing of Cultural Resources at Van Winkle’s Mill (3BE413) and Little Clifty Creek Shelter (3BE412), Beaver Lake, Benton County, Arkansas. Report to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, Little Rock, from the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, Arkansas. [pdf 2.7MB]

Bowers, Robin F.

2003 Ozark Industry: The Van Winkle Saw Mill, 1857-1890. Unpublished Master’s thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. [pdf 2.2MB]

Brandon, Jamie C.

2004 Van Winkle's Mill: Mountain Modernity, Cultural Memory and Historical Archaeology in the Arkansas Ozarks. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. [pdf 13.3MB]

Brandon, Jamie C. and James M. Davidson
2005 The Landscape of Van Winkle’s Mill: Identity, Myth and Modernity in the Ozark Upland South. Historical Archaeology 39(3):113-131. [pdf 499KB]

Valentino, Alicia B. and Jamie C. Brandon

2005 Van Winkle's Mill Update: 2005 Excavations at the Blacksmith Shop. African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter, September, 2005 (on-line publication). [html]

Valentino, Alicia B.

2006 Preliminary Report: Van Winkle Blacksmith Shop Excavations, 2005. Report to Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Little Rock, from the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, Arkansas. [pdf 1.57MB]

Valentino, Alicia B.

2006 Preliminary Report: Van Winkle Mill Complex Excavations, 2005. Report to Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Little Rock, from the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, Arkansas. [pdf 1.65MB]

Valentino, Alicia B. with contributions by Jamie C. Brandon and Jami J. Lockhart

2006 Archeological Excavation and Testing at Van Winkle's Mill (3BE413), Hobbs State Park and Conservation Area, Benton County, Arkansas. Final report to Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Little Rock, from the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, Arkansas. High resoultion [pdf 7.87MB] or smaller black and white scan [pdf 1.77MB]

Valentino, Alicia B..

2006 The Dynamics of Industry as Seen from Van Winkle's Mill, Arkansas. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The dissertation in its entirety (.pdf format; 16.6 mb).
Preface (.pdf format; 72.4 kb).
Section 1: Introduction (.pdf format; 1.67 mb).
Section 2: Labor History (.pdf format; 210 kb).
Section 3: The Archaeology of Van Winkle's Industrial Sector (.pdf format; 3.17 kb).
Section 4: Location and Van Winkle's Mill (.pdf format; 8.38 kb).
Section 5: History of Technology (.pdf format; 803 kb).
Section 6: Conclusion (.pdf format; 32.4 kb).
Bibliography (.pdf format; 96.3 kb).
Appendix A: Van Winkle's Probate Record (.pdf format; 66.9 kb).
Appendix B: Artifact Distributions (.pdf format; 1.26 mb)
Appendix C: Glossary of Blacksmithing Terms (.pdf format; 30.4 kb).
Appendix D: Aaron Van Winkle's Obituary (.pdf format; 25.7 kb).
Appendix E: Goodspeed's History of Benton County-Van Winkle's Mill Article (.pdf format; 39.1 kb).

Virtual Tour

You are the guide in this interactive, 3-D web-based tour of the site. Warning: The .avi files which are linked to these pages are large and may load slowly even on broadband connections. Do not attempt to veiew the tour on a 56Kbps connection.

Press Clippings & News Stories

October 6, 2005: "Archaeological Students Dig at Van Winkle's Mill". Rogers edition of the Morning News. [pdf 556KB]

September 10th, 2005: The grand opening of the "Van Winkle Legacy" exibit at the Rogers Historical Museum. Advertisement from the Morning News. [html]

September, 2005: "The Legacy of Peter Van Winkle" by Gaye Bland. Northwest Arkansas Citiscapes Metro Monthy. [pdf 921KB]

January 12, 2004: "Several Projects to Make Hollow More Accessible" Arkansas Democrat Gazette. [pdf 136KB]

September 1, 2003: "Future Bright at Hobbs State Park: Land Has Been Studied Extensively by Biologists, Botanist, and Historians." Rogers edition of the Morning News. [pdf 879KB]

June 25, 2001: "Field Trip Visits War Eagle: July 7 Outing Focuses on Van Winkle Family, Grist Mill." Morning News. [pdf 624KB]

August 12, 2001: "Ground Breaking Work: Group Unearths Settler's History" Morning News. [pdf 1.41MB]

October 21, 2001: "Dig Uncovers Mill Community: Researchers Interpret Lifestyles." Morning News. [pdf 754KB]

October 24, 2000: "Pioneer Woman to Be Honored." Morning News. [pdf 31KB]

March 24, 2000: Photograph with caption "Digging For History." Arkansas Democrat Gazette. [pdf 83KB]

Coming soon...A mp3 version of an August 2001 Ozarks at Large story on Van Winkle's Mill.

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