Faunal Bones

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Bag 1

Name/Title

Faunal Bones

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.180

Description

23BN1 King Hill Site 22 Sacks Identifiable fauna bone Misc. Bone Count 1 Bags each have specific information on it. Bag 1 is a ziplock back of miscellaneous bones and one dog figurine (modern) Bag 2 reads: Bag #278: Un ID Bone. Bag 3 has no additional information on it. Bones have several artifact numbers on them. Bag 4 reads: Bag #278: ID Bone Bag 5 reads: Bag #285: Bone Bag 6 reads: Bag #284: Bone Bag 7 reads: 721; Sq 14, MZ 1 Bag 8 reads: 23BN1 ID Bone Bag 9 reads: 23BN1; Bag #673. S. Holen; 7/25/72. Sq 4, Level 12. 60"-66". ID Bone. Sorted 9/14/72 by R. Wall. Bag 10 reads: 23BN1 Bag #820. N.S. King; 8/11/72. Sq 13, Level MZ 1-10A. Artifact Bag 11 reads: 23BN1 Bag #696. Sq 13, Level PZ. 1st Nat Strat Unit. Body Sherd. H. Withers Bag 12 reads: 23BN1. Bag #574. J. Ludwickson; 7/12/72. Sq 2, Level 13. 54"-57". ID Bone under 1/4". Sorted October 18, 1972 by J. Ludwickson Bag 13 reads: Artifact. 23BN1. 308 Bag 14 reads: Artifact. 23BN1. 304 Bag 15 reads: Beaver incisor, worked? (beaver incisors are marked with various artifact numbers which are included in the list below). Contains a bag that reads: 23BN1. Bag #756. 8/7/72. Sq 3, Level MZ 1-5. ID Bone Bag 16 reads: Bone artifact. 23BN1. 327 Bag 17 is a vial with artifact number 305. Bag 18 is a vial with artifact number 25 Bag 19 is a glass jar with artifact number 338 and reads Sq F Level 3 Bag 20 and 21 are unlabeled jars. Bag 22 is a bag labeled Human. This ID has been verified and have been removed from bag for future repatriation.

Use

Archaeological Excavation

Context

Archaeological Excavation From King Hill Site

Collection

23BN1

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Location

23 BN 1

County

Buchanan County

State/Province

Missouri

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation

Native American

Notes

See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Fragment

Nomenclature Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects

Search Terms

Faunal Remains

Material

Bone

Web Links and URLs

STLCC.edu, Kaw Nation

Provenance

Notes

The King Hill Site (23BN1) is located in a residential area of the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. The archaeological site is situated on top of a high, west facing bluff overlooking the Missouri River Valley. It was excavated by members of the St. Joseph Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society and the Summer Field School of the University of Missouri - Columbia over a 10 day period in the summer of 1966 under a cooperative agreement with the St. Joseph Museum. Work was continued in the fall of that year and into the next by the St. Joseph Chapter. Additional work was conducted at the site by the University of Nebraska. Pottery and limited trade goods in the upper levels indicate a late Oneota, early historic occupation, possibly by the Kansa tribe, about AD 1700. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1968 and a preliminary report was issued that same year. In 1972 further excavations, funded by the National Science Foundation, were undertaken by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Missouri Field School and the University of Nebraska excavations were directed by Dr. Dale R. Henning" (Cutler and Blake 1982). Information gathered from: http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/kinghill.html