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Archaeology ReportEntry/Object ID
2012.21.333Description
Find Remains of Eight Indians on Interstate 29 and Mett Shippee on Rock Creek Site, Atchison County, Missouri, 1973.
News article from Atchison County Mail, Rockport, Mo. August 30, 1973 regarding discovery of a number of human bones along Interstate 29 southwest of Rock Port at the junction with Highway 111 at the Hunter farm on the road to Langdon. The bones were discovered from a road cut, upon which construction was halted and Mike Fisher & Don Reynolds of the St. Joseph Archaeological Society were notified. Along with State Highway geologist, Bill Herndon, they located at least 8 sets from what is believed to be an Indian burial ground.
Notes dated Sept. 28, 1973 by Don Reynolds on Mett Shippee's review of bones and artifacts recovered above. Shippee placed them as Old Copper Culture
5/Report/stapled/1Photocopy news clipping.Collection
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Missouri Highway Department, I-29 artifacts, Native American, Shippee, J. Mett, Reynolds, Don, Fisher, Michael, Archaeological Sites in Atchison County, Missouri, Rock Port, MissouriPublication Details
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Reynolds, DonDate Published
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