Cremation Pit
Name/Title
Cremation PitEntry/Object ID
1999.27.2184Description
Original Catalogit entry simply had this listed as BOX with the description of UNOPENED. This is a small box labeled: 23PL21-A Cremation Pit on Pearl Site or Wedel's Mound A. Inside are masses of ash covered in red dirt with no evidence of un-cremated human remains, three pottery sherds, and a lithic fragment. Note reads: Burned earth from the cremation mound and pit at Pearl site 1937 23PL21 Mound A. Large lumps in storage tooCollection
Shippee Archaeological CollectionEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Kansas City Hopewell
Native American