Name/Title
Excavation Material 23CL23Entry/Object ID
1999.27.2208Description
Outside of box reads "23CL23 Excav."
Inside the box are 15 bags
Most bags are labeled with coordinates.
Bags with remains or cremation material were not photographed
Bag 1:
Blade base chip
N70 E 75
Depth 23"
May 31, 1951
Bag 2:
Stone
Depth 36"
NE of center of Sq N70E75
June 1, 1951
Bag 3:
Hematite
Sq N70 E75
Depth 36" in SE corner
June 1, 1951
Bag 4 (empty):
Gorgets
N65E85
Depth 21 to 23"
By Mrs Jed [indecipherable]
June 3, 1951
Bag 5:
Surface
50 degrees north of north mound
Oct 24, 1951
Blade from mound area
Metate broken piece are from slope 500 ft to north
Blade from just NE OF N mound (about 100)
Mano from 500 feet north of md
Bag 6:
N60 E85
Contains two smaller bags
Bag a:
Point fragment
6" (indecipherable)of point of bone occurred 25" in north central part. Could have been (indecipherable)
30" deep in west side of square May 19, 1951
Bag b:
Lanceolate frag paint
Sq N60E85
22" deep in NW corner of square
May 19, 1951
Bag 7:
N70 E80
Contains three smaller bags
Bag a:
Yellow ochre
Heavy stone 1x1.5x3 occur here at 35"
Sq N70E80
Depth 29"
Below stake N75E80
June 1, 1951
Bag b:
N70E80
Depth 24" at SW corner June 1
Bag c:
Burial (human remains and AFOs
Fragments in pocket 4" deep 6" diameter
8" east and 12" south of N75E75
Depth 18 to 22"
June 1, 1951
Bag 8:
N65 E90
Contains 5 smaller bags
Bag a:
RGH scrapers, etc. Paint
Sq N65E90
Depth 29"
May 28, 1951
N central part of Sq. Bone frag at 27" in SE corner
Bag b:
Scraper
Sq N65E90
Depth 41" to 42"
May 28, 1951
Bag c:
Sq N65E90
Depth 37" from stake N70E85
May 21, 1951
Bag d:
Knife
N65E90
Depth 28" for SE corner
May 28, 1951
Bag e:
N65E90
Depth 22 on west edge of square
May 21, 1951
Very crude tool, modified spade, looks like a side scraper
Bag 9:
Sq N185E65
Top of brown soil
3'3"
Bag 10:
N70E75
Contains 2 smaller bags
Bag a:
Bone Fragments
Bag b:
Cremation deposition, small cache
Burial
In Sq N70E75
16" to 24" west of N70E75
0 to 8" north
Depth 16 to 21" from surface
Rotten skull
Burned long bone frags chips close by
Red Burial 4' to east is slightly deeper
These Fragments are stained in red and charred black in places
Bag 11
N65E85
Contains 3 smaller bags
Bag a:
N65E85
Depth 10"
Hamilton
June 3, 1951
Bag b:
Sq N65E85
Depth 27"-30"
Center of square
June 3, 1951
Includes a Bag labeled galena
Bag c:
Depth 18"
N65E85
Hamilton
Bag 12:
N65E80
Contains 5 smaller bags
Bag a:
1st red ochre Burial
N65E80
Burial In square in north edge about 2ft to 3
Bag b:
April 22, 1951
Burial In rednicher at north side of square
Bone at 25"
Red earth or ochre from 21" to 28"
Red ochre 26" east-west, protrudes 10" into this square
Bag c:
Charcoal
Depth 14"
Bag d:
Depth 20" to from present surface
Bag e:
Hammer
With Burial fill in Septem
Bag 13:
N165E50
Contains 2 smaller bags
Bag a:
April 2, 1951
Sq N165E50
Depth 34" from stake surface at N170E50
Location 30" west 15" north
Bag b:
Ball and point
Depth 27"
Area of flexed burials but below them and in loess soil
1 worked pebble
1 lanceolate point
Bag 14:
N55 E85
N55 E90
Area of supine burial with red ochre and galena
Contains 5 smaller bags
Bag a:
Sq N55E90
Burial 2 (supine) in square
3 Galena fragments associated with right femur at pelve (on and just inside)
May 12, 1951 (Shippee)
Bag b:
Red ochre burial soil
Sq N55 E85 and 90
May 19, 1951
Bag C:
Rough tools scoria
April 28, 1951
Square N55E90 Depth 12" to 20"
At 18", just NW of center there is a reddish color in the fill which is also plecked with charcoal and red ochre
22 chips and spawls and from the base of the humerus or at 6" these came 3 burned (indecipherable) stone pebbles
Bag d:
Depth 10", N55E85
Bag 3:
Contains 3 smaller bags
One unlabeled
One reads "N55E90 #2 burials knees (supine burial). June 2, 1951"
One reads " bone and ochre burial #2 in square N55E90
First burial encountered in square. It was above the supine one lower down from which the galena was taken"
Bag 15:
Sq N165 E55
Depth 21" below the old human surface
April 15, 1951
Contains two smaller bags
Bag a:
Chips and chunks of chert were found too
Depth 33" below old human line. Depth 40" below present surface. April 16, 1951
Bag b:
N165E55
Bag c:
Point
Found in loose earth from square N165 E55 May 29, 1951 by Jane ShippeeCollection
Shippee Archaeological CollectionRelationships
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Place
Location
23 CL 23County
Clay CountyState/Province
Missouri
