Human Remains and AFOs
Name/Title
Human Remains and AFOsEntry/Object ID
1999.27.2185Description
Original Catalogit entry has this titled "BOX" with the description of UNOPENED. Box is labeled "23PL45 Burial site on Hill Top" from Platte Co Mo. Inside is a note that reads: Mound like hill top 4 miles SW of Platte City. Box contains variety of artifacts and a bag labeled human bone - burnt. The bag contains unidentifiable fragments and two adult teeth (molar and incisor). Variety of artifacts are labeled as AFOs due to their storage in the same location as the human bone. The assumption is they were collected near/in the same spot. Artifacts are: 31 pottery sherds, some decorated body sherds, some rim sherds. 7 lithic fragments including three broken projectile points and one purple one that might be painted 2 potential clay lumpsCollection
Shippee Archaeological Collection, ARCHAEOLOGYEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Kansas City Hopewell
Native American