Human Remains and C14 Samples
Name/Title
Human Remains and C14 SamplesEntry/Object ID
1999.27.2187Description
Large bag with a smaller box and a smaller bag. Small box = containing a fragment of a shaft of a femur with a note that reads: From Mound A at Vandiver's hilltop (23PL6). This femur section may have been perforated by disease. Check it. J.M.S. 1966. Collected 1949. Note: This is more likely a femoral shaft showing periosteal reaction due to trama rather than disease, though difficult to tell for sure and it does cover a large portion of the bone. There is significant cortical bone damage (postmortem. Smaller bag reads: 23PL6 - Mound C C14 sample - catalog 23PL6 - 135. Same as 138. From Sq. 35LI. Charcoal from around skull, depth 36"-42" 12" from east line of square. 24" from stake 30LI Summer 1958. Vandiver Mounds 39.42 Latitude, -94.40 Longitude Sample sent to Japan from this mound must be sample 138. See bag note in here. Inside the small bag is a charcoal sample wrapped in foil and a note. See image attached for note (it includes a diagram).Collection
Shippee Archaeological CollectionEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Kansas City Hopewell
Native American