Name/Title
Pottery SherdsEntry/Object ID
2001.15.429Description
9624
23BN1
Sacks of decoarted body sherds
Sq 13
Count 15
756
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-5
817
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-7A
760
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-6
809
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-11
779
Sq 13
736
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-3
728
Sq 13
733
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-2
316
Sq 13, Dec.
809
Sq 13, Dec
771
Sq 13
745
Sq 13, Level MZ. Dec
756
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-5
793
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-9
760
Sq 13, Level MZ 1-6Collection
23BN1Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Kaw Nation
Native American
Notes
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Search Terms
Archaeological, Decorated pottery, Pottery fragments, 23BN1, King HillProvenance
Notes
The King Hill Site (23BN1) is located in a residential area of the city of St. Joseph, Missouri. The archaeological site is situated on top of a high, west facing bluff overlooking the Missouri River Valley. It was excavated by members of the St. Joseph Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society and the Summer Field School of the University of Missouri - Columbia over a 10 day period in the summer of 1966 under a cooperative agreement with the St. Joseph Museum. Work was continued in the fall of that year and into the next by the St. Joseph Chapter. Additional work was conducted at the site by the University of Nebraska.
Pottery and limited trade goods in the upper levels indicate a late Oneota, early historic occupation, possibly by the Kansa tribe, about AD 1700. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1968 and a preliminary report was issued that same year. In 1972 further excavations, funded by the National Science Foundation, were undertaken by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Missouri Field School and the University of Nebraska excavations were directed by Dr. Dale R. Henning" (Cutler and Blake 1982).
Information gathered from: http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/kinghill.html