Pottery Sherds

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Close up of one of the sherds. Two punctations visible

Name/Title

Pottery Sherds

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.2920

Description

23BN1 Notched lip Pottery sherds 781-841 and 4 Punctation(s) (Punctate lip) Originally stored in box labeled: "23-BN-1 plain lip rims 456-505; plain lip rims 506-780; notched lip rims 781-841; SHERDS" Sherds of various size. Sherds have artifact numbers in addition to vessel numbers on them. Some evidence of charring on some sherds, some sherds have handles/broken handles One fragment reconstructed from three smaller fragments Pictures are included of the larger fragments, more fragments are present.

Collection

23BN1

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation

Native American

Notes

See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw Nation

Lexicon

Search Terms

Archaeological, 23BN1, King Hill, Pottery fragments

Web Links and URLs

Kaw Nation, STLCC.edu

Provenance

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