Name/Title
Sacks of ShellEntry/Object ID
2001.15.385Description
9616
23BN1
Sq. EE
Sacks of Shell
Count 10
34 - Henning; Sorted Shells; Sq EE; 2 of 2
130 - Sq EE; Henning, Sorted Shells; Unid. Mussel (there are two bags labeled 130 with the same info on it)
31 - Sq EE; Level 7; 36"-42"; Page, Baker, Henning; 7-2-66; bag 2/2
131 - Sq EE; Level 6; 30"-36"; Shell; Unid Mussel
139 - Sq EE; Level 6; 30"-36"; Page, Baker, Cagle; 7/1/66; 137 and 138 inside; shell; bag 3/5; Unid Mussel
146 - Henning; Sq EE; Level 5; 24"-30"; Shell
272 - Henning; Sq EE and FF; Sorted Shells; Unid Mussel
212 - Henning; Sq EE; Sorted Shell, Unid Mussel
29 - "Miscellaneous Goodies"; Sq EE; level 2; End of Plow Zone to 12"; 6/30/66; Baker, Page, Cagel, Unid MusselCollection
23BN1Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Kaw Nation
Native American
Notes
See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw NationLexicon
Search Terms
Archaeological, King Hill, 23BN1, ShellProvenance
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