Soil Sample and Red Ochre Soil

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Soil Sample and Red Ochre Soil

Entry/Object ID

1999.27.2209

Description

Three bag packets from the 23CL23 excavation. Bag packet #1 Earth from Red ochre burials June 3, 1951 Contains two smaller bags: Bag a: 23CL23 Sq N55, E 85 Red Ochre Burial Bag b: Unlabeled Bag packet #2 Soil Samples Avondale Hill Clay Co, MO 23CL23 Depths of 1 ft from 1 to 8 ft Comments on each bag by James Topre (U.S. Soils) and Homer Aschmann Contains multiple smaller bags labeled with various depths Bag packet #3 Soil Samples 23CL23 Clay Co, MO Depth: Surface to 8 ft at 1 ft intervals May 12, 1951 N140E60 Contains smaller bags of various depths

Collection

Shippee Archaeological Collection

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

23 CL 23

County

Clay County

State/Province

Missouri