Unidentified Mussel Shell

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Unidentified Mussel Shell

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.389

Description

9617 23BN1 Un I.D. Mussel Count 15 261 - Henning; Sq. E; Sorted Shell 305 - Unid. Mussel FFF-10 - Unid. Mussel 36 685 - Unid. Mussel 88 - Shell 721 - Unid. Mussel 339 - Henning; F; General Level 4; 18" to 24"; 10F2; Unid Mussel 111 - Unid. Mussel 143 - Shell 20 - Shell 592 - Unid Mussel 123 736 - Unid Mussel 310 - Unid Mussel

Collection

23BN1

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation
Native American

Notes

See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw Nation

Lexicon

Search Terms

Archaeological, King Hill, 23BN1, Shell

Materials

Material

Shell

Material Notes

Mussel Shell

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