Unidentified Mussel Shells

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Unidentified Mussel Shells

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.392

Description

9618 23BN1 Un ID mussel Count 19 38 - Unid Mussel 535 - Unid Mussel 742 - Unidable Mussel 697 - Sq 14, P.Z 593 - Unid Mussel 638 - Unid Mussel 689 - Unidable Mussel 343 - Unid Mussel 123 - Shell 547 - Unid Mussel 233 - Unid Mussel 568 - Unid Mussel 779 - Unid Mussel 526 - Unid Mussel 697 - Unid Mussel 542 - Unidable Mussel 667 King, 7/21/72 Sq 3, SD 19, DD 72-78 Unidable Mussel 602 M. Ruppert, 7/18/72 Level: S.D 19, D.D 72.0-75.0" Shell Materials greater than 1/4", Sorted by L. Vidlak 9/6/72 Unid Mussel 147 Henning Bag 1 of 2 7/1/66, Middleton, Tom Level 5 Shells

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, Shell

Material

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