Various bone tools and ornaments

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Various bone tools and ornaments

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.248

Description

Card number 9594 23BN1 24 various bone tools and ornaments, including rare square antler arrow head Count 1 23BN1 HHH-C 23BN1 216 23BN1 290 23BN1 Small worked bone/antler 23BN1 12 23BN1 158 23BN1 111

Use

Tools and ornament

Collection

23BN1

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation
Native American

Notes

See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw Nation

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Evidence of tool use - cutting, polishing, rubbing

Lexicon

Search Terms

Archaeology, 23BN1, Bone tool, Ornamentation, Arrow head, King Hill, Animal Bone, Faunal Remains

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

TOOL, ANIMAL BONE

Material

Bone

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