Worked Bison Scapula Fragments

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Worked Bison Scapula Fragments

Entry/Object ID

2001.15.247

Description

9593 23BN1 51 worked bison scapula fragments Count 1 Each fragment has its own artifact ID number; see bag for numbers. Stand out artifacts listed below: 23BN1 316 - burnt 23BN1 200 - burnt 23BN1 150 - burnt 23BN1 FF6 - burnt 23BN1 158 - burnt 23BN1 FFF6 - burnt and polished into a point 23BN1 115 - burnt 23BN1 131 - burnt 23BN1 208 - burnt 23BN1 FFF7 - burnt 23BN1 FFF9 - burnt 23BN1 HHH- burnt

Use

Tool use

Collection

23BN1

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Kaw Nation
Native American

Notes

See "Weblinks" for more information on Kaw Nation

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Tool marks

Lexicon

Search Terms

Archaeological, 23BN1, King Hill, Animal Remains, Bone Tools

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