Archaeological Investigation in the Perry Lake Project Area, Northeastern Kansas National Register Evaluation of 17 Sites
Abstract
This report describes archaeological investigations at 17 sites in the Perry Lake Project Area, Jefferson County, Kansas. The investigations were undertaken in order to determine the eligibility of the sites for the National Register of Historic Places. Field investigations of sites included surfaces survey and piece plotting of diagnostic artifacts and formal tools to determine horizontal site boundaries, topographic mapping, inspection of stream banks for buried cultural materials, manual excavation of test pits to determine depth and integrity of cultural deposits, and coring with a mobile earth drill and backhoe excavation of deep trenches to test for buried site components and to collect soil-geomorphic data. Laboratory analysis involved sorting and cataloging all recovered materials for curation and analysis of lithic, ceramic, historic and biological assemblages, as well as submission of organic samples for radiocarbon analyses in order to date cultural and soil-geomorphic phenomena. The sites span the last 8,000 years of human history in the Delaware River basin, including the Archaic, Plains Woodland, Plains Village and Historic periods.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA245847
Entities
People
- Mary J. Adair
- Michael Fosha
- Michelle Dunlap
- Steven Bozarth
- Willism C. Johnson