Prehistoric Settlement of the Lower Missouri Uplands. The View from DB Ridge, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Abstract
Phase IV (Kansas) investigation of the DB site, a multicomponent Occupation on an upland ridge on the Ft. Leavenworth reservation, entailed plowing to increase surface visibility; intensive surface grid collection; machine removal of the plow- zone from a target area; excavation of a block of units in the target area totaling l63m squared, and; mechanical stripping of 3,5OOm squared of the site centered on the block. Data recovered attest to short-term, probably late summer-autumn, occupation during the Paleoindian (Folsom, Plainview, Dalton), late Middle Archaic, Late Archaic (Nebo Hill phase, unknown terminal Archaic phase), late Middle Woodland (Edwardsville phase and Late Prehistoric (Steed-Kisker phase) periods. Preceramic components are in an eroded, buried soil (Brady) of the Late Pleistocene; ceramic components are in the modern soil, developed in Holocene (Bignell) bess. Analyses focus on the extensive lithic (chipped and groundstone) assemblage, a modest ceramic assemblage, chert procurement, experimental groundstone cobble tool utilization, spatial analyses (bioturbation of deposits; integrity of Late Prehistoric component and reconstruction of its activity areas), geoarchaeology, opal phytolith analysis, and data synthesis. The signficance of the Site lies in its multicomponency, upland locale, and buried deposits.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA355219
Entities
People
- Ann V. Begeman
- Brad Logan
- Margaret Beck
- Steven Bozarth
- Virginia Hatfield
Organizations
- University of Kansas