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These two vessel fragments were recovered from the Sharps Creek site during the 1993 Kansas Archeological Training Program field school. Both vessels are small jars with outflaring rims, strap handles and sand temper. One vessels handle is decorated with vertical parallel lines attached with a rivet at the base of the handle and molded to the lip at the top. The other vessel fragment is actually four sherds that were refitted together. This pot shows charred residue inside and out. The Sharps Creek site is a Great Bend aspect (ancestral Wichita) village site in McPherson County that was occupied during the Late Ceramic period.
Date: 1500-1800 CE
Item Number: 440109
Call Number: 14MP408-2018-1 through 4; 14MP408-2825-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440109
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ceramic
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Vessel
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Sharps Creek
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Great Bend aspect
Places - Counties - McPherson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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