Ponca Fort (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text W. Raymond Wood.

The purpose of this study is to describe the remains from 25KX1, the Ponca Fort, and to assess the position of the site in Plains archaeology. While the ethnology of the Ponca has received some attention, the archaeology of the tribe is still subject for speculation. One of the objectives of the excavation program of the Nebraska State Archaeological Survey in north central Nebraska between 1933 and 1940 was to locate precisely and excavate a Ponca village site. Of the several sites...