Eastern Plains Land Management and Archaeological Site Discovery Methods at Fort Riley, Kansas

Summary

The cultural resource program at Fort Riley manages 100k acres in the Flint Hills province of northeastern Kansas. Variations in the Flint Hills landscape influence the use of different archaeological site discovery methods. While floodplain settings with deep soil deposits necessitate regular subsurface testing, higher elevation settings with low soil accumulation require less intensive survey methods. Many prehistoric sites in higher elevation, upland landscapes are expressed largely by surficial cultural deposits, some dating to the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. This paper highlights the unique Flint Hills landscape and wildland land management practices at Fort Riley that favor the use of pedestrian site discovery methods.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20972