The Diversity of Growth in Kansas City - Connecting Archaeological and Historical Research in Kansas City's Historic Northwest Neighborhoods

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Working towards a More Inclusive Picture of the Past: Archaeology, Archives, and Historically Underrepresented Communities in Cultural Resources Management" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 2019, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) contracted Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. (Burns & McDonnell) to complete this survey in compliance with all applicable Federal laws and in accordance with the relevant stipulations of a Programmatic Agreement. Over the course of the next 5 years, archaeologists conducted archaeological survey, testing, and data recovery excavations. During this period, they identified several sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and conducted thorough excavations and diagnostic analyses on thousands of artifacts recovered. Concurrent to that work, historians uncovered a complex narrative of diverse and nuanced occupation patterns within the project area, spanning from approximately 1870 to 1950. Located in some of Kansas City’s oldest neighborhoods, this paper this paper provides an overview of the effort to integrate a complex urban archaeological record with archival records, shedding new light on the underrepresented communities that contributed to the development of one of the most influential urban centers in the United States.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• Working towards a More Inclusive Picture of the Past: Archaeology, Archives, and Historically Underrepresented Communities in Cultural Resources Management

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Abstract Id(s): 52833