1974 Excavations at Fort Larned National Historic Site Kansas

Author(s): Douglas D. Scott

Year: 1975

Summary

This resource contains an extensive field report of excavations carried out by the University of Colorado in twelve different localities at Ft. Larned National Historic Site during June and July, 1974. The field party of thirteen individuals was under the direction of Douglas D. Scott. Tested and excavated areas and structures are specified under an amendment to provisions of National Park Service Contract X-2000-3-0083.

Following the descriptive section on the excavation is a discussion of the artifactual material recovered. A comparison and discussion of architectural, artifactual, and other archeological and historical information for the three University of Colorado field seasons is also provided following the artifact discussion.

Cite this Record

1974 Excavations at Fort Larned National Historic Site Kansas. Douglas D. Scott. 1975 ( tDAR id: 79574) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RB76Q7

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Keywords

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Hide • Metal • Wood

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Cemetery • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fence • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Governmental Structure • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • Historic Structure • House • Midden • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Refuse Pit • Settlements • Structure • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Adobe Structures • Beads • Blacksmith • Blockhouse • Breastworks • Carpenter Shop • Cavalry Stables • Chamber Pots • Cistern • Commissary • Corral • Crockery • Dugout • Fort • Fort Larned • Glass Metal • Guardhouse • Hearth • Historic Site • Jewelry • Latrine • Leather • Mailstation • Mail Station • Mound • Privy • Quartermaster Storehouse • Stable • Sutler's Store • Tableware Show More

Geographic Keywords
20145 (Fips Code) • Central Plains • Kansas (State / Territory) • Marion County (County) • North America (Continent) • Oxbow • Pawnee (County) • Pawnee River • Santa Fe Trail • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -99.585; min lat: 38 ; max long: -98.912; max lat: 38.351 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): W. D. Logan; John Albright; David A. Breternitz; Earl Monger

Prepared By(s): Dept of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder

Submitted To(s): National Park Service

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 5170323

Contract #(s): X-2000-3-0083

NADB citation id number(s): 000000162477

Notes

General Note: This resource originated from a citation record migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R). NADB identification numbers are included in the Document Identifiers section of this resource.

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