Fort Scott Lake Cultural Resource Study. Part 1. Archaeological and Geomorphological Inventory and Evaluation at the Proposed Fort Scott Lake Project, Southeast Kansas.

摘要

An archeological investigation was conducted in the proposed Fort Scott Lake area in central Bourbon county, southeast Kansas. The study was located on the Marmaton River drainage west of Fort Scott. The Fort Scott area is located within the Osage Plains physiographic province and a vegetational zone composed of oak-hickory forest and bluestem prairie. The survey and testing program resulted in the location of 13 new sites and one previously recorded site. These sites principally date to the Plains Woodland period indicating intensive occupation of the Fort Scott area during this period. Two Archaic sites, two Historic Aboriginal sites and a number of Historic occupations are buried in the T-1 terrace. The Plains Woodland settlement pattern consisting of sites clustering on the T-1 terraces and on low bluffs or slopes overlooking the Marmaton River and its major tributary, Paint Creek. Sites are not located on small tributaries or upland divides. Keywords: Archeology; Geomorphology; Bourbon county; Alluvial terraces; Marmaton River; Kansas survey; Testing. (kt)