Archeological Overview and Assessment for Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve,211 Chase County, Kansas

摘要

This archeological overview and assessment for Tallgrass Prairie National211u001ePreserve describes the multiple episodes of archeological research that have 211u001eoccurred in the Flint Hills region, and documents the presence of archeological 211u001ematerials reflecting 12,000 years of American Indian occupation and use of the 211u001elands around the preserve. Paleoindian and Archaic remains in this portion of the 211u001eGreat Plains are relatively few in number, and may reflect the effects of 211u001eintensive Altithermal-age erosion. Later prehistoric occupations, those dating 211u001efrom roughly AD 1 to AD 1500, are much better represented in the Flint Hills. 211u001eThis report also briefly describes the historic American Indian occupation and 211u001eutilization of the area, together with the arrival of historic Euroamerican 211u001epopulations in the Flint Hills. The overview documents the twelve prehistoric and 211u001ehistoric sites that were formally recorded in the preserve in the spring of 1998, 211u001eand concludes with a discussion of the potential for additional unrecorded 211u001earcheological resources on preserve lands.