Buresh site
The Buresh Archeological Site (14SR303), near Caldwell in Sumner County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in on May 14, 1971.[2][1]
Buresh site (14SR303) | |
| Nearest city | Caldwell, Kansas[1] |
|---|---|
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000333[2] |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 1971[1] |
The Buresh site is part of here Bluff Creek complex, defined by archaeologist Tom Witty, part of the Middle Ceramic period and possibly related to the Washita focus of Oklahoma.[3] Witty excavated the remains of four houses here. Two houses are square, one is oval, and one is rectangular.[4]
The site yielded rounded ceramic jars and bowls, mainly tempered with sand or bone.[3]
Radiocarbon dating estimated AD 1050 as the date of the site, but the dating method was deemed unreliable.[4]
Notes
- "National and State Registers of Historic Places". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Meier, "The Armstrong Site," p. 22.
- Meier, "The Armstrong Site," p. 3.
References
- Marcia Lynn Meier (2004). "The Armstrong Site: Defining the Bluff Creek Phase for Southcentral Kansas" (PDF). Wichita State University. Retrieved December 9, 2018. (PDF)
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