Kansas Anthropological Association’s Summer Dig at Fort Zarah

Image of the Fort Zarah Park marker taken during its dedication ceremony as the site of Fort Zarah.

Publication: Kansas Anthropological Association Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 3

Author: Tom Witty

Date of Publication: November 1972

PDF File: 2177.pdf

URL: https://www.kshs.org/resource/archeology/pdfs/2177.pdf

Description

This article contain details of the summer 1972 Kansas Anthropological Association’s dig at the site of Old Fort Zarah, Barton County, KS. The area is also known as Walnut Creek a river crossing along the Santa Fe Trail. KAA also revisits the nearby Allison Ranch dig site where they had previously excavated in 1969.