Missouri’s archaeological record reflects over 13,000 years of human adaptations to changing environments, technologies, and social and population conditions. Archaeologists have divided the overall sequence into a number of temporal “periods” based on identifiable large-scale cultural or technological changes. From the first European exploration to the Civil War, Missouri’s historic archaeological sites consist mostly of early trading centers (Fort Orleans), river settlements (Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, and St. Charles), and rural farmsteads. While pre-Civil War historic Native American sites are not common, tribes living in or passing through the state included the Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Iowa, Delaware, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Sac-Fox, Potawatomi, Peoria, and Cherokee. Others to immigrate included European Americans (French, Spanish, and English), and African Americans (free and slave).
African-American archaeology in Missouri is in the beginning stages of development, but recent archaeological work has shown an increased interest in the African Diaspora. This paper will discuss the role archaeology has played in recording Missouri’s black heritage. In this Read More …
The article discusses how a property owner discovered that his land was part of the first river crossing at the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail between Old Franklin, MO and Arrow Rock, MO.
The National Register of Historic Places Form includes the historic significance and survey about Arrow Rock, Missouri which was a Missouri River crossing on the Santa Fe Trail.
As part of Arrow Rock’s preservation efforts and transformation into a Missouri State Historic Site, the town has promoted some of the first historical archaeological excavations in the state. The majority of the archaeological work has been sponsored by the Read More …
Since 1912, Arrow Rock, Missouri, has transformed itself from a small river town into a major heritage-tourism center through a grassroots historic preservation movement. The result has been that in 1963 Arrow Rock was recorded as a National Historic Landmark Read More …
This historical archaeology site is significant for the period of 1834 to 1865 in conjunction with travelers, traders and settlers along the Santa Fe Trail. Among the physical features of the site are two contributing resources: the foundations of a Read More …
The investigation described in this report documents the local history for alternate routes of the Oregon and Santa Fe Trail crossings within the Blue River Flood Protection Project Area. The major focus is on the history and National Register of Read More …
Notre Dame De Sion Middle School teachers and students create a project to restore part of the famous old Santa Fe trail cut through the school’s campus. They knew that a spring in the southwest corner of the campus (near Read More …
TRC Mariah Associates Inc. conducted an intensive archaeological survey of an approximate 30-acre portion of the Big Blue Battlefield in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. The inventory was required in advance of proposed flood-control levee construction under the purview of Read More …
Descriptions of archaeological materials recovered from surface collections and test excavations at site 23JA85 are presented. Based on the results of manually excavated test pits and soiI phosphate analyses, it was determined that 23JA85 Iles within the construction Iimits of Read More …