Past Field School Sites
Site names and numbers are color coded. Red
indicates a prehistoric site. Blue denotes
a historic period site. Click here
for a Kansas county map showing locations of KATP sites. The same
color coding is used on this map. Click on thumbnail of photo for a
larger view.
1995 - (April) Osage County, McGee-Harris
Stage Station (14OS399), Havana Stage Station (14OS1301), & Soldier
Creek Crossing (14OS1302)
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These three historic sites were all associated with the Santa Fe
Trail from ca. 1821 to 1870. During this five day KATP event, 159
KAA members volunteered 3,104 hours of labor toward the study of
these three sites.
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Reported in: Marsha K. King (1995) "Archeologists Investigate Four
Santa Fe Trail Sites in Osage County (Parts I & II)," Kansas
Preservation 17(4):5-9 & 17(5):4-7.
1994 - (October) Phillips & Sheridan counties, Site
survey
1994 - (June) Cowley County, Killdeer
Site (14CO501) & Maple
City Quarry (14CO5)
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A total of 9,776 hours were volunteered at these two sites by 191
KAA members attending this KATP event.
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The Killdeer Site is culturally affiliated with the Lower Walnut
focus of the protohistoric Great Bend aspect. This site was scheduled
to be destroyed by construction of a highway by-pass around Arkansas
City.
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Reported in: Marlin F. Hawley and Cherie E. Haury (1994) "Lower
Walnut Great Bend: Investigations of Sites near Arkansas City, Kansas,
Background and Preliminary Results," Kansas
Anthropologist 15(1):1-45; Marlin F. Hawley (1994) "Killdeer
Site Imitates the Universe: 1994 KATP Field School at 14CO501,"
KAA Newsletter 6(4):3-7; and Marlin
F. Hawley and Virginia A. Wulfkuhle (1994) "KATP's Twentieth Season
Spent in Arkansas City," Kansas Preservation
16(5):1-5.
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The Maple City Quarry was a prehistoric quarry that served as a
source of chert (or "flint"), a lithic raw material used by Native
American peoples to manufacture stone tools.
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Reported in: Martin Stein and John R. Reynolds (1994) "Querying
the Quarry: KATP Lithic Technology Class at 14CO5," KAA
Newsletter 6(4):7-10.
1993 - McPherson County, Sharps Creek Site
(14MP408)
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During this second season of KATP fieldwork at the Sharps Creek
Site, 248 KAA volunteers donated 4,234 hours of labor.
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Reported in: Mary Conrad (1993) "June Excavations at Sharps Creek
Site Near Lindsborg, Kansas," KAA Newsletter
5(5):3-6; and Virginia Wulfkuhle (1993) "1993 KATP Returns to Sharps
Creek," Kansas Preservation 15(6):1-3.
1992 - McPherson County, Sharps Creek Site
(14MP408)
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This is a Great Bend aspect village site. There were 295 KAA members
volunteering during the 1992 KATP, donating a total of 5,980 hours
of labor to the research.
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Reported in: Martin Stein (1992) "Kansas Archeology Training Program
Investigates Site in McPherson County," Kansas
Preservation 14(5):1-3.
1991 - Washington County, Hollenberg Pony
Express Station (14WH316) & Wollenberg Site
(14WH319)
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During the 1991 KATP, 205 KAA members volunteered 4,920 hours of
labor to study these two sites.
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The Hollenberg Pony Express Station is owned and operated by the
Kansas State Historical Society as a museum facility and is a National
Historic Landmark. This site is associated with both the Oregon-California
Trail and the Pony Express. Gerrat and Sophia Hollenberg established
this stage station and road ranch in 1858, providing food, shelter,
and supplies to travelers.
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The Wollenberg Site was a habitation area occupied during the Middle
Ceramic period.
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Reported in: John D. Reynolds and Virginia A. Wulfkuhle (1991)
"The 1991 Dig and the Kansas Archeology Training Program," KAA
Newsletter 3(5):5-7; and John D. Reynolds and Virginia Wulfkuhle
(1991) "Dig and Kansas Archeology Training Program Held in Washington
County," Kansas Preservation 14(1):9-11.
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