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.

1996 - 2002 1991 - 1995 1982 - 1990 1975 - 1981

1981 - Rice County, Kermit Hayes Site (14RC306)

The Kermit Hayes Site was a small protohistoric (ca. A.D. 1541 - 1800) habitation site occupied by members of the Little River focus of the Great Bend aspect. Sixty KAA members volunteered 2,600 hours of labor in the study of this site.
Reported in: Don Rowlison (1981) "K.A.A. Dig and Kansas Archeology Training Program Uncovers Pithouses Near Lyons," Journal of the KAA 1(5 & 6):118-120; and Don Rowlison (1981) "KAA Dig Uncovers Pithouses Near Lyons," Kansas Preservation 3(6):1-2.

1980 - Mitchell County, 14ML417

Forty-seven KAA volunteers donated 2,900 hours of labor during the KATP event which exposed the remains of an earthlodge occupied by an Upper Republican group (Central Plains tradition) during the Middle Ceramic period (ca. A.D. 1000 - 1500).
Reported in: Mark Latham (2004) "A Solomon River Phase Habitation Site (14ML417): Results of the 1980 KATP Field School," The Kansas Anthropologist 25:1-73.

1979 - Coffey County, 14CF357 & 14CF369

Sixty KAA volunteers provided approximately 3,000 hours of labor on these two prehistoric sites during this KATP event. Both sites were habitation areas occupied by members of the Pomona focus during the Middle Ceramic period (ca. A.D. 1000 - 1500).
Reported in: Randall M. Thies (1981) Archeological Investigations at John Redmond Reservoir, East Central Kansas, 1979. Report on file, Archeology Office, Kansas State Historical Society.

1978 - Rice County, Tobias Site (14RC8)

During the second KATP at the Tobias Site, 73 KAA members volunteered a total of 3,710 hours of labor.

1977 - Rice County, Tobias Site (14RC8)

The Tobias Site is a protohistoric village site identified as belonging to the Little River focus of the Great Bend aspect. It was inhabited by the people who the Spanish explorer Coronado referred to as "Quivirans" during his 1541 visit to the region. They are believed to be ancestors of the modern-day Wichita Indians. This site is owned by the Kansas State Historical Society. It is one of nine archeological sites in the Little River Archeological District on the National Register of Historic Places. The Tobias Site and the nearby C.F. Thomspon site are listed as National Historic Landmarks under the name Tobias-Thompson Archeological Complex. Fifty KAA members volunteered 3,500 hours during the 1977 KATP.
Reported in: Thomas A. Witty, Jr. (1977) "The 1977 Kansas Anthropological Association Dig and Kansas Archeology Training Program: The Tobias Dig." KAA Newsletter 23(1):1-7.

1976 - Scott County, El Quartelejo (14SC1)

Eighty KAA members volunteered approximately 3,440 hours of labor during this year's KATP event at El Quartelejo.

Reported in: Bruce A. Jones (1976) "Recent Archeological Investigations in Lake Scott State Park," KAA Newsletter 22(1 & 2):1-5.

1975 - Scott County, Timber Canyon Site (14SC302) & El Quartelejo (14SC1)

During the 1975 KATP 90 KAA volunteers contributed 1,948 hours to enhance our understanding of these two important archeological sites.
The cultural affiliation of the Timber Canyon Site remains unknown, but the site is listed as a component of a National Historic Landmark District.
El Quartelejo is the northernmost pueblo in the United States and the only Puebloan site in Kansas. It was occupied by Puebloans who fled Spanish oppression in the Southwest during the early Historic period, ca. A.D. 1680. The site is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Located in Lake Scott State Park, interpretation at this open-air site consists of etched-metal markers placed around the restored foundation. There are no associated museum facilities.
Reported in: Thomas A. Witty, Jr. (1975) "Report of the 1975 Lake Scott Kansas Anthropological Association Dig and Kansas Archeology Training School Activities," Journal of the KAA 21(1 & 2):1-9; and Thomas A. Witty, Jr. (1975) "Kansas Anthropological Association Dig and First Kansas Training School," KAA Newsletter 20(5 & 6):3-14.