Flint Hills Archaeology Conference

Attend the 2023 Flints Hills Archaeological Conference to hear from professional archaeologists and their discoveries from regional digs. Conference hours are Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Fort Osage Education Center Auditorium. Admission is $10 per person.

Conference schedule text

44^TH Annual Flint Hills Archaeological Conference
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Education Center
105 Osage Street Sibley, Missouri

9:00 a.m. – Welcome Remarks by Nikki Klarmann
9:10 a.m. – Mary J. Adair Middle Woodland Maize Beer?
9:30 a.m. – ¬Jennifer Banks Small-Scale Flotation Recovery Results from 14CO3
9:50 a.m. – Shelby Beltz Results of the Excavations at the Haywood Property (14SH118)
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Bob Blasing Archeological Collections at the Wabaunsee County Historical Museum
10:30 a.m. - Break
10:50 a.m. – Rob Bozell, Amy Bleier, and Matt Zmijewski Woodcliff: An 18th Century Multi-Component Pawnee Village and Oto Cemetery Complex Near Omaha
11:10 a.m. – Barbara M. Crable Harlan’s Hill: A Tale of Two Hearths
11:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Lunch 
1:10 p.m. — Jim D. Feagins (presented by Chris Hord) Fiber Tempered Pottery (Nebo Hill Phase) from the Bodinson Site (14JO354) – A Little More Evidence of the Earliest Pottery in the Central Plains
1:30 p.m. – Jack L. Hofman When Sparks Fly: Lithic Signatures for Strike-A-Light Fire Making at Historic Sites
1:50 p.m. – Nolan Johnson and Makenzie Coufal Recent Work at 25DW1, The Chadron State Park Site
2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – Nikki Klarmann Before Brown: Investigating the Monroe School Property and Connecting to the People Who Lived and Learned There
2:50 p.m. – Arland L. Wallace and Crystal A. Dozier Experimental Recreation of a Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Leather Mat
3:10 p.m. – Tim Weston Changes in Site Boundaries and Surface Characteristics: A Cautionary Tale from Jefferson County, Kansas
3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m. – Location selection for 2024 Flint Hills Archaeology Conference
3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tentative: Professional Archaeologists of Kansas (PAK) Meeting

 

 

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Location

Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, 105 Osage Street, Sibley, MO, 64088, View Map