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This ceramic head is Kansas' oldest fired clay artifact. Archeologists discovered the fired clay head in the early 1960s during excavations at the William Young archeological site in Morris County, Kansas, near Council Grove. The head pictured here is on display in the main gallery of the Kansas Museum of History. The effigy was created by people whose way of living and tool complex is called the Munkers Creek phase by archeologists. The Munkers Creek phase lasted for about 500 years from 3550 to 3050 BCE.
Date: 3550 - 3050 BCE
Item Number: 226093
Call Number: 14MO304-971
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226093
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE - 7000 BCE - 1 CE
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Munkers Creek
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Archaic, 7000 BCE - 1 CE
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
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