- Nebo Hill Archeological Site
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Nebo Hill Archeological SiteArchaeological Survey of Missouri #23-CL-11
Location: Liberty, Missouri Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 71000465[1] Added to NRHP: March 4, 1971 Nebo Hill Archeological Site is a large hill a few miles southwest of Excelsior Springs, Missouri. It has the highest elevation in Clay County and is named after the family who owned the property in the 1900s.[2]
Archaeological findings
The hill is now a large archaeological site, with several ancient Native American artifacts having been found there. This ancient culture has been named the Nebo Hill culture.[2]
The ancient peoples lived along Fishing River, a tributary of the Missouri River. The culture flourished from 3,000 to 1,000 BCE. Their distinctive spearhead and axe designs have been found as far north as Canada.[2] There have also been many pottery findings.[3] Artifacts from the Nebo Hill culture have also been found at the Renner Site near Riverside, Missouri.[4]
The Nebo Hill culture is a Late Archaic culture, and it is thought to be the ancestral to the later Kansas City Hopewellian culture.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places-Missouri(MO), Clay County". http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/mo/Clay/state.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ a b c "The Archaic Period". Fishing River. FishingRiver.com. http://fishingriver.com/archaic.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/programs/potterybrochure.pdf[dead link]
- ^ "Renner-Brenner Site Park". GaryBrenner.com. http://garybrenner.com/page5.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/northamerica/culture/plains/kansascityhopewell.html[dead link]
External links
- Griffin, James B.; Morse, Dan F. (April 1961). "The Short-Nosed God from the Emmons Site, Illinois". American Antiquity (Society for American Archaeology) 26 (4): 560–563. http://www.jstor.org/stable/278753. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
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