Tim Johnson Postcard Collection
 

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FLSC_TJPC_01272017_0498

Description

This black and white photographic postcard features a descriptive sign of a Kansas historical scene. An archaeological dig is one mile from the sign and is considered to be of historical significance. The sign is hanging from a wooden structure. Railroad tracks and buildings are in the background. Written text is at the bottom of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

Indigenous people, Mass burials, Graves, Archaeology--America--History--20th century, Advertisements, Billboards, Saline County (Kan.)

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This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

Kansas Historical Marker. Indian Burial Pit. Several hundred years ago, perhaps, more than a thousand, this valley was inhabited by men whose average height was probably well over six feet. These were not the Indians of Quivira., whose “7-foot warriors” Coronado described in 1541, but an even earlier people. Here they lived in earth lodges, tilling the soil, hunting and fishing, and here they left records of unusual archaeological importance. One mile southeast of this marker is a burial pit containing more than 140 skeletal remains that demonstrate the remarkable size and strength of these prehistoric Indians. The pit was discovered in 1936. It has been scientifically excavated, with the skeletons still preserved in the same flexed positions of their burial centuries ago. Among the objects found in the pit are pieces of pottery, a grinding stone, parched corn and beans. A stone tomahawk, ceremonial flint knives, and clam-shell beads and ear pendants. Historical Marker Salina, Kansas E-21

Postcard: Kansas Historical Marker

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