According to Nebraska History: "Kelso is located on a sand dune overlooking the Middle Loup River near the town of Mullen. It is important as a rare example of a little known Woodland culture of the Sand Hills, Panhandle, and eastern Colorado dating A.D. 500-1100."[2]
The archeological site was partially excavated in 1947, when the proposed Mullen Reservoir project was planned. This was "the only major excavation of a Woodland site in the Sand Hills proper. Approximately one-quarter of the Kelso site was excavated. Two hearths were uncovered, but storage pits or architectural ruins were not located. Artifacts included pottery, stone tools, animal remains, and a bone awl. The animal bone sample reflected an emphasis on smaller game. The site is somewhere between 950 and 1,350 years old."[3]
kelso, site, near, mullen, hooker, county, nebraska, united, states, listed, national, register, historic, places, 1974, national, register, historic, placesnearest, citymullen, nebraskaarea4, acres, nrhp, reference, 74001123, added, nrhpjanuary, 1974it, site,. The Kelso Site near Mullen in Hooker County Nebraska United States was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 1 Kelso SiteU S National Register of Historic PlacesNearest cityMullen NebraskaArea4 acres 1 6 ha NRHP reference No 74001123 1 Added to NRHPJanuary 21 1974It was the site of a prehistoric village The archeological site is designated by Smithsonian trinomial of 25 HO 23 According to Nebraska History Kelso is located on a sand dune overlooking the Middle Loup River near the town of Mullen It is important as a rare example of a little known Woodland culture of the Sand Hills Panhandle and eastern Colorado dating A D 500 1100 2 The archeological site was partially excavated in 1947 when the proposed Mullen Reservoir project was planned This was the only major excavation of a Woodland site in the Sand Hills proper Approximately one quarter of the Kelso site was excavated Two hearths were uncovered but storage pits or architectural ruins were not located Artifacts included pottery stone tools animal remains and a bone awl The animal bone sample reflected an emphasis on smaller game The site is somewhere between 950 and 1 350 years old 3 See also editHumphrey Archeological SiteReferences edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Nebraska National Register Sites in Hooker County Nebraska History Archived from the original on April 14 2000 Retrieved August 12 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Sand Hills Archeology PDF Archived from the original on August 24 2003 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Includes photo of Kelso Site excavation in progress This article about a property in Nebraska on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kelso Site amp oldid 1169231599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
