Kent Skaar and Kent Bakken

Skaar, Kent and Kent Bakken
1993 The Sandon Site Vessel. Paper presented at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Milwaukee, October 22-24, 1993.

ABSTRACT. The Sandon site is located in south central Minnesota, on the Le Sueur River flood plain. Limited testing of a Middle Woodland component, discovered in a paleosol 180 cm below surface, recovered approximately 45% of a reconstructible ceramic vessel. This smooth surfaced, grit tempered vessel is subconoidal in form, with a high, straight rim, and vessel walls up to 14 mm thick. Decoration consists of cordwrapped stick impressions, vertical combing, and lunate impressions on the rim and upper shoulder. Carbonaceous residue from the vessel interior was dated to 2110 +/- 50 BP. The residue also contains phytoliths; a detailed phytolith analysis in progress is expected to yield information on Middle Woodland subsistence patterns.

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Table of Contents

Background

Vessel Description

Radiocarbon Date

Phytolith Analysis

Sources Cited

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