Art & Airplanes
(April 25-July 3, 2019)
featuring landscapes by Michael Young
and
radio-controlled aircraft by Dean Nixon
(April 25-July 3, 2019)
featuring landscapes by Michael Young
and
radio-controlled aircraft by Dean Nixon
Kansas Archeology Training Program (KATP) Field School - Tobias site (14RC8)
7/2/19
The annual KATP field school, a joint program between the Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Anthropological Association, was held in Lyons at the Tobias archeological site from June 1 to June 16, 2019. A total of 196 participants contributed 7451.5 hours of their time to the project. The Tobias site was a village inhabited by the ancestral Wichita or Great Bend aspect people between about 1400 to 1700 CE and likely part of the region of Quivira encountered by Coronado during his 1541 expedition.
Principal Investigator Nikki Klarmann, Archeologist with the Kansas Historical Society, was interested in further exploring the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of the Tobias site. Excavations conducted at the site focused on identifying residential areas and examining the use of midden or trash mounds. Multiple deep storage pits were identified, these would have stored corn and other food materials, once these pits were no longer used, they would be filled with trash. Artifacts recovered from excavations were processed at a lab set up at Lyons High School and ongoing analysis continues at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka.
Multiple evening programs took place during the 16 day project, including a tour of the Coronado Quivira Museum, Artifact Identification Night, and multiple speakers on the archeology of Rice and surrounding counties.
The information recovered from the excavations will eventually be written up in a summary available to the public through the Kansas Historical Society website. Plans for the 2020 KATP field school are underway and the location will be announced in early January 2020.
7/2/19
The annual KATP field school, a joint program between the Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Anthropological Association, was held in Lyons at the Tobias archeological site from June 1 to June 16, 2019. A total of 196 participants contributed 7451.5 hours of their time to the project. The Tobias site was a village inhabited by the ancestral Wichita or Great Bend aspect people between about 1400 to 1700 CE and likely part of the region of Quivira encountered by Coronado during his 1541 expedition.
Principal Investigator Nikki Klarmann, Archeologist with the Kansas Historical Society, was interested in further exploring the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants of the Tobias site. Excavations conducted at the site focused on identifying residential areas and examining the use of midden or trash mounds. Multiple deep storage pits were identified, these would have stored corn and other food materials, once these pits were no longer used, they would be filled with trash. Artifacts recovered from excavations were processed at a lab set up at Lyons High School and ongoing analysis continues at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka.
Multiple evening programs took place during the 16 day project, including a tour of the Coronado Quivira Museum, Artifact Identification Night, and multiple speakers on the archeology of Rice and surrounding counties.
The information recovered from the excavations will eventually be written up in a summary available to the public through the Kansas Historical Society website. Plans for the 2020 KATP field school are underway and the location will be announced in early January 2020.
Archaeological Collections Curation Project
The completion of the 2017-2018 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant has meant positive outcomes for RCHS’s Great Bend Aspect collections. The Quivirans were part of this archaeological grouping. You will find excerpts from the final report by Dr. Lauren W. Ritterbush, Kansas State University on our Quivira Indians page.
The completion of the 2017-2018 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant has meant positive outcomes for RCHS’s Great Bend Aspect collections. The Quivirans were part of this archaeological grouping. You will find excerpts from the final report by Dr. Lauren W. Ritterbush, Kansas State University on our Quivira Indians page.
Central Kansas Veterans
1/15/2019: Videos and transcript excerpts coming soon!
Although our time with Victory from Within: the American P.O.W. Experience concluded in December 2018, our mini companion exhibition will soon be available to view online.
Central Kansas Veterans featured a special look at four central Kansas veterans who have first-hand knowledge of the battlefront, including P.O.W. experiences and perspectives. Two short videos were produced from longer videos in our archives, and excerpts from two interview transcripts are also available.
Our two videos include:
Max E. Coleman, Hutchinson
Victor A. McAtee, Lyons
Interview excerpts include:
Maurice D. Schmitt, Sterling
Boyd V. Bainter, Hutchinson
Although our time with Victory from Within: the American P.O.W. Experience concluded in December 2018, our mini companion exhibition will soon be available to view online.
Central Kansas Veterans featured a special look at four central Kansas veterans who have first-hand knowledge of the battlefront, including P.O.W. experiences and perspectives. Two short videos were produced from longer videos in our archives, and excerpts from two interview transcripts are also available.
Our two videos include:
Max E. Coleman, Hutchinson
Victor A. McAtee, Lyons
Interview excerpts include:
Maurice D. Schmitt, Sterling
Boyd V. Bainter, Hutchinson