Herrell Village, 23Jv55

Robert McCormick Adams excavated at the Herrell village site on behalf of Works Projects Administration. Photograph of a large pottery vessel found by Adams. He identified the large vessel as a cooking pot, but I would suggest another function: pan for evaporating saline water to create salt.

Pottery and other artifacts from the village .

Adams' illustration of the characteristic artifacts of the Kimswick Focus that dates to the Middle Mississippi Period.

Adams, Robert McCormick
1941 Archaeological Investigations in Jefferson County, Missouri: 1939 - 1940. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 30(5).

Special thanks to John Strubberg for scanning images from Adams' report as his Honor's project in ANT 101 at St. Louis Community College.

Webpage constructed by Michael Fuller, 28 December 2007