Tuesday, November 8, 1977
Bones could be 1,500 years old
By EUNICE MAY
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University of Kansas scientists who last week excavated human skeletal remains in Platte County, Mo., said recently that the date may back as many as 1500 years.
David Frayer, assistant professor of anthropology, and Lawrence Bradley, Lawrence graduate student, began excavating the site last week after the find was reported by the Platte County sheriff's office.
The remains are of an adult female, probably about 35 years old, Frayer said. Identification was made by the teeth, which showed signs of considerable wear.
The remains were found last week in a creek bank. A well-preserved skull.
"The there aren't many complete burials known for this time period. Many burials are cremations with just scraps of bones left," Frayer said.
cavity-free teeth, was brought to KU for further study. The exact place of the find is being kept secret to prevent disturbance before the excavation is completed.
A PIECE of pottery found near the burial dated the remains to the Woodland period.
A. D. The piece is about one-inch square and indicated a living site was nearby.
"I would guess that it is one of the most complete (sets) of human remains that I can identify."
The burial of the particular woman was a bundle burial, Frayer said. The Indians take the corpse and put it on a scaffold to decompose. The remains are then taken down to be buried in the ground with little or no burial items with it.
the burial practice was common to early native Americans for thousands of years, he said.
University of Kansas students who think they have received unfair grades soon may have a course of action through a student court of academic appeals.
Members of the Student Senate Academic
Committee are investigating the
possibility of a student-led investigation.
Committee studies student court
KU, Rhonda May, academic affairs committee chairman, said last night.
The court, similar to one already established at Wichita State University, would be composed of three faculty members and two students.
A student who thinks he has been graded
Committee members recommended that the Senate provide information about student policies offered by the American Association of Prudential Insurance Company of America.
The Student Senate Student Services Committee last night voted to ask the Senate for money to promote student personal property insurance plans.
Funds wanted to promote a student insurance plan
American International Insurance offers insurance for students living either on or off campus. Prudential Insurance offers insurance only for students living off campus.
Mike Taraboules, Student Services committee chairman, said last night that if the Senate passed the committee's proposal, the Senate would provide information about specific insurance policies, including applications, options and brochures.
unfairly now can only appeal to the instructor who issued that grade, May said. If a court was established, the student would have a certain procedure to follow to appeal
may said the first step in the process still our
would be to the instructor to find out
with the gradient.
IF THE STUDENT is not satisfied with the instructor's explanation, he then would appeal to the head of the instructor's department. May said the department head thought that the grade should be changed and whether the student should pursue the case.
No sires pierced the air at noon yesterday as expected because Douglas County's disaster warning system failed its monthly test.
Travis Brann, county emergency
management center, asks you to
attent the system's tone mangle encaplier.
If the student is not satisfied with that recommendation, he can appeal to the dean for an extension.
County's warning system fails to sound during test
Bramn said that the system should be recharged and the system should be recalled the next for test on noon next Monday.
The tone encoder sends activating radio signals from the communications center at
The final step in the process would be the appeal to the court. Mav said.
11th and New Hampshire streets to the individual sirens.
This is the second time this year the system has malfunctioned. Brann attributed the malfunction this spring to a faulty network switch, and connected the encoder to the radio tower.
Both the instructor and the student would be able to present in a closed hearing the reasons they thought the grade was or was not fair.
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If the committee recommends that the grade be changed, it would automatically be sent to the University registrar to be sent to the committee's decision would be final, she said.
The recommendation probably will be presented to the Senate as a petition to Del Shenkel, executive vice chancellor, or vice chancellor for student affairs, she said.
May said she hoped the committee would be able to make a recommendation when it becomes known.
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There were burn marks on the bones, indicating that a small fire was started over the body to cut down on the stench, Frayer said. It did not indicate a cremation, however, since the burn marks are only on limited areas.
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The remains were heavily mineralized, which led the scientists to believe that the bones were older than they actually were, Fraver said.
There was a lot of iron in the soil where the remains were found, he said, that seeped into the porous bones, which was why the bones were in such good shape.
Charcoal deposits also were found in the pit. Pieces were sent to Georgia for carbonating tests. The results should be back in from 6 to 8 weeks. Fraaed said.
The dirt from the pit was saved to be studied for plant or animal remains.
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"We can find out so much more if we can survey the area and dig up remains in an excavation."
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"We got over there just in time to save the pit," he said. "If the remains would have been dug up, the piece of pottery probably was broken, and that's what dated the remains."
Johnson said that the museum appreciated local people calling in about
Next summer an *archeological team*
may be able to run some surveys in the area,
he says.
X-RAYS OF the bones will be done to see whether there is any arrested growth due to nutritional or vitamin deficiencies. Diseases that can be determined by x-rays, Fraver said.
Alfred E. Johnson, curator of the Museum of Anthropology, said the information gathered from the find was important because the remains were not moved.
The remains will stay in the Museum of Anthropology for further study.
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