Kansas City Hopewell
There are two “Hopewellian” sites in the current day Fort Osage Park, the Sibley Site and the Sibley Bluff Top Site. These are the eastern-most of known of Kansas City Hopewell village sites.
Kansas City Hopewell people subsisted by both hunting and gathering and practicing agriculture. They were the “first” farmers in this region.
- Hopewell is a term derived from a large site near Hopewell, Ohio. These sites are found in the Eastern woodlands and Midwestern prairies.
- Atlatl dart points, ca. AD200-400
- Clay effigy from the Sibley Site, ca. AD200-400.
- Kansas City Hopewell pottery from the Fort Osage Archaeological District.
