| Summary: | Slow Drip Rock Shelter (23SN777) is a natural overhang located in Hobbs Hollow in
Stone County, Missouri. Wichita State University conducted a Phase III excavation in 1994 led
by Dr. David Hughes as the Principal Investigator. The idea was to explore this site’s eligibility
for the National Register of Historic Places. It was hoped that features from previous
investigations would be revealed to expose the relationship between late Woodland and
Mississippian occupations. However, this goal did not come to fruition. Both Woodland and
Mississippian artifacts were found along with a number of other cultural manifestations, but the
integrity of the stratigraphy was lost due to looting, and features were not found. This site is a
temporary campsite where hunting, gathering, foraging, food preparation, and depositing
occurred as well as tool manufacture and maintenance. All of the lithic and organic resources can
be gathered locally. There was a clear difference between previous excavations and the one done
by Wichita State University. The Phase II report contained intact features, a radiocarbon date,
and pottery. This excavation lacked all of these elements, and it was concluded that this site was
not eligible for the National Register. === Thesis (M.A.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Anthropology
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