Humphrey Archeological Site Explained

Humphrey Archeological Site
Added:	January 21, 1974
Area:	15acres
Refnum:	74001122

The Humphrey Archeological Site, near Mullen in Hooker County, Nebraska, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

It was the site of a prehistoric village or camp. The archeological site is designated by Smithsonian trinomial of 25 HO 21.

It is a village site which is one of only two known in the Sandhills to show evidence of corn cultivation.^[1]

It was named for archeologist Humphrey.^[2]

Further reading

• Gunnerson, James H. An Introduction to Plains Apache Archeology—The Dismal River Aspect. Anthropological Paper No. 58, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 173. Washington: GPO, 1960: 131-261: 187.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nebraska National Register Sites in Hooker County . https://web.archive.org/web/20000414064222/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/hooker.htm . usurped . April 14, 2000 . Nebraska History . August 12, 2016.
2. Web site: Sand Hills Archeology. https://web.archive.org/web/20030824111814/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/archeo/pubs/sandhills3.pdf . usurped . August 24, 2003 .