Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Salina, Kansas
locmapin = Kansas
area =
built =1000
architect=
architecture=
designated= July 19, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=235&ResourceType=Site
title=Whiteford (Price) Site |accessdate=2008-04-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000350

Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site, also known as Whiteford Site or Price Site or 14SA1, is an archaeological site near Salina, Kansas that was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1964. The National Park Service webpage for the site describes it as follows (complete text):

This prehistoric village and cemetery representative of the Smoky Hill Culture which dates to about 1000-1350 AD provides a record of the early Central Plains Village period in Kansas. The unfortified village includes 12 to 15 known house sites, and the burial area contains remains of more than 140 individuals.

The site has been capped with concrete as a protective measure.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000350.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whiteford (Price) Site 14SA1] |32 KB|date=November, 1975 |author=Francine Weiss |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000350.pdf "Accompanying 9 photos, from c.1936 and 1975"] |32 KB]

It is located on "secondary roads south of old U.S. 40 (Pacific St.)", about 4 miles east of Salina.

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