Building the Ponca Creek Towns: Houses, Migration, and Cultural Connections with Dr. K.C. Carlson and Dr. Doug Bamforth - Ep 51

Podcast: The Great Plains Archaeology Podcast · The Archaeology Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-01

In Episode 51 of the Great Plains Archaeology Podcast, Carlton is joined by new co-host Chris Johnston for his first appearance in the co-host chair, along with Douglas B. Bamforth and KC Carlson to discuss their recent Plains Anthropologist article, “House Structure, Cultural Connections Between Middle Missouri and Central Plains Communities, and Peopling the Ponca Creek Sites.” The episode explores the remarkable Ponca Creek settlements of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including the enormous, rapidly developed 25BD1 site, and asks a fundamental question: who built these communities? Bamforth and Carlson explain how differences in house construction, particularly hip- and gable-roof stru...