UNL archaeologists worked extensively at the Lynch site in the early 20th century but published little on it. Lynch is over a mile long and has produced pure Oneota and Central Plains Tradition pottery from a single occupation level, along with vessels that mix these two styles. Its architecture is ambiguous but likely includes CPT-style pithouses. Chronological work in the last decade indicate that it dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, making it part of a major wave of change that occurred over most of the post-Cahokian mid-continent. Archaeologists have long recognized that it is part of the historical sequence of social and economic change that led up to the modern Pawnee and Arikara nations and this work indicates that it is the beginning of this sequence. This talk provides an overview of the site and the results of the new program of field and collections work there.
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