Sophomore Jakob Hanschu of Hillsboro is among 12 Kansas State University students spending this month excavating two archeological sites near Manhattan.

Hanschu, an anthropology and geology major, is a part of an every-other-year field school sponsored by K-State and the University of Kansas to investigate what life was like in Kansas hundreds of years ago. From June 6 through July 1, the school is investigating Native American life along Wildcat Creek near Manhattan. So far, it has uncovered spear, dart, and arrow points and knives from a culture dating to 700 to 1,100 years ago.