For this years Field activities check out our "Revealing Cahokia's Religion" page
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Solving the Mystery of Yankeetown Field school
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Solving the Mystery of Mississippian Origins
This Year’s Midwestern Archaeology Field School will be held in Lebanon, IL focusing on the Emerald mound center in the uplands surrounding Cahokia.This summer we investigate how and why these ancient people constructed their world, and to discover the secrets of religious practices in early Mississippian society. Last summer we found evidence that implicated Yankeetown people in the events at the Emerald Mound center, this year wee seek more of such evidence.
The Solving the Mystery of Yankeetown Field school is working with the University of Illinois field school at two mound centers in Illinois this summer. We are looking for Yankeetown Immigrants to the Cahokia region, and how they might have been involved in creating. Mississippian religion. To follow this summers investigations check out the facebook group "Revealing Cahokia's Religion".
06/04/2012
We miss Solving the Mystery of Yankeetown!!! But we're managing somehow...
With grant and permits in hand we are packing up field equipment getting ready to begin excavations at Ford Mound (the Pfeffer site) and at Emerald Mound. The fun begins in a week!
If you would like to read a summary article discussing the burned house at DMC you can link to it here:http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/hp-Vol6_No1_Indiana_Archaeology.pdf
07/23/2011
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06/14/2011
06/14/2011
Given the details on the house section already excavated we decided to extend the unit and open area above the entire house basin.
06/14/2011
The house also has wall trenches and the basin extended past the wall with an odd irregular clay section behind the wall trench.
06/14/2011
Excavation of a section of the house edge found a burned floor, two pits and a hearth. Fill contained only grog tempered sherds and several Yankeetown decorated rims.
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