Mississippian Ritual Weaponry
Originally published in the Central States Archaeological Journal July 1981 by David H. Dye, University of Memphis At top: Figure 1. Raptor talon effigy bifaces excavated from a house floor, […]
A Few Thoughts Regarding the Mississippian Period
by Steven R. Cooper, EIC Monks Mound at Cahokia. It was the centerpiece of Mississippian Civilization The Mississippian Era lasted a bit longer than 600 years, much less than any […]
Documentation of Chicago Area Upper Mississippian Artifacts
Native American Upper Mississippian sites are quite numerous in the Chicago area. This period roughly dates from 1300 A. D. through European contact. Some of these sites were large villages, and in many cases these larger sites have smaller satellite villages in the immediate vicinity. As early as 1929 a large village site named Huber was excavated by the University of Chicago.