Public Events -- Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Paul Mickey Science Series: The Ancient City Under Present-Day East St. Louis: The Results of the New Missisippi River Bridge Project
Paul Mickey Science Series: The Ancient City Under Present-Day East St. Louis: The Results of the New Missisippi River Bridge Project
Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Presented by Brad H. Koldehoff, Illinois Department of Transportation Chief Archaeologist
Five years of archaeological excavations have occurred in East St. Louis in preparation for the realignment of Interstate 70, which will cross a new bridge into downtown St. Louis. Cutting through several city blocks and transecting the old National City Stockyards, these excavations were completed in the fall of 2012 by the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) on behalf of the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. This massive investigation revealed the remnants of an ancient city buried beneath a post-industrial landscape. Thousands of house floors and related domestic features were documented along with dozens of monumental post-pits, public buildings, and the basal remnants of a previously unknown earthen mound. Created prior to the early Mississippian founding and expansion of the nearby Cahokia Mounds, these features and their contents attest to the urban and multiethnic character of the poorly understood East St. Louis Mound Center.
One of our Paul Mickey Science Series
Discover Illinois' rich prehistoric and historic past by attending an ISM Paul Mickey Science Series Program. A different speaker and topic are featured each month. For more information on upcoming topics and speakers, please contact Nina Walthall at (217) 782-0061 or 217-785-0037.
Second Wednesday of Each Month
7:00 to 8:30 PM
Held at the ISM Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street (enter the building from 10 ½ Street between Ash & Laurel Streets), Springfield, Illinois
