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Emiquon Partnership Monthly Science Lecture Series
- Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
- Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The February Emiquon Partnership monthly science lecture series will be on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in the Dickson Mounds Museum auditorium. The presentation is titled, "Six Hundred Generations There: Changes in the Land and Human Settlement Evolution at the Emiquon Wildlife Complex" and will be presented by Dickson Mounds Museum archaeologist Alan Harn.
In the early 1930s, the University of Chicago ushered in a new era of archaeological innovation with their excavations at the Morton site, now a part of the developing Emiquon Preserve. Subsequent reconnaissance surveys at Emiquon have located 29 mortuary sites and 129 habitation areas featuring examples of every prehistoric culture now identified in the region. More than 30 archaeological excavations have been carried out at these locations from 1930 to the present. The presentation will combine these unique explorations into the human past with recently obtained geological information to assess landform assemblages, related climatic change, and demonstrate how man adjusted his lifeway to accommodate the changing Illinois valley landscape over the past 12,000 years.
The purpose of the Science Lecture Series is to provide citizens with the opportunity to learn more about this central Illinois River environment. We’ll draw on the expertise of a variety of scientists to talk about geology, plant and animal behavior ranging from bird migration to the whitetail deer rut to Thompson lake fishing; from mushrooms to the Perseid meteor shower; and human history ranging from topics such as global climate warming to man’s use of the landscape through time. We’ll also welcome suggested topics from the audience.
The Emiquon Partnership is a consortium of Dickson Mounds Museum, The Nature Conservancy, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and University of Illinois-Springfield. These organizations have joined together to restore wetland habitats along this stretch of the Illinois River, to understand how wetlands work, and to enrich the public’s knowledge and understanding about their natural world.
The Science lecture series is free and open to the public. The Illinois State Museum - Dickson Mounds is located between Lewistown and Havana off Illinois Routes 78 and 97. The museum is open free to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day. Tours and special programs are available for groups with reservations. For more information call 309.547.3721 or TTY 217.782.9175 or visit the museum's web site at https://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/ or https://www.experienceDicksonMounds.com. Also check out weekly updates on Facebook at “Illinois State Museum – Dickson Mounds”.
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