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Paul Mickey Science Series: From the Bottom: Recent Investigations in theSequence of Ritual Activities at Cahokia's Mound 34 & the Pre-mound Copper Workshop

Paul Mickey Science Series: From the Bottom: Recent Investigations in theSequence of Ritual Activities at Cahokia's Mound 34 & the Pre-mound Copper Workshop

• Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
• Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Presented by Dr. John E. Kelly, Washington University, St. Louis

The investigations into the pre-mound landscape of Mound 34 exposed and documented a copper workshop initially identified by Gregory Perino in 1956. This work has added to our knowledge of the complex nature of the ritual activity that took place before the mound's creation. While the focus of the past four seasons' excavations has centered on the context of copper working within the confines of a wall-trench structure, it has become apparent that this is only one of a number of unique ritual activities that occurred there.

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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.

• Usually held the 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
  
• Free Admission