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Paul Mickey Science Series: New Evidence that Ancient Cahokians "Missionized" Wisconsin
- Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
- Date: Wednesday, March 09, 2011, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Presented by Dr. Timothy R. Pauketat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign New excavations by the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin now provide definitive evidence of a nearly pure, early Cahokian (ca. AD 1050-1100) civic and ceremonial occupation of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, 600 km north of Cahokia. To date, this "Mississippian Initiatives" project has mapped and tested a bluff-top mound and borrow pit complex, investigated portions of five related wall-trench houses, and excavated portions of an intensive downslope midden filled with St. Louis area chert tool debris and sherds of ceramic vessels made in, or in the style of, Cahokia. Dr. Pauketat suggests that a small enclave of southerners lived in the northcountry for two or three decades, without fear of molestation, probably so they could spread their new religion.
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. - 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
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