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The Rise and Mysterious Fall of Cahokia: Researchers Unearth New Secrets of America’s Greatest ‘Lost’ Ancient Megacity

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.
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Echoes through history: Mississippian civilization scholar explains the people behind the artifacts at annual lecture

Dr. Tim Pauketat wants to change the way people think about pre-Columbian America. "Most people tend not to think of history before the arrival of Columbus, and they think of the ancient past as ...
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Public offered closer look at Mississippian culture site Saturday

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- The latest event at the Towosahgy State Historic Site near East Prairie offers visitors a chance to learn about the region's true first farmers. Set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday ...

Tennessee cave's historic Mississippian charcoal drawings possibly damaged after flood

The fate of 40 Mississippian cave drawings in unknown after historic flooding at Dunbar Cave last month. The drawings are coated in mud.
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Leadership and polity in Mississippian society / edited by Brian M. Butler and Paul D. Welch

Papers presented at the Center for Archaeological Investigations' 20th annual Visiting Scholar Conference, held at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March 2003. Contents Borne on a litter with ...
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Recovering ancient Spiro Native American art, ritual, and cosmic renewal edited by Eric D. Singleton and F. Kent Reilly III

Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level ...