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Archaeological Horizons in the Southern Illinois Region1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

John W. Bennett
John W. Bennett*
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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With the recent completion of a number of excavation programs by the University of Chicago, Carbondale State Normal University, and the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, it is now possible to make a preliminary analysis of the aboriginal occupations of southern Illinois and adjoining areas. Much of the data may not be published for several years, so an introductory statement may be useful.

In this paper we will propose a chronological and cultural sequence based upon these excavated materials. Since the final analysis has not been accomplished, the conclusions expressed here are to be taken wholly as a progress report and subject to eventual revision and refinement.

The material will be discussed by period, following the divisions on the charts appended to this paper (Figs. 2 and 3). The horizons will be discussed in order, beginning with the earliest.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , July 1944 , pp. 12 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1944

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Footnotes

1

This paper was originally designed as a joint project with Mr. Moreau Maxwell, of Carbondale State Normal University and the University of Chicago. Maxwell was called for military service before collaboration could begin, however, and kindly placed his materials at the disposal of the present author.

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