TY - GEN
T1 - Recent Archaeological Investigations at Robert Allerton Park, Piatt County, Illinois
AU - Skousen, Jacob B.
AU - Meyer, Wayne R.
AU - Holmes, Jasmine
AU - Lawrence, Rachel V.
N1 - B. Jacob Skousen (Illinois State Archaeological Survey, Parkland College) , Wayne R. Meyer (Parkland College), Jasmine Holmes (Parkland College) and Rachel V. Lawrence (Illinois State Archaeological Survey) Recent Archaeological Investigations at Robert Allerton Park, Piatt County, Illinois
Midwest Archaeological Conference, 4-6 October 2018, Notre Dame, Indiana
62nd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Archaeological Survey, 15 September 2019, Champaign, IL
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In 2017, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and Parkland College began a collaborative, multi-year archaeological project at Robert Allerton Park, a 1,500-acre natural area along the Sangamon River in Piatt County, Illinois. The goal of the project is to investigate the archaeological resources in the park and develop ways to better interpret and preserve these resources. This paper describes the results of the 2017 and 2018 investigations, which were performed by ISAS personnel and students from two Parkland College field schools. Surveys identified a number of previously unidentified sites throughout the park, and excavations at the Samuel’s Mounds site (11PI43), perhaps the only remaining mound group in the upper Sangamon valley, provided important information regarding Late Woodland burial practices in the region. While the amount of data collected is small, it still sheds light on 12 the pre-Columbian history of Late Woodland groups in the valley and provides a foundation for future research.
AB - In 2017, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and Parkland College began a collaborative, multi-year archaeological project at Robert Allerton Park, a 1,500-acre natural area along the Sangamon River in Piatt County, Illinois. The goal of the project is to investigate the archaeological resources in the park and develop ways to better interpret and preserve these resources. This paper describes the results of the 2017 and 2018 investigations, which were performed by ISAS personnel and students from two Parkland College field schools. Surveys identified a number of previously unidentified sites throughout the park, and excavations at the Samuel’s Mounds site (11PI43), perhaps the only remaining mound group in the upper Sangamon valley, provided important information regarding Late Woodland burial practices in the region. While the amount of data collected is small, it still sheds light on 12 the pre-Columbian history of Late Woodland groups in the valley and provides a foundation for future research.
KW - ISAS
UR - https://www.midwestarchaeology.org/files/MAC_2018_Abstracts.pdf#page=13
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 13
BT - 62nd Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference Abstracts
ER -