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Multi-periodSite Name: Collins Site Alternative Name: ISAS nos. V-15, V-82, & V-394, Indian Springs Mound (11V82)
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Danville, IL
Latitude: 40.211384N  Longitude: 87.743W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Collins Site
Collins Site submitted by dodomad : Indian Springs Mound after restoration Photo credit: Illinois State Archaeological Survey (Vote or comment on this photo)
A mound and village site in Vermilion County, Illinois dating to roughly AD 1000–1100 with minor associated mounds. The Collins mound and site are along the Middle Fork River.

Per the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, "Extensive excavations were conducted here in the 1970s by University of Illinois archaeologists, and over 70 boxes of material and samples from these site excavations are curated in the ISAS collections." The sites lie within the Kennekuk Cove County Park and partially accessible on a marked hiking trail. Recent activities at the site include removing invasive plant species from the area.

National Register of Historic Places Listing:
Collins Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79000872)
Also known as Illinois Archaeological Survey Nos. V-15, V-82, & V-394
Address Restricted , Danville
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Late Woodland
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner: State
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Village Site
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Underwater

Note: ISAS Staff Restores the Collins Mound Complex in East-Central Illinois. See comments.
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Collins Site
Collins Site submitted by dodomad : Indian Springs Mound before restoration Photo credit: Illinois State Archaeological Survey (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ISAS reconstructs the Indian Springs Mound, Kennekuk Cove County Park, Vermilion Coun by Andy B on Sunday, 01 November 2015
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Approximately 1000 years ago, a Native American group constructed an earthen mound on the bluff edge overlooking the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River northwest of Danville in Vermilion County, Illinois. This mound, referred to as the Indian Springs Mound (11V82), is part of what is defined archaeologically as the Collins Archaeological Complex, or more simply as the Collins site, an extensive archaeological site comprised of a large village area and six additional earthen mounds.

Multi-year, extensive excavations were undertaken at the site by the University of Illinois in the 1970s, prompted by a proposed reservoir on the Middle Fork that threatened to inundate most of the site. The U of I excavations indicated that the main occupation of the site occurred during the latter portions of the Late Woodland period in the eleventh century A. D. Notably, there is clear evidence that Collins site inhabitants at this time were in contact with and being influenced to some degree by the Cahokia site in southwestern Illinois. This contact was occurring early in Cahokia’s history when it was quickly developing into the largest and preeminent population/mound/religious/political center site north of Mexico and whose influences extended throughout much of the Midwest and Southeast.

The University of Illinois excavated portions of the Indian Springs Mound in 1971-1972 within an overall site investigation project that spanned 1970 to 1977. The mound was essentially intact prior to the initiation of these investigations, although some relic hunter disturbances were present. The mound had an overall oval plan shape and a height of seven feet, the tallest mound in the complex. The excavations initially proceeded with narrow trenches in several areas but were expanded and became focused across a broad area in the eastern portion of the mound that exposed a burned, oval structure constructed out of red cedar and containing the remains of 5 individuals. Upon completion of the mound excavations, plastic was laid over the extent of the excavation areas followed by a small amount of soil but unfortunately the trench areas and the broader area of excavation were never backfilled by the U of I archaeologists. As things developed, the proposed reservoir project was cancelled and the Collins site property became part of Kennekuk Cove County Park, administered by the Vermilion County Conservation District (VCCD). Over the decades that have followed, the unbackfilled Indian Springs Mound excavations were left to the elements and the mound experienced significant damage from erosion.

A renewed interest in the Collins site by archaeological researchers at the U of I has occurred in recent years culminating in 2013 with Dr. Timothy Pauketat and graduate student Amanda Butler receiving permission from the VCCD to conduct additional excavations at the Collins site. Their investigations included excavations in the floodplain village area but they also focused on reopening the original excavation areas of the Indian Springs Mound to gain possible new insights on this mound. An important aspect associated with the planning of these new investigations was the planned ISAS reconstruction of the mound to its original, pre-excavation condition following the excavations. Such reconstruction, with coordination and assistance from the VCCD, was made possible with the support of Dr. Thomas Emerson and the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and overseen by Dr. Pauketat. The new mound excavations reexamined former excavation wall profiles and re-exposed the remnant portions of the burned structure. As a result, the current researchers are positing new interpretations regarding various construction and event sequences that occurred in and prior to mound construction.

Importantly, the mound reconstruction work has been completed. The first stage of the reconstruction was to use heavy equipment to deposit an approximate one foot thick layer of sand over the base of the excavations to provide a layer

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ISAS Staff Restores the Collins Mound Complex in East-Central Illinois by bat400 on Friday, 08 May 2015
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ISAS has initiated a volunteer project involving the archaeological collections from the Collins site.

Over the last few years, Douglas Jackson has been spearheading volunteer work at the Collins site mound and village complex at Kennekuk County Park in Vermilion County northwest of Danville.

For more information see Illinois State Archaeological Survey. (archived)
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