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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dickson MoundsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 66.393 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Lewistown, IL
Latitude: 40.350000N Longitude: 90.116W
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American cultures since the last Ice Age have settled in the Illinois River Valley. This site had both Woodland (800AD) and Mississippian (1250AD) mounds and evidence of settlement for these eras and habitation from earlier eras. Extensive burials from all eras were also found and excavated at this site. The grounds also include several ancient village sites.
Don Dickson began excavating burial mounds on his family's farm in 1927 and opened an early private museum on the site. For several mounds the human remains were left in situ and the excavation roofed over. His amateur but meticulous work attracted national attention. In the late 1940's the site was sold to the State of Illinois, which continued to exhibit the excavation and artifacts. In 1972 the present museum building was opened, which still included portions of the exposed burial mound. In 1992, under substantial controversy, the human remains were reinterred and the museum closed for major renovation and the creation of new exhibits.
The current museum has permanent exhibits which detail the Illinois River Valley prehistory, including human occupation and the mound building cultures. The museum grounds include several prehistoric village sites: The 1500 year old Woodland Meyer-Dickson site, the 900 year old Mississippian Eveland village with the excavated remains of three ceremonial buildings, the Ogden-Fettie mound and village site, and the Larsen mound and village site.
National Register of Historic Places, #72000457.
Historic Significance: Information Potential, Event Area of Significance: Education, Prehistoric Cultural Affiliation: Mississippian, Archaic Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD Owner: State , Private Historic Function: Domestic, Funerary Historic Sub-function: Graves/Burials, Village Site Current Function: Education Current Sub-function: Research Facility
The location is approximate, and does not define any particular site within the museum park. The museum website can be found here.
Note: Illinois' Dickson Mounds Remains Support Dental Hypothesis.
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