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This is a pottery sherd from Cahokia's Tract 15B with an etched image of the birdman. Dates to about AD 1300. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Birdman tablet (2010)
This is the famous birdman tablet found at Cahokia. Dates to around AD 1200. Image from www.lithiccastinglab.com
Copper plate with birdman (2010)
This is an image of a copper plate depicting two dancers from Union County Illinois. Interpreted by James Brown as the birdman (In "The Cahokian Expression," Hero, Hawk and Open Hand, 2004, The Art Institute of Chicago). Image from flickr.com.
Long-Nosed God heads (2010)
These are images of the Long-Nosed God, adapted from Hall's "Archeaology of the Soul" (1997). Dates to AD 1050-1200. Tim Pauketat believes these derived from Tlaloc imagery.
Long-Nosed god mask (2010)
This is an image of a Long-Nosed god mask made from shell. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Long-Nosed god maskettes (2010)
These are Long-Nosed God copper maskettes from Meppen Mound site, Illinois, dating to AD 1050-1200. Tim Pauketat believes these objects are derived from Tlaloc imagery. Photo courtesy of Pictures of Record, Inc.
Mound 72 beaded burial (2010)
This is a plan map of the beaded burial and associated sacrificial victims in Mound 72, Cahokia, Illinois. Dates between AD 1050 and 1100. The individual is lying on a falcon cape made out of beads and is interpreted by some as a possible Morning Star impersonator. Others interpret the sacrifices as Corn Mother/Evening Star (Venus). Image from Fowler et al., 1999, The Mound 72 Area: Dedicated and Sacred Space in Early Cahokia, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
Ramey Knife (2010)
This is an image of a Ramey Knife. Photo courtesy of Tim Pauketat.
Ramey Knives (2010)
This is an image of Ramey Knives. Image from lithiccastinglab.com
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0001 (1936)
Photograph of the Lock Site from the Illinois shore of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013 archaeological investigation in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0002 (1936)
Photograph of the Cofferdam construction showing Cross Diaphrams and Driving Template of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0003 (1936)
Photograph of the view of Cofferdam from top of Bluff of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0004 (1936)
Photograph of the view of upper end of Cofferdam from top of bluff of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0005 (1936)
Photograph of the pump at upper riverside cofferdam of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0006 (1936)
Photograph of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0007 (1937)
Photograph of Cofferdam, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0008 (1937)
Photograph of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24, view of downstream in Cofferdam during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0009 (1937)
Photograph of the upper guide wall for the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0010 (1937)
Photograph of the upstream end of Cofferdam of Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0011 (1937)
Photograph of the general view of Cofferdam from a bluff on the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0012 (1937)
Photograph of the failure of the steel cut off wall of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0013 (1937)
Photograph of the a downstream view of the Thru Main Lock of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0014 (1937)
Photograph of the upstream view showing construction of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0015 (1937)
Photograph of the upstream nose of interior wall of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.
Saint Louis District Lock and Dam 24 Photographs 1936-1938 and 1936-2013, Archival Photograph 1002-0016 (1937)
Photograph of the form on upstream nose "B" pour intermediate wall of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock Number 24 during the construction of the lock on the Mississippi River in Pike County, Missouri.