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Re-Rediscovering Iliniwek Village: Utilizing Material Culture to Better Understand Early Trade Along the Mississippi River. (2019)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachel A Campbell.

This is an abstract from the "From Iliniwek to Ste Genevieve: Early Commerce along the Mississippi" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Iliniwek Village State Historic Site is the location of a large contact period Peoria Village of up to 8000 people. First encountered by Marquette and Joliet, the village was discovered from a path seen off the Mississippi River in 1673. Lost and forgotten, the site was rediscovered in 1984 and due to its unique...