Re-Rediscovering Iliniwek Village: Utilizing Material Culture to Better Understand Early Trade Along the Mississippi River.
Author(s): Rachel A Campbell
Year: 2019
Summary
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 history was added to the Missouri State Park System in 1992. Archaeological investigations from 1993 to 1998 showed the interaction between the Peoria and the European explorers. As new regional archaeological research is occurring, redefining the early history and interaction within Missouri, this unique site and material collection will be reexamined as the beginning of European trade within the state.
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Re-Rediscovering Iliniwek Village: Utilizing Material Culture to Better Understand Early Trade Along the Mississippi River.. Rachel A Campbell. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, St. Charles, MO. 2019 ( tDAR id: 449022)
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Keywords
General
contact period
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Iliniwek
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Trade
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Contact Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 471