Reintroducing Spiro Mounds
Author(s): Amanda Regnier; Scott Hammerstedt; Patrick Livingood
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Spiro Mounds, located in eastern Oklahoma, is known almost solely for the spectacular collection of well-preserved ritual objects unearthed when looters tunneled into the Craig Mound in the 1930s. The dramatic story of the looting and subsequent dynamiting of the Craig Mound has led many archaeologist to believe the site has no remaining intact archaeological deposits. This paper, intended for those unfamiliar with the site or recent work there, will provide an overview of Spiro as a much larger ritual center among many related mound sites using what we have learned from geophysical survey and recent excavations at the site.
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Reintroducing Spiro Mounds. Amanda Regnier, Scott Hammerstedt, Patrick Livingood. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499599)
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Geographic Keywords
North America: Southeast United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.735; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -73.389; max lat: 39.572 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 39657.0