Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Mississippian Art, Religion, and Iconography

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  Lead pollution from Native Americans attributed to crushing galena for glitter paint

  phys.org - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science

  Native American use of galena at Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE), resulted in more than 1.5 …

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  Women shaped cuisine, culture of ancient Cahokia

  phys.org - Gerry Everding

  Archaeologists have struggled to explain the rapid rise and fall of Cahokia—the mysterious Mississippian mound-building culture that sprang up about …

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  Fresh look at burials, mass graves, tells a new story of Cahokia

  phys.org - Diana Yates

  A new study challenges earlier interpretations of an important burial mound at Cahokia, a pre-Columbian city in Illinois near present-day St. Louis. …

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  Victims of Human Sacrifice at Cahokia Were Locals, Not ‘Foreign’ Captives, Study Finds

  westerndigs.org - —by Blake de Pastino

  The practice of human sacrifice in America’s largest prehistoric city was more subtle and complex than experts once thought, new research …

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  Rock Art - Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center | UW-La Crosse

  uwlax.edu

  Samuel’s Cave is a naturally-formed rockshelter containing prehistoric petroglyphs and pictographs that probably date to the Oneota occupation of the …

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  Rock Art - Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center | UW-La Crosse

  uwlax.edu

  Gullickson’s Glen is a small overhanging rock shelter located in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin. Petroglyphs at the site occur at the …