The Mississippian Cultures

Points made of a black chert from Arkansas or Oklahoma found at Cahokia. Cahokia Museum.

Points from Mound 72 cache. Note the curious point in the upper left, probably from Arkansas, as well as the larger points made of Southern Illinois chert. Other burials goods included sheet mica from South Carolina and sheet copper from the Lake Superior region. Cahokia Museum.

Reconstruction of a house at the Cahokia Museum. Houses show a substantial variation in size as well as style. Apparently houses were rebuilt many times at the same site.

Bone spatulas. Cahokia Museum.

Broken knife blade. Cahokia Museum.

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