BOARD OF
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM ADVISORS
M. M. Leighton, Ph. D., Chairman
Illinois Geological Survey, Urbana
Everett P. Coleman, M. D.
Coleman Clinic
Canton
Percival Robertson, Ph. D.
The Principia College
Elsah
N. W. McGee, Ph. D.
North Central College
Naperville
Sol Tax, Ph. D.
University of Chicago
Chicago
Copyright by
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
1958
STATE OF ILLINOIS
William G. Stratton, Governor
DEPT. OF REGISTRATION & EDUCATION—ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
Vera M. Binks, Director Thorne Deuel, Museum Director
STORY OF ILLINOIS SERIES, No. 9
AMERICAN INDIAN WAYS OF LIFE
An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining Areas
by
Thorne Deuel
Springfield, Illinois
1958
[Printed by authority of the State of Illinois]
Site of the ancient Middle Mississippi religious city on the Kincaid farm near Metropolis, Illinois, as it is today. Four mounds can be seen;the village area is in the foreground and the plaza at the right (south) of the largest mound with house on it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction 5
- Paleo-Indians 9
- Archaic Man 12
- Cultures and Cultural Change 19
- Initial Woodland 20
- Food Storers (Advanced Phase) 23
- The Hopewellian Civilization (Classic Phase) 26
- Final Woodland 30
- Middle Mississippi 34
- Upper Mississippi 42
- The Illini 45
- The Indians Leave Illinois 54
- Summary of Illinois Prehistory 54
- Glossary 59
- Bibliography 67
- Diagram: Stream of Culture 57
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