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Ancient Fermilab: The Mier Collection of Native American Artifacts

Ancient Fermilab: The Mier Collection of Native American Artifacts. Native American Cultural Chronology. Paleoindian – 12,000 – 10,000 years ago Archaic – 10,000 – 3,000 years ago Woodland – 3,000 – 1,100 years ago Mississippian – 1,100 – 700 years ago Late Prehistoric – 700 – 329 years ago

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Ancient Fermilab: The Mier Collection of Native American Artifacts

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  1. Ancient Fermilab:The Mier Collection of Native American Artifacts

  2. Native American Cultural Chronology • Paleoindian – 12,000 – 10,000 years ago • Archaic – 10,000 – 3,000 years ago • Woodland – 3,000 – 1,100 years ago • Mississippian – 1,100 – 700 years ago • Late Prehistoric – 700 – 329 years ago • European Contact – 329 years ago

  3. Archaeological sites at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

  4. Mier Collection Artifacts • Paleoindian 5/2% • Early Archaic 86/26% • Middle Archaic 83/26% • Late Archaic 86/26% • Late Archaic/Early Woodland 17/5% • Late Woodland 3/1% • Mississippian/Late Prehistoric 45/14%

  5. Cultural Context of the Meir Fermilab Collection An overview of cultural periods illustrated with artifacts from Native American sites in Illinois.

  6. Paleoindian

  7. Paleoindian spear points

  8. A Paleoindian family

  9. Mastodon hunters

  10. Archaeological sites near Nelson Lake

  11. Archaic

  12. Early Archaic spear points

  13. Archaic Grooved Axes

  14. Archaic dart points

  15. Hunting with an atlatl

  16. Gathering seeds and collecting fish

  17. Woodland

  18. Harvesting Squash

  19. Middle Woodland Pot

  20. Middle Woodland Platform Pipe

  21. Dongola chert disks

  22. Mica

  23. Woodland Copper Adze

  24. Middle Woodland Platform Pipe

  25. Woodland village

  26. Mississippian

  27. Mississippian arrow points

  28. Mississippian hoe

  29. Cultivating corn outside a Mississippian village

  30. Mississippian Birger Figurine

  31. Mississippian marine shell maskette

  32. Mississippian wooden mask

  33. Mississippian town

  34. Late Prehistoric

  35. Late Prehistoric Oneota pot

  36. Late Prehistoric Oneota fish lures

  37. Late Prehistoric conflict

  38. European Contact

  39. French crucifix

  40. European glass beads

  41. Historic Village

  42. In 1845, 12,000 years after the arrival of their ancestors, the last Native American tribe in Illinois was forcibly removed .

  43. Today, although all of the tribes once-resident in Illinois live elsewhere, thousands of Native Americans call Illinois home.

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