The Spiro Ceremonial Center
The Spiro Ceremonial Center

Author: James A. Brown

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 0915703394

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In Volume I of this two-volume set, James A. Brown reports on and interprets decades of archaeological investigation at the Spiro Ceremonial Center, a major site along the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma. In Volume 2, he describes the archaeological collections in detail, covering burials, ceramics, stone tools, pipes, beads, textiles, ornaments, and animal bone. Foreword by James B. Griffin. Contributions by Alice M. Brues, Lyle W. Konigsberg, Paul W. Parmalee, and David H. Stansbery.

Looting Spiro Mounds
Looting Spiro Mounds

Author: David La Vere

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780806138138

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Author raises questions about the looting of the lost Indian burial crypt in Le Flore Co OK in 1935.

Spiro Mounds and WPA Archaeology in Oklahoma
Spiro Mounds and WPA Archaeology in Oklahoma

Author: Scott W. Hammerstedt and Amanda L. Regnier

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2023-05

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467160032

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The Land Run of 1889 and the oil boom in the early 20th century cemented Oklahoma's reputation as a place where fortunes could be made and lost seemingly overnight. In eastern Oklahoma, a group of men formed the Pocola Mining Company to loot the Spiro Mounds and make a fortune selling their finds. Their remarkable discovery was billed in newspapers as 'King Tut's Tomb in Oklahoma.' With only profit in mind, the looters gave little care to the archaeological value of their finds, allowing many valuable and perishable items to be destroyed. A handful of young archaeologists from the University of Oklahoma and crews of local men were left to salvage what they could at Spiro; their work was funded by relief money provided by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In three years, the team excavated dozens of sites in eastern Oklahoma. The photographs in this volume tell the story of the looting of Spiro and professional archaeological excavations in eastern Oklahoma.

Mississippian Settlement Patterns
Mississippian Settlement Patterns

Author: Bruce D. Smith

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1483220249

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Studies in Archeology: Mississippian Settlement Patterns explains the cultural organization of many of the prehistoric societies in the Eastern United States during the last 1000 years of their existence. This book emphasizes the difference between the central core of Mississippian societies and those peripheral societies that preceded its development. Readers are advised to begin the examination of this compilation by reading Chapter 16 first, followed by Chapters 8 to 13 and 15, in order to understand the variations of patterning among societies that are commonly regarded as nascent or developed Mississippian. The rest of the chapters analyze cultural groups on the West, North, and Northeast that are not Mississippian societies, including a discussion of late prehistoric societies that are in some ways divergent but are sometimes regarded as Mississippian. This publication is valuable to archeologists, historians, and researchers conducting work on Mississippian societies.

American Indian Places
American Indian Places

Author: Frances H. Kennedy

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780395633366

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A guide to 366 places that are significant to American Indians and open to the public. Organized geographically, the guide includes location information, maps, and suggestions for further reading about the sites.