Illinois Archive

Q&A With Archaeologist: Are Climate-Related Calamities Erasing Illinois' Cultural History?

Are Climate-Related Calamities Erasing Illinois’ Cultural History? An Archaeologist Explains

AncientPages.com | December 27, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent report by scientists from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey highlights the impact of increased flooding, erosion, and other consequences of human-induced

Mysterious Ancient Stone Structures Discovered In Illinois Remain Unexplained – Archaeologists Say

AncientPages.com | May 26, 2024

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered several enigmatic stone structures in Illinois, believed to predate Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. The purpose and origin of

Tragic Curse Of Kaskaskia – The First Capital Of Illinois

AncientPages.com | January 9, 2020

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – You can still find the city of Kaskaskia on maps, but legends tell people ceased to live there when a very angry man

Most of the carved stone pipes from that era have been found in Ohio, where very large caches often containing more than 100 pipes were ritually broken, burned and buried. Photo credits: L. Brian Stauffer

Artifacts

Enigmatic 2,000 -Years-Old Carved Stone Owl Pipes – An Ancient Unsolved Secret Of Illinois

AncientPages.com | October 4, 2018

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating animal effigy platform pipes have been found mainly in ceremonial deposits at Mound City and Tremper Mound. Most of the carved

Mysterious Piasa Bird – Native American Dragon That Existed Thousands Of Moons Before The Pale Face Came

AncientPages.com | January 1, 2018

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Depictions of the mysterious giant Piasa bird can be found on a limestone bluff overlooking the Mississippi. Native American legends tell this creature