Such finds point to a resurgence and reorganization of Cahokian society, one that is more in line with traditional Missisissippian models. The field school this summer will re-examine the evidence from earlier excavations conducted at Mound 34 on the northwest corner of the East Plaza, where much of this data has been recovered. These excavations are being sponsored by the Cahokia Mounds Museum society under the joint direction of Professor James Brown of Northwestern University and Dr. John E. Kelly of Washington University. The purpose of these excavations is to reestablish the context on an important ritual precinct that lies outside the Central Palisade, ca. The field school program will focus on the identifying of and mapping of the East Plaza, the use of resistivity as a means of identifying older excavations, and instruction in preliminary methods of artifact analysis in the lab.
Local arrangements are available.