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Pre-Contact Native American life in Southern Indiana

Pre-Contact Native American life in Southern Indiana. From Mann Site to Angel Site. Mann Site, Posey County. Mann Facts. Mann is part of the Hopewell Culture, with the occupation of this site around the year 300.

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Pre-Contact Native American life in Southern Indiana

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  1. Pre-Contact Native American life in Southern Indiana From Mann Site to Angel Site

  2. Mann Site, Posey County

  3. Mann Facts • Mann is part of the Hopewell Culture, with the occupation of this site around the year 300. • Could possibly be the largest and most advanced Hopewell site in all of North America • 500+ acres with 20-25 mounds • Population is unknown due to lack of research. • Last excavation was conducted in 1971 • Current property is owned by 9 different families.

  4. Steatite Hair Piece

  5. Jaguar Hair Pin

  6. Clay Figurines

  7. Bear Canines ?

  8. Copper Ear Spools

  9. Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Vanderburgh/Warrick Counties

  10. Mississippian Culture • Existed at Angel Site from around 1000 to 1450. • Large village site with population at around 2,000 people • 11 earth works designed to elevate the elite. Earth works are truncated pyramids • Purchased by Eli Lilly and the Indiana Historical Society in 1938. • Excavations since 1939 annually by Indiana University.

  11. Eli Lilly and Glenn Black

  12. WPA excavations 1939-1942

  13. Kneeling Man

  14. House locations

  15. Mound A

  16. Mound A

  17. Angel Mounds Today • Owned by the State of Indiana, part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites • Mineral rights are with the Indiana Historical Society • Indiana University and the Glenn A. Black Lab of Archaeology own the excavation rights. • Largest of the State Historic Sites with 603 acres

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