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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:38 AM CST
Library exhibit focuses on Mound Builders

By the JG/T-C
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MARSHALL -- Today archaeologists are bringing new research methodologies to old questions regarding the social and cultural characteristics of the ancient peoples, popularly known as the Mound Builders.

Eastern Illinois University history professor Terry Barnhart will discuss some of those recent findings at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in the Marshall Public Library’s Dale McConchie Meeting Room

The lecture is presented in conjunction with “The Art and Cultures of the Ancient Mound Builders,” a traveling exhibit on show Saturday through Dec. 18 at the library, 612 Archer Ave., Marshall.

The exhibit explores the prehistoric Woodland and Mississippian cultures of the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys through their art.

“Art and Cultures of the Ancient Mound Builders” introduces the complex and expansive Native American Midwest cultures that existed before the coming of European settlers. The peoples of east-central Illinois, including the Embarras River basin, were a part of these cultures.

The exhibition is made up of photographs of artifacts, diagrams, other illustrations and explanatory text. There are also three artifact replicas, plus an interactive topography map and an interactive belief system matching display. A DVD movie on the Mound Builders cosmology and a study packet that can serve as an educational resource also are available.

The exhibit is based on the Mound Builders exhibition presented at the Tarble Arts Center in Charleston last spring and created with the 2006 EIU historical administration class.

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