Ongoing Archaeological Research

Axe Heads

A few of a large collection of arrowheads and axe heads on display in a private museum in Bentonsport, Iowa, about 50 miles from Nauvoo Illinois.

Letchworth-Love Mounds

The 50-foot tall Great Mound is among the tallest earthen mounds in Florida, constructed between 1800 and 1100 years ago.

Evidence of Culture

The Weeden Island people who built this mound had a unique pottery style which demonstrates remarkable artisan qualities.

Mounds in Florida and Georgia

Eight additional large mound complexes are near the Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park in northern Florida and southern Georgia.

Pottery Shards

This ceramics display found in the museum at Ocmulgee National Historical Park in Georgia shows how pottery designs changed over the past 5000 years

Ocmulgee Trench

This trench between earthworks at Ocmulgee National Historical Park may have been left after earth was built up on either side to form mounds.