Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site
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title:
Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site
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Dogtooth Bend Mounds and Village Site is an archaeological site located on the western shore of Lake Milligan in Alexander County, Illinois. The site includes two mounds and a village site stretching northwest of the mounds. The village was inhabited by Middle Mississippian peoples from roughly 900-1600 A.D. It likely served as a trade hub and a social center for residents of the surrounding farmland. Formal archaeological investigation of the site was initiated in 1950 by Irvin Peithman of Sout
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Archaeological site in Illinois, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogtooth_Bend_Mounds_and_Village_Site
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2023-08-06T04:59:30Z
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