Ware Mounds and Village Site
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title:
Ware Mounds and Village Site
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The Ware Mounds and Village Site (11U31), also known as the Running Lake Site, located west of Ware, Illinois, is an archaeological site comprising three platform mounds and a 160-acre (65 ha) village site. The site was inhabited by the Late Woodland and Mississippian cultures from c. 800 to c. 1300. The village may be the only Mississippian village known to have existed in the Mississippi River valley in Southern Illinois. As the village was located near two major sources of chert, which Missis
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Archaeological site in Illinois, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ware_Mounds_and_Village_Site
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2024-04-12T20:54:05Z
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