Click to enlarge	The Ware site (11U31) sits on the edge of Running Lake in Union County, Illinois approximately seven miles southwest of the small towns of Anna and Jonesboro. At one time, it consisted of four mounds. Mound 1, at the northern side of the site, was originally mined in 1858 for dirt to build a causeway by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The mound was originally 9’ in height and nearly 60’ in diameter. Thomas Perrine invesigated the remains of the mound in 1873, uncovering human bones and pottery vessels in the forms of fish, turtles and other creatures. In addition, he uncovered a statue weighing nearly 40 lbs. Since it was undamaged, the consensus is that it was deposited early in the construction of the mound. Later excavations of this mound uncovered more pottery, a crude clay pipe, shell beads and bone artifacts. The statue was dubbed “Anna” for the nearby town. It is 12” in height. The statue was sent to the Smithsonian for casting and then displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the first world’s fair to be held in the United States. It then journeyed to the Field Museum in Chicago, where is remains today. See this and other great relics in the CSASI 2024 July Journal column "Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Seventeen: Angel Mounds State Historic Site" by Steven R. Cooper, Cary, North Carolina
Click to enlarge	The yellow flourite statue found in Mound F shortly after it was uncovered. It is 8 ¼” in height. Carbon dating shows it was most likely placed in an intrusive pit at the base of the mound sometime around AD 1250. It was placed facing east towards the sunrise. This image was on one of the signs describing Mound F. See this and other great relics in the CSASI 2024 July Journal column "Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Seventeen: Angel Mounds State Historic Site" by Steven R. Cooper, Cary, North Carolina
Click to enlarge	Image of the unfinished bannerstone found in Wayne County, Illinois, and the rock found beneath it. The bannerstone ameasures 4¾” in length, 3 ¼” in width and is 2” in thickness. It weighs 2¼ lbs. The rock found beneath the bannerstone is shown at the bottom. See this and other great relics in the CSASI 2024 July Journal column "An Unfinished Bannerstone from Wayne County, Illinois? by Derek Mays, Rock City, Illinois
Click to enlarge	Hixon-style gorget found in Marion County, Tennessee. McClung Museum. Width 4 ½”. Photograph by author See this and other great relics in the CSASI 2024 July Journal column "Kershaw County, South Carolina Deer Bone Crested Bird Effigies" by Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr., Big Canoe, Georgia
Click to enlarge	Hardaway tradition points, style of which evolved into Palmer type points. See this and other great relics in the CSASI 2024 July Journal column "Palmer Projectile Points from the North Carolina Piedmont Region" by Ron L. Harris, Hickory, North Carolina