Introduction 5
Paleo-Indians 9
Archaic Man 12
Cultures and Cultural Change 19
Initial Woodland 20
Food Storers (Advanced Phase) 23
The Hopewellian Civilization (Classic Phase) 26
Final Woodland 30
Middle Mississippi 34
Upper Mississippi 42
The Illini 45
The Indians Leave Illinois 54
Summary of Illinois Prehistory 54
Glossary 59
Bibliography 67
Diagram: Stream of Culture 57
Table I: Stages and Archaeological Units 4
Table II: Radiocarbon Dates 8
Table III: Cultural Characteristics of Archaeological Units 70
[Illustration: TABLE I. STAGES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNITS]
STAGE
SUBSTAGE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNITS
PATTERN
PHASE
SUBCULTURE
TYPE STATIONS
IV. MACHINE AGE
Lacking in the Americas
III. FARMING
DOMESTIC PLANTS AND FOOD-DRAFT ANIMALS
Lacking in the Americas
PLANT-RAISING
MISSISSIPPI
Historic Illini: 1673-1833
[Illini Tribes]
Brandt II (Ra^v1)
Upper: 1100 (?)-1600 A.D.
Langford
Fisher II and III
Middle: 1000-1500 A.D.
Cumberland
Kincaid Site
Cahokia
Dickson Mound (F^o34) and Fout’s Village (F^v664)
Protomiss
Dillinger Village Site
WOODLAND (Hoe-culture)
Final: 200 (?)-1000 A.D.
Effigy Mound
Tampico
Maples Mills Site
Stone Vault
Spencer Mound Group
Jersey Bluff
Otter Creek Sites
Raymond
Raymond Site
Lewis
Lewis (Pp^v1A)
Classic: 500 B.C-500 A.D.
Hopewell (South)
Hubele Village (Wh^v30)
Wilson Mound (Wh^o6)
Hopewell (North)
Clear Lake Village (T^v1)
Liverpool Mound (F^o77-II)
II. SELF-DOMESTICATION
FOOD-STORING
WOODLAND (Ceramic)
Advanced: 1000 (?)-100 (?) B.C.
Crab Orchard
Sugar Camp Hill Village (Wm^v1)
Baumer
Baumer Hamlet (Mx^v30)
HUNTING-COLLECTING
Initial: 2500-500 B.C.
Morton
F^o14-II and F^v35
Red Ochre
Hilltop Mound (F^o11)
Black Sand
Liverpool Hamlet and Cemetery (F^v88 and F^o77-I)
LITHIC
Archaic: 8000-2500 B.C.
Terminal
Ferry Site (Hn^v251) and Godar Cemetery
Medial
Modoc II
Simple
Modoc I
Paleo-Indian: 50,000 (?)-8,000 (?) B.C.
Folsom
Fluted points as isolated finds only.
Clovis
I. NATURAL MAN
PROTO-CULTURAL
None found in America