Illinois Archaeology Lecture Series

Illinois State University’s Associate Professor of Anthropology Logan Miller will present Noble-Wieting: A 14th Century Village on the Mississippian Frontier, as part of the new Illinois Archaeology Lecture Series, on Sunday, April 16, at 2:00 p.m., in the Museum’s auditorium.

The 13th through 15th centuries AD in what is today Illinois, were a time of change involving population movements, shifting social networks, cooperation, conflict, and the creation of new communities. The Noble-Wieting cultural site, a six-acre circular village overlooking Kickapoo Creek in McLean County Illinois, was initially occupied in this period. As a result, Noble-Wieting reveals a great deal about how these larger processes played out on a local scale through the lives of individuals in this village. This presentation summarizes the past seven years of research at Noble-Wieting including the results of geophysical survey, small-scale excavation, radiocarbon dating, and analysis of material remains to highlight the unique features of this community.

Admission is free. Registration is not required.

Photo: Drone photo, courtesy of John Lambert (ISAS), showing excavations of a house structure at Noble-Wieting in 2019.