36. mSSISSIPPIAN INDIANS. An exhibit de- 

 monstrating with carefully selected artifacts the ad- 

 vanced agricultural development of this corn and 

 tobacco raising people who developed great villages 

 of over 2000 people. They built great pyramid 

 mounds, had an elaborate religion and government. 

 They lived in Illinois in the 15th century near Brook- 

 port and around East St. Louis and until the latter 

 part of the 18th century in the southeastern United 

 States. 



37. HOPEVVELLIAN STATUETTES. Restora- 

 tions of original statuettes found in Calhoun County, 

 Illinois, and an artist's realistic reconstruction in 

 miniature depict the Hopewellians as they looked 

 and dressed about 100 B.C. 



38. POTTERY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN IN- 

 DIANS. The decorative pottery in this exhibit is the 

 work of agricultural Indians of the Southwest. It 

 was collected by the late Thomas Condell. 



39. HISTORIC INDIAN ARTIFACTS. In cases 

 around the perimeter of the room are shown leather- 

 work decorated with paint, quills and beads, stone 

 work, work in wood, beautiful weaving of the South- 

 west, silver and turquoise jewelry, and handsome 

 woven baskets of the Pacific Coast states. The ma- 

 terial is from the Thomas Condell collection. 



40. MODOC ROCK SHELTER. (Main Hall) Near 

 the east entrance of the Main Hall is a long low case 

 that presents important artifacts in relation to their 

 levels and dates as they were found by Museum 

 archaeologists in the soil of the Modoc Rock Shelter. 

 They give the story of the development of the Stone 

 Age or Archaic Indians of Illinois from before 8000 

 B.C. to 2700 B.C. 



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