Excerpt from Archaeology at French Colonial CahokiaThe historic French village of Cahokia, established in 1699 as a mission among the Tamaroa and Cahokia Indians, is the oldest permanent euro-american settlement on the Mississippi River. Cahokia was one of several eighteenth-century villages and forts established in the ter ritory known as the Illinois Country (figure The other French set tlements located in the American Bottom region on the eastern side of the Mississippi River included Kaskaskia Fort de Chartres (ca. Prairie du Rocher (ca. And St. Philippe (ca. Across the Mississippi River in Missouri are the historic French settlements of Ste. Genevieve (ca. 1750) and St. Louis Throughout most of the eighteenth century, these frontier settlements represented the westernmost outreaches of the French Regime, with governmental headquarters in Quebec, Canada, historically known as New France. The villages played a vital economic role in the fur trade and served as a political connection between New France and settlements to the south, such as New Orleans, along the Mississippi River. The historical remnants of this French network in and around the American Bottom is known today as the French Colonial District.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Archaeology at French colonial Cahokia (Studies in Illinois archaeology)

History

Gums, Bonnie L.

Americas

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

This study documents the Kirkpatrick family's vast stoneware output at Vermillionville (ca. 1836-1871) as well as their craftsmanship and creative ceramic artistry. The first third of the report describes the results of Bonnie Gums's IDOT-sponsored controlled-surface-collection and test excavation project at the Vermillionville site. The remainder of the study is devoted primarily to Gums's detailed analysis of over 5,000 diagnostic stoneware sherds and kiln-furniture fragments recovered by Eva Mounce during several years of surface collections at the site. --------- [This volume] offers readers an interesting view into the profound social transformation of industrialization, here seen in the arena of pottery.... This extensive record is a valuable comparative data set for archaeologists working in the region who seek to identify pottery from archaeological contexts, as well as an interesting reflection of the incredible range and diversity of products generated by this traditional pottery firm. Gums et al. have written a lively and cogent exposition. -Patrick E. Martin, Illinois Archaeology 13:160-61, 2001

The Kirkpatrick's Potteries in Illinois: A Family Tradition (Transportation Archaeological Research Reports, 3)

United States Federal Highway Administration

Mounce, Eva Dodge

Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program

Mansberger, Floyd R.

Illinois Transportation

The Whitley site, located near the headwaters of Sugar Creek in the upland "Grand Prairie" area of Edgar County near the east-central border of Illinois, represents the remains of a homestead established by one of the area's earliest European settlers. William Whitley purchased the 80-acre farm in 1829, although evidence suggests the family was living there as early as 1823. They sold the land in 1833, after which the homestead lay abandoned for about 20 years. From the recovered artifacts, the farm was later briefly reoccupied, probably in the 1850s by Silas Elliott and his family. Archaeological investigations at the Whitley site revealed the farmstead plan including remains of the house, two smokehouses, two wells, four cisterns, and other features enclosed by fences. Artifacts were abundant, and the recovered ceramic assemblage-consisting primarily of decorated pearlware and other early nineteenth century wares-is of particular interest. [A]n excellent technical cultural resource management report in that it fully discussed the range of features and the material culture recovered.... Its major strength is that it more than adequately documents the spatial plan of this early nineteenth-century farmstead. It will be an extremely useful work for other researchers interested in farmstead archaeology. -Mary R. McCorvie, Illinois Archaeology 13:163, 2001

Archaeology at the Whitley Site: An Early Historic Farmstead on the Prairies of Eastern Illinois (Transportation Archaeological Research Reports, 5)

Kelly, Lucretia S.

Lopinot, Neal H.

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