Campus Connection

An anthropology professor will detail his work at one of the largest archaeological sites in America located downriver near Collinsville, Ill. John E. Kelly, a professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, speaks on "Cahokia and Beyond: A View from the Top of Monks Mound" Tuesday, April 12, in Port O' Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. A social is set for 6 p.m., followed by an awards presentation at 6:30 and the lecture at 7. Cahokia, with a ritual core of four large plazas that envelop the largest earthen monument known as Monks Mound, comprises a cultural landscape of nearly 400 acres. This presentation discusses the ongoing research efforts of the presenter and others at Cahokia and the surrounding region. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center program is sponsored by the Archaeology Studies Program, the Sociology/Archaeology Department, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the United Fund for the Arts and Humanities If you go— Who: "Cahokia and Beyond: A View from the Top of Monks Mound" What: "Cahokia and Beyond: A View from the Top of Monks Mound" Where: Port O' Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition When: Social at 6 p.m., followed by an awards presentation at 6:30 and the lecture at 7 Admission: Free