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Trade Materials at Spiro Mound as Indicated by Artifacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Robert E. Bell
Robert E. Bell*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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The archaeological site commonly referred to as Spiro is becoming more and more a topic for discussion among Mississippi Valley archaeologists. This developing interest and enthusiasm in the Spiro site has been stimulated in various ways; by examination of artifacts in private collections or in museums, by an increasing reference to Spiro materials in the literature, and through recognition of Spiro as a grandiose example of the so-called “Southern Cult” complex. Although there has been considerable interest in the site, little synthesized information has been published. Only recently, Orr has presented the most definitive facts available.

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American Antiquity , Volume 12 , Issue 3Part1 , January 1947 , pp. 181 - 184
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1947

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