Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC September 1978 Daily Egyptian 1978 9-25-1978 The aiD ly Egyptian, September 25, 1978 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_September1978 Volume 60, Issue 26 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, September 25, 1978." (Sep 1978). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1978 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in September 1978 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Ar~heolog;cfll illl'PSI;lIfll;Oll ,,";1 'digS'Soul/,er" Illillo;s rf'Sf'(frf'" You'l"f' digJ!i~ In your ~'ard and dOE'S Its 0'" n r~an:h In SlIutht'rn cr;' Vaily find what 1(lIl1\s Ilk.' an andE'nl IIhnOls It"han relic Whal do \IOU d(l~ In ('llnjl..nl·tlOn \\ Ith the (;0 to thE" CAl. I hE" . CE'ntE'r for ..\nthrtlpollll!~· J)t'parlmt'nl. th.· .-\rchae(lI(J~lcal In\lt'stl~alion. a new untt of SIl' thai ('umhmE"S ("('nlrr uflrT'S a ht"ld sc:h(II.1 Ir. arrhat'ulogy ;ln~ :. ('oll!'t'r\'alulO ngyptian prE'\'IOUS arrharol~ical programs st:pp('rlE'd by thE' l'ni\·t'rsily an·hat"ollll:,... ma"If'r~ pnlj!ram tn which ">lUdt'nlo; do. twld \,()rk 11'1 ~luseum and the Anthropulogy llt'parlmt"nl. man .. l!('mt'nt Itf 1'IIlt11fal r .... ""rr<'<' 80uthern Illinois University Alth(lUgh il IS an indt'ppmlt'nl (\'ntt"r r~t'arl'h pruJN.·ts an' umt. IhE' CAl work.... With thE" fundt>d h\ ft'<it-ral ag.'nt·lt>5 such as anthropology .. nri ;orrh;ot'"Inp'y tht- :\;!!:~H'f1;.l! ~·u·nt·tl Fuund~l!!O!l Untt... tu dt'tt'rmine It rE'hcs art' and hy pn\'atE' ill!'litution." such as autht>ntic "finds" The officE' also thE' \\E'nnt'r·(iren foundatIOn. Scientists rush for clues on ancient life 8v John ('artn siaFf WriIPr fo'or the laymE'n. thoughts of an arri'lrological dig may includE' pith hplmt'ts. crazE'd mummies and intriguing scrapt'S of the tro"'t'l. It's not quite likE' that. TherE' al"f' no helmE'ts or d('('aym~ bodips. althou~h scraping trowEols are abundant. 'That is basically archefllogy as it was 40 or 50 Vt'srs ago:' Brian ButlE'r, associatE' dlrt'Ctor of the SIl' CentE'r for Archeol02ical Investil!ation tCAI). said. ..It was the pursuit of rich amateurs and antJquarial'l!l Archeology today is a Sl'1E'ntific diSCiplinE". ,. Working ",;th an 5811.000 grant from thE" PE"abodv Coal Co .. thE" CAl has bt'en laboriously scraping. digging and analvzing a numbE"r of hilltops four milt'S outside of ('arriE"r Mills. just south of Harrisburg. III. Thev are. naturallv eonough. looking for clues of how prehistOr1C and more rt>Cent cultures have lived and died Cllarlle Tr.lter. (·.r.... tlale. Mininippi.. ,eri.. boase t'''Id ....tlPn &Ms samples .. tlin They have bE"en having a fair ~1"f'E" of c: ....c:.. in tile 'encn.ad .lIile ._adaU_. • hid. is perhaps a ia'. a filter-boU.m". .... Ula\ lock, calculated as It may be. Butler -lpilll s.idtt...... d ....... ~.'"' yean .... IP...... :' Jalm M',ara'n 5GiI ........ni ....... sane (·art... , said. ,.... W_. __ .... a IritI .a," a IPllote by Jolul ('alWl') "We worked at thE" site last fall and E"3rly winter doi,. tesbn~ for thE" sotl's taken to ''sa1valle'' archeology, a ratUr' . An especially entic:inlt spot for the seeds and pit'Ct"S of charcoal that at? archeologic:al conk'nL' Butler said. "By c:ommon nf'('e1Isity in modern resNrchers at Carrier Mills 15 a historic tt"natively dated to 3.000 Be ~ and large. WE" have bf~ finding what thf! a~heoIogy. Aftt'!' tf1to controllt>d·surface WE"II. Plec:t'S. plus pottt'ry chIps. p"'J~blE' earlier tests had )e>d us to "~." collecting and 1M test pitting has takE"n "Wells bE"come time t"apsulE'S." Mark '""' earlier tests wE'rE' ronducted ~. a laflle scraping implemE"nt Wagfll"r'. a CI"f'W cJlI~ floom tIM' C!i' ~a~!~t:'.ten ~~; I. ~ .. fiIId ... _1nIt ..... ...n.tlP ~J:~=---J:;tu~ ~ -r-, said. -A lot 01 dilled until the field ,. ..... ..,; cor>pleted 01 a~a' ......... SInce tile ... an:haeologic: siles are slated for strip, er anedern cuftiqtion, aM deposils it Ibings gd thrown into tMm wfwn tJMoy :::.,:rr:'C:s ~~~ "lIUrfltCE"," mining early next YE"ar. the elsewht"re. This soil is discardrcl, but not :~ ~ a~i:ec.~ .:~:::= ~ wiU tfK>n be sent 10 commercia' labs scientists want to rt'Cover what they can before it has been scowered for what it farther down you dig, the oIdt"r the whE'1"f' radio-carbon tests will gIve more as quickly as possible. And even though might contain. material that is found." E'ucting aatE'S. they I"f'alize they may be leaVlng "We have taken steps to collE"et tilt Wagner. who was lhE"n diggmg at a somE"thing valuable bE"hlnd. thE" workE'rs most important typE" of information that lE'vE'1 ahot.t 140 centimptE'rs down. said Butlt'r said that though thou...and" 01 man hours and appruximatt"ly $1110.000 are presently consoled by the fact that WE" think we can get out of thE" plow- that in !ill' flr'St SO ("('nhmeters thE'Y had WIll bt' spent f.'xcavati~ the Carrier they are at least getting a chance to disturbed middt"n." Butler said. foond a mechcine butUe. a PIece of a Mills sites. the most tilllE'-Consurning remove what they can. Without thE" plow zone to hide thE" meta' plate a,ld some d~r bonE'S, among "We are trying to rt'COVt'r what we archeologically more valuable lowt'!' other Items. HE" dated thesE" findmvs to and pain-sta'in~ task is yt"l to fullow. considt"r the most important kinds of soils, the researchers are able to roughly the UriO's, when the area 'ilia!> fo'or every hour spent In the fiE'ld thret' or artifacts and information before they pinpoint where thf! most important knmlln as l.akE' Vi_ or thE' Pond four timE'S that must bE" sppnt analyzmg are destroved by thf! strip mines," deposits might be located. BecaUSE' soil 5ettJemt'Dt, and was occupied by iii black and recorthng thE" dab!. Butler said. "Thf! basic premise of that has been disturbed in earlier times community that had migrated from the 1';IIS portion of thE' study will take archeoiOllY is that you can't dig up is much darker it. color I for a numbE"r tJf Carolinas in thE" E'arly 19th century. about thrE"t" yE'ars to complt'le as everytlung. At C.arrier Mills we are reasons) than that which surrounds it. Wagner s,*gested that they might haVE" opposed to OIl(' calendar year to operating 50 as to tit oest our ~tra.inlS the archeologists lIft'k those areas for alreadv found aU of that era's rE'malns, complete field work. The earner Mills of time. m~ and other considerations their primary digging. These areas are and ~t if they would continuE' diglUfII{ projE'ct is E'l(pt'Cted to Spt'nd frve 01' six within archeology." likely to contain the most valuable thE"y may l'w.'ntually run into I"f'lics from months doing post-testin~ field work Presented witb such rushE"d information and are given priorities even earlier settlemE"nts. wilile the aVE'rage field l'tudy lasts only I:i~umstances. the a~heolOf[ists have "'hE"n the work ~ins. The a~heologlsts haVE" already fuund thret' or foor months. Scattered artifacts, gravesites signs of minois' first settlers 8v :\lkha,,1 l·.... kb from modE'm man 10 gE'nt>ra1 physical staff WrilPr characterL'Itics. The ~ of their I..ittle is known of thE" t"arliE'St cui' ~ is t"5tabiishecl by the disrovE"ry of inhabitants of Illinois. and what has ~,~, chipped projt"ctilE" pOlnL" that al"f' ~.. ound discovered is the l't'Suit of scattered smooth on the rogl'S. finds of artifacts from wht"re tht>y lived. With tht> disappt"araoce of tIM' last workec! and died. ~rE"at ic:e sht>t>t after 91.10 R.C camE" a The first people to make thE'lr gradual warming of tIM' ciimatE'.and I1M' appearance in southE'm IIhnols can bE" Palro culture dlsappt'ared wlthm 3.000 divleIt'd mto four cultures : thE" Palt'O­ VE"ars. Howard Wmtt"f'S, formE'r curator Indians, Archaic, Woodland and ;'t a~hE"OII~ at the SIU rtluseum. sperulated In "Illinois ArcheoJOIO'." that l\1Th:~~:r'ndians date from 15000 to the PalE"o-lndian culture became extmct 12000 B.C. and traveled through thE" as a ['('Suit of internal disintew-ation. Midwest in small bands or families pressure from the next Indian cultut? among the fOl"f'Sts that bordt"red the the Archaic. or by the merger of the two tundra zone on thE" edllE" of the glacier. cultures thrOUllh time. They hunted animals that are now YihE'n thE' Archaic culture first exlinct. such as the bison.and mammoth. appeal't""J, the weathE"l' was damper and ....... tllinlCL Mille SII#tIr, • field and snared smaU animals while also cooler than it is today.