Was there a dig in Koster, Illinois?

Dr. dig responds:
Yes. There was a dig at Koster, Illinois, which was undertaken primarily in the 1970s. The Koster site is located near Kampsville, Illinois, and is an important Indian site that produced inportant pottery, items of trade from other American regions, stone tools, human and animal burials and much more!

To find out more about the Koster site, contact the Center for American Archaeology at Kampsville by calling (618) 653-4316, or visit them on the web at www.caa-archeology.org. The Center for American Archeology runs several school archeology programs, some of which have explored the archaeology of Koster.