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  Search for local chert

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  3D scanning of a weathered stone grave marker at Allerton Park

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  Western Illinois Field Station staff explore the 'Nile of North America'

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  Dalton projectile points

  ISAS recently hosted two researchers from the University of Louisville who are studying Dalton projectile points (8500–7900 BC) from the Midcontinent as part of a pilot research grant project. 

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  Shell tool

  During a collaborative restoration project with the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC), this shell tool, which archaeologists believe may have been used to make decorative designs on a ceramic vessel prior to final firing was recovered.

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  Allerton Cemetery Workshop

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  Bone awls

  Archaeologists from the Northern Illinois Field Station recently recovered two bone tools from a small site in Stephenson County.

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  Cord-impressed vessel fragment

  The Western Illinois Field Station team recently recovered an interesting rim section from a cord-impressed vessel while sampling a restricted bluff base midden or trash deposit during an IDOT-sponsored bridge replacement project in Tazewell County.

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  Bone needle

  Staff from the Northern Illinois Field Station, along with volunteers, recently collaborated with the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) to investigate and restore a large Native American farming village last month. Bone needles and ceramic vessels were found during this recent dig.

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  Ceramic vessel

  Recently staff from the Northern Illinois Field Station, along with volunteers, investigated and helped restore a site in the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC). 

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