• What’s missing from our understanding of Illinois history?

    Jul 23, 2025 9:30 am by ressig2@illinois.eduIllinois State Archaeological Survey
    Archaeologist Thomas Emerson, the former director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, stands in the Illinois Department of Transportation Curation Facility on the U. of I. campus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Archaeologist Thomas Emerson, the former director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, stands in the Illinois Department of Transportation Curation Facility on the U. of I. campus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    A new book from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Prairie Research Institute and the Illinois Department of Transportation offers a detailed overview of insights gained from more than a century of archaeological study.

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