Paul Mickey Science Series

Archaeological investigations have revealed that ancient peoples in North America employed astronomical observations in order to determine the onset of…

Paul Mickey Science Series: The End of an Era? Early Holocene Caribou Hunting Strategies in the Upper Great LakesLocation: ISM Research & Collections…

The debate over the role of Neandertals in the ancestry of modern people is the longest running controversy in human evolutionary studies and one of the…

Near the small town of Gray, Tennessee in the northeast part of that state, some amazing discoveries have taken place. Most of it in recent years.…

You might not realize it, but the lowly freshwater mussel can fill in some of the gaps of history. Researchers are doing just that here in Illinois,…

A recent Mississippi River Bridge project at St. Louis has given the opportunity to take a look back in time. Excavations took place near I-70 and the…

An ancient site in present day Calhoun County is the source of intrigue among archaeologists. Despite it's age and long known existence, little is known…

The next Illinois State Museum Science Series lecture is this Wednesday night, Sept. 10. Dr. Jodie O'Gorman has been researching a 700 year old site in…

Archaeological research has turned up some interesting finds in St. Charles, Missouri. Old living floors for two buildings have been identified and one of…

Archaeological work at site that straddles Massac and Pope counties in deep southern Illinois has been a decades-long project. albeit on an intermittent…