Our first Kadohadacho Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society program for the fall 2012-spring 2013 season will be Dr. Scott Hammerstedt of the Oklahoma Archeological Survey will t
alk about his recent work with collections from the Reed site in northeastern Oklahoma.
Prehistoric Indian mound sites in eastern Oklahoma have been largely neglected in the archeological literature and Dr. Hammerstedt will discuss the Reed site, a multiple mound site located in the Neosho/Grand River valley which dates primarily to the 13th century. Reed was excavated in 1925 by the Oklahoma Historical Society and again by the WPA ahead of inundation created by the Grand River Dam in the 1940s but has not yet been fully analyzed. The site is now submerged beneath Grand Lake but recent studies of the ceremonial objects found during these excavations—including sheet copper, copper-covered earspools, and ceramic vessels (both local and imported)—are providing exciting new information on late prehistoric behavior in the northern reaches of the Spiro area. In this talk, Dr. Hammerstedt describes the Reed site and will show examples of these previously undocumented objects.
Come learn about prehistoric Caddo ceremonialism in the Neosho River Valley of Northeastern Oklahoma—Tuesday, September 11, 7:00pm in the Magnolia Room on the second floor of the Reynolds Center on the campus of Southern Arkansas University.
