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Archaeology exhibit coming in May to Princeton Library · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Archaeology exhibit coming in May to Princeton Library. Written by
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  Tom Collins, This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. Illinois Archaeology, The Deep
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  Roots of the Prairie State, a traveling exhibit from the
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  Illinois State Archaeological Survey, will be displayed in May at
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  Princeton Public Library. Illinois Archaeology, which runs May first thirty,
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  shows how people have lived in Illinois for the last
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  twelve five hundred years. It examines the archaeological evidence and
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  what it reveals about climate change and how new technology
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  altered the way people lived. To kick off the exhibit,
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  the library will host a reception from six to eight
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  pm Friday, May one, twenty twenty six. The exhibit begins
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  with the arrival of Illinois's first residents, who came as
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  the Ice Age's glaciers retreated northward. Over time, populations increased
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  and people began to spread across the state. The exhibit
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  concludes with the arrival of Euro Americans and the forced
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  removal of the native nations that had called Illinois home
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  for millennia. Illinois Archaeology was produced by the ISISAS, which
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  is one of five scientific surveys that make up the
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  Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois. The exhibit
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  is a companion to a new book by ISAs titled
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  Archaeology of Illinois, The Deep History of the Prairie State,
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  which was published in June. The exhibit and reception are
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  free and open to all. For more information, call the
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  library at eight one five eight seven five one three
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  three one, or go to Princeton pl dot org.