Discovery in Wisconsin stirs scientific debate: Did two different cultures meet?
Before A.D. 1000, researchers are fairly confident about who lived in Wisconsin: It was the Late Woodland culture. After A.D. 1000, this culture vanished. In 1200, a new one, called Oneota, took its place. What happened between the disappearance of the first group and the arrival of the second remains a hotly debated subject. What is known about this period is that an impressively complex and thriving community was built in what is now Illinois, just across the river from St. Louis. There, a city called Cahokia came to life. A thriving metropolis, this city at its heyday was home to nearly 25,000 people. External links: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site This website can probably tell you who to contact to see if what you have is really the real deal or not, and if they are, what to do with them. Abreviations used below: PL is for Public Law, Stat. is for Statute, USC is the U.S. Code, and CFR is the Code of Federal Regulations.
