PRE-CONTACT NATIVE
AMERICAN LIFE IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA
From Mann Site to Angel Site

Mann Site, Posey County

Mann Facts
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Mann is part of the Hopewell Culture, with the occupation of this site around the year 300.
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Could possibly be the largest and most advanced
Hopewell site in all of North America
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500+ acres with 20-25 mounds
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Population is unknown due to lack of research.
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Last excavation was conducted in 1971
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Current property is owned by 9 different families.

Steatite Hair Piece

Jaguar Hair Pin

Clay Figurines

Bear Canines ?

Copper Ear Spools

Angel Mounds State Historic Site,
Vanderburgh/Warrick Counties

Mississippian Culture
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Existed at Angel Site from around 1000 to 1450.
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Large village site with population at around 2,000 people
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11 earth works designed to elevate the elite. Earth works are truncated pyramids
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Purchased by Eli Lilly and the Indiana Historical
Society in 1938.
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Excavations since 1939 annually by Indiana
University.

Eli Lilly and Glenn Black

WPA excavations 1939-1942

Kneeling Man

House locations

Mound A

Mound A

Angel Mounds Today
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Owned by the State of Indiana, part of the Indiana
State Museum and Historic Sites
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Mineral rights are with the Indiana Historical
Society
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Indiana University and the Glenn A. Black Lab of
Archaeology own the excavation rights.
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Largest of the State Historic Sites with 603 acres