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ANTLER AND BONE
ARTIFACTS
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
This picture shows some very rare artifacts that were found many years ago
on the Cahokia Mounds site. The majority of them were surface collected
in cultivated fields before the land was part of the state park it is
today. The serrated double barbed harpoon at the top of the picture is
made of bone and was found during the excavation of mound 72. There is a
long barb on each side of this harpoon. The antler arrow point at bottom
center was also found during the excavation of mound 72 and is one of
hundreds that were found there.
SERRATED
AND BARBED HARPOONS
HARPOONS
LAYING NEAR THE EDGE OF ARROW POINT CACHE #1970
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS---PICTURE
CREDIT JIM ANDERSON
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SERRATED
UNNOTCHED CAHOKIA POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
This picture shows nine of the 320 Cahokia points of this style that
were excavated from mound 72. Unnotched serrated Cahokia points were
found in all three caches of points--1550, 1551 and 1970. All but a
couple of these points are made of Kaolin chert.
The two longest points in this picture are made of Kaolin
chert and are the longest ever found at Cahokia. The red one measures 2
13/16 inches long. These two points were at one time hafted on arrows
and were found in cache #1550.
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SERRATED
UNNOTCHED CAHOKIA POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
TRIPLE &
DOUBLE NOTCHED SERRATED POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
The points in the top row of this picture are a classic style of Cahokia
point but they are made of a rare material almost unknown for arrow
points in this area. They appear to be made of Dover chert a material
that originates far to the southeast of the site in the Tennessee area.
Ten of these points were found in primary mound 1, cache #1550.
The serrated double notched points in the second row are
not a typical style found in the Cahokia area. The material has not been
identified either. There were 38 of these points that were made of the
same material in cache #1550 in primary mound 1.
SPIRO AND CADDO
INFLUENCE ARROW POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
The two rows of points in this picture are not styles representative of
the Cahokia Mounds area. The top row of points have traits that are
similar to points found in Oklahoma on the Spiro Mounds site. They are
made of a translucent brown chert. There were eight of these points
found in cache #1550 in primary mound 1.
The second row of points have characteristics of arrow
points found on Caddo sites far to the south of Cahokia in
Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. These points may have been made of Pitkin
chert from Missouri. There were 107 of these points found in cache #1550
in primary mound 1.
TRIPLE NOTCHED
CAHOKIA POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
The points in this picture are classic Cahokia style points. Although
made much better than "normal" triple notched points
found at Cahokia, points like these have been surface collected in
cultivated fields on the Cahokia mounds site. These points are made of a
colorful variety of Burlington chert. There were 19 of these points
found in cache #1550 in primary mound 1.
TRIPLE NOTCHED
& SERRATED BASE POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
The points in this picture seem to have a style influenced from the
Spiro Mounds, Oklahoma area. They are made of a Silcified Sandstone that
may have come from southern Illinois where material like this has been
found. They don't appear to have been made of Hixton from Wisconsin.
There were 22 points made of this material found in cache #1551 in
primary mound 1.
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SERRATED &
NOTCHED POINTS
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
This picture shows some of the artistic diversity that the makers of the
mound 72 points were able to do. None of these are typical styles of arrow
points found at Cahokia or anywhere else. They are art forms that
exhibit point style traits from more than one area. All of these points
were made from white Burlington chert. White Burlington was the most
commonly used material to make the mound 72 points. The points in this
picture were found in cache #1551 in primary mound 1.
CACHE
OF DISCOIDALS OR CHUNKY STONES
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
This picture shows the cache of Discoidals as they were found in feature
102 in primary mound 1. Fifteen chunky stones were found in two
piles. One of the fifteen was made of a "very granular poorly
cemented stone" and could not be recovered from the excavation. All
the other stone were in very good condition.
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DISCOIDALS,
ARROW POINTS & HARPOON
MOUND 72
CAHOKIA MOUNDS
STATE HISTORIC SITE
OWNED BY
THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS--- PICTURE
CREDIT PETE BOSTROM
This picture shows a variety of artifacts from mound 72. The fourteen discoidals
or chunky stones that were recovered are shown here. These were used as
game stones. Early explorers witnessed the Indians rolling them along
the ground on a prepared surface. They would throw spears or poles next
to the stones to score points.
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