Kampsville Archeological Center
Kampsville Archeological Center
For over forty years, the Center for American Archeology (CAA) has pioneered the development of contemporary archeology in the Midwest, leading to many advances in the methods archeologists use to explore the past.
Many have termed the area the "Nile of North America," as Kampsville is centered in the heart of one of the world's most remarkable archeological regions.
Still fixed in the public mind are the ten years of excavation at Koster, 1968 to 1978, heavily chronicled by the national news media as one of North America's most important archeological explorations. The Koster Site has since been closed, but the Center continues its research and teaching with year-round activities.
Here throughout the valley where the Illinois joins the Mississippi, the Center helps to unfold the unbroken record of nearly 10,000 years of human habitation on this continent. Its mission is to help communicate the unwritten story of earlier Americans' lifeways, accomplishments, and changing natural environment - a legacy for this and future generations.
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