ST. LOUIS ROAD TRIP: 6th Entry and my encounter with the ancient Birdman
The Birdman and Pre-Contact Mississippian culture Part of my St. Louis journey included research with objects produced by the Mississippian mound builders, and I had my chance at the University of Southern Illinois in Edwardsville. I was invited to give two talks at the university. The first was for the Photography Department and the second was the Anthropology Department. The following day I began my research and [.....]
ST. LOUIS ROAD TRIP: 5th Entry at a hidden urban mound then onto the World Heritage site of Cahokia
Contrasting hidden urban mounds with the World Heritage site at Cahokia During my time in the St.Louis area I was given a car tour of mound sites in St. Louis and East St. Louis. There is a group lobbying to preserve all the mound sites in the area and this image is an example of how obscure some of these sites are. During my 1992 visit to the “Cahokia” earth mounds, I was able to climb to the top of the three [.....]
ST. LOUIS ROAD TRIP: 4th Entry at the Ohio Valley Serpent and Hopewell Mounds
Visiting the Ohio Valley Serpent Mound and the mound at Hopewell Buffalo Robe visits the Ohio Valley Serpent Mound: April 25, 2015 @ 11:00 AM, N39 01.440 W83 25.773. Later in the afternoon of May 25th, 2015, Chief Red Robe posed for me at the Hopewell Mound site in Ohio, south of Columbus: N39 22.567 W83 00.384. This post is part of a series on my long awaited road trip to St. Louis, Missouri to study [.....]
