We investigated how Mississippian residents of the Central Illinois River Valley (CIRV)
altered their hunting strategies in response to climate change and warfare in the 13th and …

In a poorly understood yet recurring phenomenon, communities occupying diverse settings
within a region may undertake large-scale migrations that cannot be easily attributed to …

Recent geophysical surveys at six sites in the Illinois River Valley (IRV), just north of the
Greater Cahokia area, provide new insights into the region's volatile era of Mississippian …

The archaeology of how communities in the North American midcontinent responded to
environmental change has had global significance for understanding hydroclimate-human …

In this chapter, we examine the effects of climatological changes during the Medieval
Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age on the precontact Native American populations that …

The Middle Mississippian component at Aztalan was a mixed, Late Woodland/Mississippian
occupation sited within a heavily fortified habitation and mound center that is located on a …

The frequency and magnitude of floods in the midcontinental United States have increased
in recent decades due to changing precipitation patterns as global temperatures rise. These …

Violence has been characterized as a force for both political change and maintenance of the
status quo in human societies. The present study examines how outbreaks of violent events …

Abstract Geographic Information Science (GIS) technologies have helped to further the
research of archaeologists almost since the inception of the field. Archaeologists have long …