Knight Township near Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
IU Students at Angel Site
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
1. IU Students at Angel Site Marker
From 1945-1964. Glenn Black trained students from Indiana University. Men and women enrolled in summer field schools to learn how to excavate, document and care for artifacts. If they completed the course, they joined the Trowel and Brush Society, an honorary club.
Today, periodic excavations take place by archaeologists working with the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology.
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• Top: 1948 IU excavations
• Bottom: 2005 IU excavations
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Education • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1945.
Location. 37° 56.683′ N, 87° 27.106′ W. Marker is near Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County. It is in Knight Township. Marker is on Muskhogen Trail, ¼ mile south of Pollack Avenue, on the right. Marker is in front of Angel Mounds State Historic Site's visitor/interpretive center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8215 Pollack Ave, Evansville IN 47715, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. WPA Workers at Angel Site (here, next to this marker); Angel Site (here, next to this marker); Angel Mounds (within shouting
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Also see . . . Angel Mounds Collections. The Angel Mounds collections represent the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's largest archaeology collection, amounting to over 2.5 million artifacts. (Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) (Submitted on June 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
2. IU Students at Angel Site Marker
Featured marker is the right one of the three markers on the left. The Angel Mounds State Historic Site's visitor/interpretive center is to the right.
IN Dept of Conservation via General Photo Collection, Rare Books & Manuscripts, IN State U. (Public Domain), June 1945
3. Village Floor at Angel Site
Indiana University students began helping archaeologist Glenn A. Black excavate the Mississippian townsite in 1945.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
