Minnesota Prehistory

Eleanor Site

{short description of image} The Eleanor Site is a middle woodland village located in Nicollet County, in South Central Minnesota. It was excavated in the Late 1970's by Richard Strachan, Kathleen Roetzel, and Christy Hohman-Caine. Although there have been a number of presentations and unpublished manuscripts, little published documentation on this site is available. The collection is housed at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The site had several basin shaped houses and numerous other features. It can be classified as Havana or Havanoid as a result of the ceramic and lithic collections. Evidence suggests some dependence on amaranth, small mammals, fish and fowl.