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The Silvernale site complex is one of the largest archeological sites in the Midwest, originally consisting of a village and over 350 burial mounds surrounding it. The area around the Silvernale village was tribally diverse, and the village may have been occupied by people from several American Indian tribes between 1050A.D. and 1250 A.D. Because of the mixture of various tribal cultures, the residents of the village developed a unique local society. The Silvernale village might have looked like the picture below, which is exhibited in the SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, Dayton, Ohio.


Ancient American Indian Village (Image reprinted with permission)

The Silvernale project investigated a part of the village which was the only remaining area of the Silvernale site. The rest of the site has already been destroyed for urban development.

Source:

Dobbs, Clark A., Ronald C. Schirmer, and Donald W. Johnson
2003 Reviving Silvernale (21GD03): Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations October - December, 2002.  Technical Report, 02-127. Cannon Falls: Joint Powers Board of the Cannon Valley Trail.
 

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