The award-winning documentary “Lost Nation: The Ioway” was presented at the Windmill Cultural Center, in Fulton, Illinois on the morning of March 13th to a capacity gathering of history buffs. The film was followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films.
After the event, the Rundles stopped at Albany Mounds State Historic Site near Fulton. It is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in the state of Illinois. The 205-acre site aims to exist as "an interpretive center for the history of the Hopewellian culture of more than 2000 years ago."
"It is the largest Hopewell Native American site in the state, and contains evidence of human activity that stretches over 10,000 years in length from the present day. Historically comprising of ninety-six mounds, the site today consists of a remaining forty-seven mounds, eight of which are in poor condition as a result of natural and human processes. The mounds are up to twelve feet high, and were constructed as burial sites for the dead."
More information can be found at https://albanymounds.com/for more information.
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