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WPA excavation

WPA excavation

Unknown Photographer

Ca. 1938

Le Flore Country, Oklahoma, Spiro site

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma

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Pot hunters digging in the area of the third mound unit of Craig Mound

Pot hunters digging in the area of the third mound unit of Craig Mound

North view

Excavation at north end of main unit at profiles along rows 19, 20, 21

Excavation at north end of main unit at profiles along rows 19, 20, 21

Southwest view

Excavation at south end of main unit

Excavation at south end of main unit

Forrest Clements

Forrest Clements

Four WPA supervisors

Four WPA supervisors

Lear Howell and his wife with looted artifacts from the Spiro and other surrounding sites

Lear Howell and his wife with looted artifacts from the Spiro and other surrounding sites

Destroyed mounds at Spiro site

Destroyed mounds at Spiro site

WPA workers reconstructing ceramics

WPA workers reconstructing ceramics

Exhibit Publication

Recovering Ancient Spiro Native American Art, Ritual, and Cosmic Renewal

Edited by Eric D. Singleton and F. Kent Reilly III

Hardcover ($55) Softcover ($40)

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