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On exhibit through May 14 at the National Cowboy Museum

WPA mural of hypothetical Spiroan characters

WPA mural of hypothetical Spiroan characters

based on objects found at Spiro

Bart Ward and Oliver Meeks

1941

Courtesy of the Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve

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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

Four WPA supervisors

Four WPA supervisors

Forrest Clements

Forrest Clements

“A ‘King Tut’ Tomb in the Arkansas Valley”

“A ‘King Tut’ Tomb in the Arkansas Valley”

Destroyed mounds at Spiro site

Destroyed mounds at Spiro site

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

WPA workers reconstructing ceramics

WPA workers reconstructing ceramics

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

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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