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Engraved whelk shell from Spiro Mounds depicting a falcon warrior. Spiro Mounds [3] is an Indigenous archaeological site located in present-day eastern Oklahoma. The site was built by people from the Arkansas Valley Caddoan culture. [4] that remains from an American Indian culture that was part of the major northern Caddoan Mississippian culture
Shell engraving from Spiro Mounds. The Kiamichi River valley was ruled by Spiro. As of the census of 2010, [29] there were 11,572 people, 4,809 households, and 3,247 families residing in the county. The population density was 3/km 2 (7.8/sq mi). There were 6,110 housing units at an average density of 2/km 2 (5.2/sq mi).
Antlers is a city in and the county seat of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 2,221 as of the 2020 United States census . [ 5 ] The town was named for a kind of tree that becomes festooned with antlers shed by deer, and is taken as a sign of the location of a spring frequented by deer.
Spiro is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Arkansas River, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas and 10 miles (16 km) west of the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. [ 5 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2 ), of which 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square ...
Despite the Spiro, Oklahoma mailing address, the Spiro Mounds and the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center are in Fort Coffee. [10] [11] W. D. Mayo Lock and Dam, part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, is just northeast of town, [12] while a boat ramp with access to the river above W. D. Mayo Lock and Dam is just north of ...
The Kiamichi River is a river in southeastern Oklahoma, United States of America. A tributary of the Red River of the South, its headwaters rise on Pine Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains near the Arkansas border. From its source in Polk County, Arkansas, it flows approximately 177 miles (285 km) [3] to its confluence with the Red River at Hugo ...
Spiro Mounds: Oklahoma Located in eastern Oklahoma, this is a large complex with multiple mounds. It is one of the best-studied archaeological centers of Mississippian culture; a number of significant artifacts were recovered. But looters had previously attacked the mounds and stolen many artifacts. Starr Village and Mound Group: Illinois
Two of the most widely publicized sites to be looted were the Spiro Mounds site in Le Flore County, Oklahoma and the Slack Farm site in Union County, Kentucky. An actual mining company was formed (the Pocola Mining Company) to loot the Spiro site, and over a couple of years time many of the more delicate contents were destroyed as the looters ...