Rethinking Spiro Mounds For years Spiro Mounds was thought to be a Mississippian chiefdom that flourished from trade. But a noted Spiro expert now believes it was a ceremonial center. The first excavation of this important site in more than 40 years could confirm or refute his hypothesis.
By Elizabeth Lunday
University of Oklahoma field school students walk to the site early in the morning.
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