Description: Spiro Mounds and WPA Archaeology in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Images of America, Paper The Land Run of 1889 and the oil boom in the early 20th century cemented Oklahoma's reputation as a place where fortunes could be made and lost seemingly overnight. In eastern Oklahoma, a group of men formed the Pocola Mining Company to loot the Spiro Mounds and make a fortune selling their finds. Their remarkable discovery was billed in newspapers as "King Tut's Tomb in Oklahoma." With only profit in mind, the looters gave little care to the archaeological value of their finds, allowing many valuable and perishable items to be destroyed. A handful of young archaeologists from the University of Oklahoma and crews of local men were left to salvage what they could at Spiro; their work was funded by relief money provided by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In three years, the team excavated dozens of sites in eastern Oklahoma. The photographs in this volume tell the story of the looting of Spiro and professional archaeological excavations in eastern Oklahoma.
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MPN: 9781467160032
Book Title: Spiro Mounds and WPA Archaeology in Oklahoma
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Amanda Regnier, Scott Hammerstedt
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Historical, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Photography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
