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This aerial view of Menoken
Village shows the outline of
the palisade and ditch with
the four bastions. The location
of the village on the banks of
Apple Creek was strategically
smart. Modern day farmers work
the fields around the site and
visitors can read about the
village at the kiosks near the
parking area.
An archeological team conducts
the excavation of a house. Note
the holes where the support
beams were placed.
This archeological drawing shows
the information recovered by
excavation of a surface house.
This is the floor plan of a pit
house. Note the absence of
postholes around the perimeter
of the house.
This diagram demonstrates how a
pit house with sod walls was
built and then slowly returned
to the earth after it was
abandoned.
These are some of the pieces of
copper recovered at the Menoken
site. Copper is a soft metal
and easily worked into a useful
shape.
Menoken residents shaped
precious shells into beads
for decorative purposes.
