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ITARP 2006 Annual Report
posted December 12, 2007
One of ITARP’s primary mission goals is to disseminate information to both professional audiences and the public at large. Our annual report is designed specifically to provide an overview of the program’s yearly activities for Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and University of Illinois (UIUC) administrators, the archaeological community, and the general public. The contexts of this report reflect the view of the contributors who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contexts do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of IDOT.
ITARP Annual Reports Page
ITARP Archaeological Exhibit Opens at Krannert Art Museum
posted August 31, 2007
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dates: August 31, 2007 - June 1, 2008
The Archaeological Heritage of Illinois Exhibit
Prepared by professional archaeologists at the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program (ITARP), this temporary exhibition presents objects of material culture related to native peoples who lived in Illinois from approximately 9500 B.C.E. to C.E. 1800. More than 100 items are on display, including clay figurines, bracelets and other ornaments, spear points and fish hooks, pipes, cooking jars, digging and weaving tools and ceremonial objects of exquisite quality and variety.
Story on the Exhibit
News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Watch Channel 3 News Segment
The French Colonial Heritage Project
posted April 4, 2007
ITARP and Sangamo Archaeological Center are proud to announce the French Colonial Heritage Project.
The French Colonial Heritage Project is designed to expand and summarize the understanding of life in French communities during the 18th and early 19th century using archaeological remains and documents from that period.
Please download our three-page flyer filled with all the details of the French Colonial Heritage Project.
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