John Chapman Village Site

The John Chapman Village Site is a prehistoric archaeological site located in the Apple River Valley south of Hanover, Illinois. The site includes a village area and a platform mound; the latter is the only known platform mound in the Apple River Valley. The village was occupied from roughly 1100 to 1250 A.D., toward the end of the Late Woodland period and the beginning of the Mississippian period; it is associated with a transitional phase between the two periods known as the Bennett Phase. Archaeologists have hypothesized that the site formed part of a trade network between Cahokia and settlements further north, such as Aztalan, as evidenced by the artifacts found at the site.[2]

John Chapman Village Site
LocationAlong Illinois Route 84 south of Hanover, Illinois
Area53.6 acres (21.7 ha)
Built1170 (1170)
Architectural styleearthwork
NRHP reference No.09001058[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 2009

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 2009.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Schroeder, Marjorie, and Millhouse, Philip G. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: John Chapman Village Site. National Park Service, July 2009.


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