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Location. in Oak Forest near Chicago, Illinois. Coordinates. 41°44′01″N 87°40′01″W. / 41.73361°N 87.66694°W / 41.73361; -87.66694. Area. 20 acres. The Oak Forest Site (11Ck-53) is located in Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late prehistoric to Protohistoric /Early Historic ...
Location. on the Cal-Sag Channel in Cook County near Chicago, Illinois. Coordinates. 41°45′00″N 87°41′00″W. / 41.75000°N 87.68333°W / 41.75000; -87.68333. Area. 5 acres. The Palos site (Ck-26) is located on the Cal-Sag Canal in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a ...
The Hoxie Farm site (11Ck-4) is located on Thorn Creek in Thornton, Illinois Cook County Forest Preserve in Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late prehistoric to Protohistoric /Early Historic site with Upper Mississippian Huber affiliation.
Location. (historic dividing point) 3100 West 31st Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, US. Range. Valparaiso Moraine. Coordinates. 41°50′14″N 87°42′8″W / 41.83722°N 87.70222°W / 41.83722; -87.70222. The Chicago Portage was an ancient portage that connected the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River ...
on Tinley Creek near Chicago, Illinois. Coordinates. 41°45′00″N 87°41′00″W. / 41.75000°N 87.68333°W / 41.75000; -87.68333. Area. 10 acres. The Huber Site (11Ck-1) is located on Tinley Creek 2 miles west of Blue Island in Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late prehistoric site with Upper ...
Knoll Spring Site. / 41.75000°N 87.70000°W / 41.75000; -87.70000. The Knoll Spring site (11Ck-19), aka Au Sagaunashke village, is located in the Sag Valley, Palos Hills, in Cook County, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. It is classified as a late prehistoric site with Upper Mississippian Huber affiliation.
Paleontology in Illinois refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Illinois. Scientists have found that Illinois was covered by a sea during the Paleozoic Era. Over time this sea was inhabited by animals including brachiopods, clams, corals, crinoids, sea snails, sponges, and trilobites.
August 9, 2002. The Giant City Stone Fort Site is the site of a prehistoric stone enclosure located within Giant City State Park in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The Stone Fort dates to the Late Woodland period and was constructed and used in the period from c. AD 600–900; it is one of ten such sites known in Southern Illinois.