Cahokia Archaeological Society (CAS) Meeting & Program

“Outsider Perspectives on the Archaeology of Cahokia Mound”
Speaker: Kyle G. Olson, Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis

This talk will offer reflections on the archaeology of the American Bottom from the perspective gained through teaching The Archaeology of the St. Louis region and raise questions around how the story of Cahokia is being told to different audiences.

Kyle G. Olson is an anthropologist who works on the consequences of collecting to understand why archaeology matters in the world. As a lecturer in Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis in the Department of Anthropology, he teaches the relevance of archaeology to contemporary life and the diverse ways that the material remains of the past are used across cultural, political, and economic domains, with an increasing emphasis on the cultural-historical landscapes of St. Louis and the Middle Mississippi Valley.