Tag: prehistory
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PBS: The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas
PBS and the first Americans… how did they get here and when? As early humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was colonizing the Americas because a huge ice sheet blocked the route. It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. But an underwater…
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PBS Eons: Did Asteroids Spark Life?
PBS Eons has a new video. This one is about the very early history of the Earth, a period called the Hadean. How did the building blocks of life form? Harold Miller did some experiments in the 1950s attempting to recreate the conditions. The impacts of a large asteroid might have provided the perfect condition…
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Video for ESCONI February 2024 – General Meeting, Topic: “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, and the creation of the universe”
The ESCONI February 2024 General Meeting was held on Friday, February 9th, 2024. The topic was “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, and the creation of the universe”. It was presented by Mike Chervinko. Mike is author of “Prehistoric and Natural Wonders of Southern Illinois”. The…
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Cahokia: What Doomed a Sprawling City Near St. Louis 1,000 Years Ago?
The New York Times has a story about Cahokia, which was a Native American city in pre-Columbian times. Cahokia was located near Collinsville, IL across the Mississippi River from what is now St. Louis, MO. It rose around 1050 CE and reached its zenith around 1100 CE. At its apex with a population of 20,000,…
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Reminder: ESCONI General Meeting on Friday, February 8th, 2019 – “People, Places and Prehistory: Reconstructing the Prehistoric Environment”
The title of the program at our February meeting is “People, Places and Prehistory: Reconstructing the Prehistoric Environment”, by Dr. Clare Tolmie of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Don’t miss it!
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ESCONI General Meeting on Friday, February 8th, 2019 – “People, Places and Prehistory: Reconstructing the Prehistoric Environment”
The title of the program at our February meeting is “People, Places and Prehistory: Reconstructing the Prehistoric Environment”, by Dr. Clare Tolmie of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Don’t miss it!
