Stoner Site

Stoner Site is a prehistoric village in eastern Illinois near the Wabash River, set on the Sugar Creek floodplain in terrain typical of Allison-Lamotte settlements. Investigations from the late 1950s into the early 1960s revealed a planned village with circular houses arranged partly around a central plaza, a broad semicircular midden, and a substantial mound. Excavations uncovered large quantities of pottery and tools, including more than three hundred lamellar flint knives and over five thousand potsherds. The remains are dominated by the Middle Woodland Allison-Lamotte culture, flourishing from around the birth of Christ to about AD 400, making Stoner the state’s clearest example of that tradition and an important site for studying life and cultural ties along the Middle Wabash.

Illinois · United States