Today we paid a visit to one location within the larger community, a site outlined by walls they had created, including a "great house" that apparently was pretty much like a city hall. Our docent remarked as to the unfortunate loss of much of the archaeological items taken by visitors until the location was protected 100 years ago, but the fortunate survival of as much as there is. His name was Steve Webber, and he retired from his work as a litigation attorney in Detroit and now serves here.
So much of how this area was used is unknown, and much is hypothesized - about the possibility it is a meeting hall, used for grain storage, used to view the canals they had built (by hand), and other hypotheses.
The view here is the East Wall, and the West Wall, in far better condition, is shown further below.
The holes top left and right are designed to pair with other holes and thus mark the summer solstice and moon orbits. As surprising as that is, Webber pointed out that without television or radio to guide people, the sun, moon, and stars were what they watched, and used to predict seasons and weather.
Oh, yeah, we also stopped at Walmart.
As always, all the photos from this trip are available in an album accessible by clicking this link.
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