Angel Site: An Archaeological, Historical, and Ethnological Study by Black, Glenn (1967) Hardcover

The Angel Site, located on the north bank of the Ohio River near Evansville, is one of the largest prehistoric Indian towns in the Midwest. The author of this volume had dedicated a major portion of his life to the archaeological investigation of this settlement. Within a span of twenty-three years (1939-1962) Glenn Black directed excavations at the Angel Site which culminated in this publication. After the author's untimely death these two volumes were compiled from his manuscripts and research notes with the addition of a fifty page descriptive section on the material remains by James H. Kellar. Although this report is primarily intended for the archaeologist and anthropologist, many portions of it should be of interest to the historian and layman. Black presents both a description of the numerous archaeological features and artifacts plus a reconstruction of the Angel Site history and environment based upon his archaeological analyses and numerous historical sources which are prese