August 16, 2011

In 1879, Edwin Curtiss, working for Harvard University’s Peabody Museum, conducted what is considered to be the first scientific archaeological excavation in the state. During his trip, he spent eighty-six days in eastern Arkansas along the St. Francis River, collecting almost 1,000 pots and hundreds of other objects. While there, he made this drawing of the Stanly Mounds at what is today Parkin Archeological State Park.