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Three-toed bone cast in plaster

"Arkansaurus fridayi"

Map showing the locations of Cretaceous age rock in Arkansas

Arkansaurus fridayi Territory Map

Location of mound walls shown with arrows and text

Close-up of crystal arrowhead point on blue background

Tree-covered mound with soil in the foreground

Grove of trees growing in grass causeway

Mound E Causeway

Excavation site with irregular pile of materials indicated by a small chalkboard

Group of arrow points on black background

Rock arrowheads and stone tools laid out together on table with small ruler

White man with brush working on dig site

Graphic showing different types of arrowheads and artifacts

Dalton Period Artifacts

Four white men in hard hats and reflective vests with equipment in dirt field

Dinosaur Tracks

Overgrown field with trees in the background

Digital map of mound site with structures drawn-in

Elevation Model

Group of white archaeologists excavating a site as seen from above

Large femur bone in glass display case with identification card

Drawing of Native American site with circular tree line around salt making compound

Pot shaped like a human head with ears and face and opening at top

White men and woman documenting a dig site near mounds

Mound Excavations

Bow section of wooden canoe in glass display case

Peeler Bend Canoe

Middle section of wooden canoe in glass display case

Peeler Bend Canoe

View from the stern of wooden canoe in glass display case

Peeler Bend Canoe

Fossil imprint in rock wall with item of measurement placed by it

Lepidodendron Fossil

Weathered rock wall and plants on hillside

Liesegang Weathering

Reddish painting on cave wall

Aboriginal Rock Art

Exterior of cave entrance with ferns growing inside it

3CN168 Exterior

beaver painting in red on cave wall

3CN125 Rock Painting

Close-up of cave entrance with rock outcropping

3CN125 Exterior

Faded red cave painting on rock wall

3CN126 Pictograph

Open space under rock wall

3CN126 Exterior

Overgrown area with rock outcropping

3CN127 Exterior

Painting on rock wall

3CN128 Pictograph

Green plants growing under rock wall

3CN128 Exterior

Faded red painting of an animal and a human on rock wall

3CN129 Pictograph

Trees growing at cave entrance

3CN129 Exterior

Rock wall with image chiseled into it

3CN130 Petroglyph

Cave entrance under rock outcropping in forested area

3CN130 Exterior

Modern graffiti on cave wall

3CN130 Graffiti

Faded red painting on cave wall

3CN132 Site Painting

Cave entrance seen under rock wall through trees

3CN132 Exterior

Faded red painting on rock wall

3CN168 Painting

Faded plant painting on rock wall

3CN17E20 Rock Painting

Faded designs painted on cave wall

3CN17 Pictograph

Cave wall with concentric circles chiseled into it

Concentric Circles at 3CN17

Walking path under rock outcropping with rock wall and trees

Cave wall with human like figured painted on it

Pictograph at Site 3CN20

Exterior of cave entrance with rock outcroppings on mountain side

Cave wall with painting of a fish on it

3CN20 Rock Painting

Faded painted figure on cave wall with enhanced image below

3CN20 Rock Painting

Faded snake painting on rock wall

3CN304 Pictograph

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