Spiro Mounds Hosts Archaeology Month Event

October is Archaeology Month in Oklahoma, and the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center will hold a special event with a lecture and a guided walk on October 17, 2015. Archaeology Month is sponsored and promoted by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society; they offer many more events throughout the month.

At 1 p.m. visitors can attend a lecture about the Spiro Mounds. There will also be a guided tour of the site at 2 p.m. led by manager Dennis Peterson. The regular exhibits will be available throughout the day as well. The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center is the only prehistoric, Native American, archaeological site in Oklahoma that is open to the public, and it is the perfect place to celebrate Archaeology Month.

The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. Admission is $4 Adults, $3 Seniors, and $1 Children. The Center is located three miles east of Spiro, Oklahoma, on highway 9/271 and four miles north on Lock and Dam Road.

If you would like to know more about Archaeology Month events visit www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/oas/. For more information on the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, please contact Dennis Peterson at 918-962-2062 or spiro@okhistory.org.