Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center

Throwback Thursday – during the summer of 1988, MVAC mounted an intensive salvage excavation project at the Midway Village, located north of La Crosse, Wisconsin.  With the cooperation of the landowner and the sand/gravel mining company it was possible to…

Throwback Thursday – from 2007, this is the only time MVAC issued either a polo style shirt or a tank top.  Both are collectors’ items if you still have yours.

Throwback Thursday – Look who just received his Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison!  Pictured is Geoffrey Ludvik recovering a pot sherd during 2009 MVAC Public/High School Field School excavations at the Sand Lake Archaeological District…

Throwback Thursday – feline supervision at the 2006 excavations at the Swennes site located north of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

A Throwback Thursday smile – In the past we introduced you to John and Otto Swennes, who found the mastodon ulna in Long Coulee. Now we’d like to tell you just how nice the Swennes boys were. In 2007 MVAC held…

A Throwback Thursday smile from twenty years ago.

Early MVAC t-shirt from the 1980s.  Bison image is based on a pictograph of a probable bison presented in Rev. Edward Brown’s 1879 article The Pictured Cave of La Crosse Valley in Wisconsin Historical Collections 8:174-183.  Link to the article.…

A well-worn 1997 t-shirt celebrating MVAC’s 15th anniversary.

This Oneota pot was used as MVAC’s logo for many years. It came from a site north of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The inset shows the handle detail. Learn more about Oneota pottery and see 3D examples at: http://mvac.uwlax.edu/oneota-pottery/