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Papers by Michael Fuller
The Biblical Archaeologist, 1994
American Indian Rock Art, Vol. 49, 2023
Sites 23WA1 and 23WA2 are protected and interpreted petroglyph sites in Washington State Park nea... more Sites 23WA1 and 23WA2 are protected and interpreted petroglyph sites in Washington State Park near DeSoto, Missouri. The nineteenth-and twentieth-century research at the site has generally not been fully considered in recent publications concerning the site; especially the significant artifacts recovered from the "crevice feature" at 23WA1 excavated in 1959 by a team that included Ron Wyatt and two citizen archaeologists, Leonard Blake and Robert Elgin. Woodland and Mississippian period artifacts were recovered from that feature, as well as from the surface and near-surface deposits at 23WA2.
American Indian Rock Art, Vol. 48, 2022
New insights into the chemistry of pigments and pictograph motifs were obtained in 2020 by a team... more New insights into the chemistry of pigments and pictograph motifs were obtained in 2020 by a team using portable XRF and DStretch digital photography in Picture Cave. Our work builds on the previous research into the rich Mississippian iconography of the site (radiocarbon dated to the eleventh century A.D. by Carol Diaz-Granados). The pictographs, situated in the dark zone of the cave, are the largest concentration of rock art images in the State of Missouri. The cave and its rock art have been characterized as the "womb of the universe" based upon Osage ethnographic input. We understand this explanation and offer a second interpretation that is also nuanced by Osage ethnographic input. The physical nature of the cave and rock art imagery may have originally been biographical for specific elite warriors in Mississippian society.
The Biblical Archaeologist, 1994
The unmistakable architecture of a Syrian Christian church surprised the excavators of Tuneinir, ... more The unmistakable architecture of a Syrian Christian church surprised the excavators of Tuneinir, a site of many ruins in northeastern Syria. Finds including a bread mold and stains on the church's plaster floor produced by dripping chandeliers re-animate the life of this medieval place of worship. Painted plaster lintels recapture the color and beauty of this uncommon mud-brick church.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 2021
Description of the material culture (Cahokia points, pottery, etc.) and red pigment pictograph as... more Description of the material culture (Cahokia points, pottery, etc.) and red pigment pictograph associated with a small rockshelter high above the Missouri River in St. Charles County, MO.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly 36 (4): 12-21, 2019
Archaeological research at Washington State Park in 1959 and 2017 discovered non-perishable artif... more Archaeological research at Washington State Park in 1959 and 2017 discovered non-perishable artifacts that provide insights into the age of the petroglyph panels at 23WA1 and 23WA2. Specifically, both Woodland- and Mississippian-period artifacts have been recovered at the sites.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 2019
Results of observing the total solar eclipse at the petroglyph panel at Washington State Park in ... more Results of observing the total solar eclipse at the petroglyph panel at Washington State Park in Missouri. Suggested linkage between two rock art sites and the need to explain solar eclipses.
Missouri Archaeological Quarterly 31(3): 12 - 17, 2014
Description and analysis of a red ochre pictograph site most likely produced during the Mississip... more Description and analysis of a red ochre pictograph site most likely produced during the Mississippian occupation of the Lower Missouri River Valley in the 13th or 14th century AD. DStretch anlaysis is used to interpret evidence of animal hide production. Parallels are drawn with 19th century photographs of hide and meat racks.
The Biblical Archaeologist, 1994
American Indian Rock Art, Vol. 49, 2023
Sites 23WA1 and 23WA2 are protected and interpreted petroglyph sites in Washington State Park nea... more Sites 23WA1 and 23WA2 are protected and interpreted petroglyph sites in Washington State Park near DeSoto, Missouri. The nineteenth-and twentieth-century research at the site has generally not been fully considered in recent publications concerning the site; especially the significant artifacts recovered from the "crevice feature" at 23WA1 excavated in 1959 by a team that included Ron Wyatt and two citizen archaeologists, Leonard Blake and Robert Elgin. Woodland and Mississippian period artifacts were recovered from that feature, as well as from the surface and near-surface deposits at 23WA2.
American Indian Rock Art, Vol. 48, 2022
New insights into the chemistry of pigments and pictograph motifs were obtained in 2020 by a team... more New insights into the chemistry of pigments and pictograph motifs were obtained in 2020 by a team using portable XRF and DStretch digital photography in Picture Cave. Our work builds on the previous research into the rich Mississippian iconography of the site (radiocarbon dated to the eleventh century A.D. by Carol Diaz-Granados). The pictographs, situated in the dark zone of the cave, are the largest concentration of rock art images in the State of Missouri. The cave and its rock art have been characterized as the "womb of the universe" based upon Osage ethnographic input. We understand this explanation and offer a second interpretation that is also nuanced by Osage ethnographic input. The physical nature of the cave and rock art imagery may have originally been biographical for specific elite warriors in Mississippian society.
The Biblical Archaeologist, 1994
The unmistakable architecture of a Syrian Christian church surprised the excavators of Tuneinir, ... more The unmistakable architecture of a Syrian Christian church surprised the excavators of Tuneinir, a site of many ruins in northeastern Syria. Finds including a bread mold and stains on the church's plaster floor produced by dripping chandeliers re-animate the life of this medieval place of worship. Painted plaster lintels recapture the color and beauty of this uncommon mud-brick church.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 2021
Description of the material culture (Cahokia points, pottery, etc.) and red pigment pictograph as... more Description of the material culture (Cahokia points, pottery, etc.) and red pigment pictograph associated with a small rockshelter high above the Missouri River in St. Charles County, MO.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly 36 (4): 12-21, 2019
Archaeological research at Washington State Park in 1959 and 2017 discovered non-perishable artif... more Archaeological research at Washington State Park in 1959 and 2017 discovered non-perishable artifacts that provide insights into the age of the petroglyph panels at 23WA1 and 23WA2. Specifically, both Woodland- and Mississippian-period artifacts have been recovered at the sites.
Missouri Archaeological Society Quarterly, 2019
Results of observing the total solar eclipse at the petroglyph panel at Washington State Park in ... more Results of observing the total solar eclipse at the petroglyph panel at Washington State Park in Missouri. Suggested linkage between two rock art sites and the need to explain solar eclipses.
Missouri Archaeological Quarterly 31(3): 12 - 17, 2014
Description and analysis of a red ochre pictograph site most likely produced during the Mississip... more Description and analysis of a red ochre pictograph site most likely produced during the Mississippian occupation of the Lower Missouri River Valley in the 13th or 14th century AD. DStretch anlaysis is used to interpret evidence of animal hide production. Parallels are drawn with 19th century photographs of hide and meat racks.