The John Chapman Village Site is a prehistoric archaeological site located in the Apple River Valley south of

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. The site includes a village area and a platform mound; the latter is the only known platform mound in the Apple River Valley. The village was occupied from roughly 1100 to 1250 A.D., toward the end of the

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and the beginning of the Mississippian period; it is associated with a transitional phase between the two periods known as the Bennett Phase. Archaeologists have hypothesized that the site formed part of a trade network between

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and settlements further north, such as Aztalan, as evidenced by the artifacts found at the site.Schroeder, Marjorie, and Millhouse, Philip G. ''National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: John Chapman Village Site''.

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, July 2009. The site was added to the

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on December 10, 2009.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Jo Daviess County, Illinois Late Woodland period {{JoDaviessCountyIL-NRHP-stub