The Mitchell Archaeological Site is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located at the western end of University Drive in

Mitchell Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territo ...

, Illinois. The site includes a platform mound and the remains of a village; while it once included several other mounds, they have been destroyed by modern activity.

Mississippian Mississippian may refer to: * Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago *Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...

peoples inhabited the site c. 1150–1200. The site is affiliated with the Cahokia settlement system and was the largest site in the system except for Cahokia itself. However, the majority of the site was destroyed by the construction of Interstate 270; known information about the site mainly comes from salvage excavations conducted before the highway was built.Bodner, Connie. ''National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mitchell Archeological Site''. National Park Service, 1976-08. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1978.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois Mississippian culture Mounds in Illinois {{MadisonCountyIL-NRHP-stub