The Lawrenceville Rotary Club is hosting a discussion tonight that could shed some light on the discovery of a thriving Native American settlement from 600 to 800 years ago in Lawrence County. Dr. B. Jacob Skousen of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and the Illinois Association for the Advancement of Archaeology will be at the Lawrenceville High School auditorium for the free presentation starting tonight at 7pm. Skousen surveyed property northeast of Lawrenceville known as “Otter Pond”. That survey last year revealed a village with small living areas, a commons and a large temple. According to Skousen there are nine mounds in the vicinity of Otter Pond leading him to call it smaller scale Cahokia Mounds.
