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The Lilbourn Mace points to New Madrid County's mound-town archaeology
Mizzou's Museum of Anthropology ties the Lilbourn Mace to a fortified mound site in New Madrid County, adding a museum-research layer to the county's story.
New Madrid County’s archaeology is not only something visible in the ground. Mizzou’s Museum of Anthropology ties the Lilbourn Mace to Lilbourn, a fortified mound site with occupation dated to roughly the mid-13th to early-15th century.
That gives the county a museum-research layer. Local history here includes artifacts, excavations, and public-school-era land changes as well as riverfront exhibits and state historic sites.
For a place page, this note keeps the Lilbourn area from disappearing behind larger New Madrid and Mississippi River narratives.
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