Rankin standing with a shovel in a very deep trench. (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Rankin standing with a shovel in a very deep trench.

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Sediments from excavations at Mound 5 reveal that the north plaza was a wetland prior to, and after, mound construction.

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Photo courtesy Caitlin Rankin

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