Looter Tunnel 1938 at the Spiro site.(Permission Sam Nobel Museum of Natural History)Â
Temple Mound, Spiro, 1936, showing the ragged destruction by the looters.(Permission Oklahoma Historical Society)Â
Spiro Mounds Archeological Center signageMIKE CATHEY | Photo
Recent photo of Craigâs Mound at Spiro Mounds Archeological Center.MIKE CATHEY | PhotoÂ
Artist s conception of Spiro Mounds viewed from the west.(Permission Spiro Mounds Archeological Center)Â
Herb Roe
When they were unearthed in 1935, Oklahomaâs Spiro Mounds were dubbed by the Kansas City Star, âa King Tut tomb in the Arkansas Valley.â The mounds held thousands of richly-decorated, sophisticated artifacts from Native American Mississippian people, who thrived in the area before the arrival of European settlers.