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Archaeologist tells Rock Island council features at Mile and Bottoms are likely modern fill; residents question city messaging and TIF changes
Summary
At the study session, archaeologist and Rock Island resident Addison Kimmel reported probes and LiDAR analysis indicate the contested surface features at the Mile and Bottoms development are modern fill, not pre-contact Native American burial mounds; residents pushed back on a city social-media post and asked for access to an amended right-of-entry and clarity on a TIF change and project labeling.
Addison Kimmel, who identified herself as the author of the archaeological report and a Rock Island resident, told the council that field probes, soil profiles and LiDAR imagery indicate the surface features near the proposed Mile and Bottoms development are disturbed, modern fill rather than pre-contact Native American burial mounds. Kimmel said ‘‘no human remains or artifacts of any kind were found during testing’’ and that the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) reviewing archaeologist approved the report.
Kimmel described testing of two features she labeled Surface Feature 1 and Surface Feature 2. For Surface Feature 1 she said probes found an organic topsoil-like horizon…
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