Amanda Regnier News Today

The public is invited to the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center from 1-4 p.m., May 13 for a 45th anniversary and reopening celebration of the site.

Students and faculty of the University of Oklahoma and staff members at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey have launched excavations at the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center.

7 min to read For decades after the 1920s, even to self-described Oklahoma history buffs like current Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, a nearly forgotten tragedy laid buried in the city’s collective memory — and as Bynum would discover, much to his horror, the city itself.  A century later and after numerous roadblocks to continuing the investigation, Bynum, several OU archaeologists and national scholars hope to bring a measure of justice to the victims of the Tulsa Race Mas...

The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum is featuring a new exhibit about the Spiro Mounds titled “Spiro and the Art of the Mississippian World.” This new exhibit, which opened Feb. 12, explores the archeological and historical data connecting the Spiro site to other communities throughout North and Central America, according to the museum’s website. Faculty from the University of Oklahoma, including Amanda Regnier and Patrick Livingood, as well as other speakers from acro...