Cobb Institute of Archaeology Museum
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Description

The Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum of Archaeology serves to complement the research mission of the Cobb Institute by providing exhibits and related opportunities for outreach education for the university community and the general public. Its gallery principally displays artifacts related to the Native American cultures of the Southeastern United States and the civilizations of the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The most recent exhibits have featured materials from the Institute's major on-going field projects. These include displays of artifacts from excavations at Lyon's Bluff, a 14-15th century A.D. Mississippian period settlement site in Oktibbeha County, MS; and from work at Tell Halif in southern Israel where late 8th century B.C. Israelite period household remains were found.

History

Named to honor Lois Dowdle Cobb the Museum's holdings include a number of important collections of Middle Eastern artifacts. The Museum also houses a significant collection of casts of ancient Near Eastern sculptures and panels which it holds on long term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Among these are replicas of the Code of Hammurabi, the Moabite Stone, the Black Obelisk of Shalmanezer III and the Rosetta Stone. In addition, the holdings include a significant collection of ancient coins assembled by the Institute's first director, E.J. Vardaman. Displays of materials from the Southeastern United States are assembled from the Institute's substantial collections of curated materials and from excavations and work in progress. These include interpretive exhibits on pottery manufacture and the chronology of pottery and flint tool types, along with displays of faunal and environmental remains and other artifacts relating to the Native American inhabitants of the Southeastern United States prior to and following European contact.

Artifact Collections

Native American artifacts from the Southeastern United States and artifacts from the cultures of the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin.

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March 29 - 31, 2025

Ohio Museum Asociation 2025 Annual Conference - Athens

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Athens, Ohio

March 30 - 31, 2025

North Carolina Museums Council 2025 Annual Conference

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Raleigh, North Carolina

March 31 - April 3, 2025

Arkansas Museums Association 2025 Conference

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Washington, Arkansas

April 5 - 8, 2025

New York Museum Association 2025 Conference in Ithaca, NY

Ithaca Downtown Conference Center

Ithaca, New York

April 6 - 8, 2025

Nebraska Museum Association 2025 Conference

Hosted by the Knight Museum in Alliance, Nebraska

United States

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