The Center for American Archeology, or CAA, is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education institution located along the banks of the Illinois River, in Kampsville, Illinois, USA. It is dedicated to the exploration of the culture of prehistoric Native Americans, and, to a lesser extent, the European settlers who supplanted them.
Founded on what is often referred to as the "Nile of North America," the region surrounding the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Illinois River, the Center for American Archaeology specializes in North American pre-Columbian cultures of the area. Due to layers of settlement along the rivers, it is particularly rich in Woodland Period, especially Middle Woodland Hopewell culture, and Mississippian culture artifacts. The Center has been associated with years of excavation at the Koster Site in Greene County, Illinois. Researchers have uncovered evidence of more than 7,000 years of human habitation, back to the Early Archaic period. The center is located about 90 minutes from St. Louis and from the Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois.
The Kamp Store is the CAA's Visitor’s Center and Museum. It is a converted early 1900s mercantile building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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