The Visitor Information Center houses exhibits and
displays that explain the use and layout of the site and show
artifacts found during archeological excavations. Also on
display is a dugout canoe.This display explains how chipped stone tools were made at Toltec. Visitors learn that chert, novaculite and quartz are shaped into tools by chipping or flaking. When force is applied it spreads evenly in all directions, causing the stone to break with a predictable cone-shaped fracture. Visitors learn that percussion flaking is done by applying force through striking and pressure flaking results from applying force by pressing against the edge of the stone.
Visitors to the Information Center can also learn about
pottery at Toltec, which is abundant on the site. It is
tempered with particles of grog and is typical of Late Woodland
period pottery in the Mississippi Valley. Most of the
decoration is simple, with incised lines or rows of punctations
along the rim and generally falls within the broad type of Coles
Creek Incised in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
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