Professors from local colleges are really digging Spiro these days.
Archeologist from Oklahoma University and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith were at the Spiro Mounds, in Spiro Okla., conducting remote sensing.
Remote sensing allows archeologist to use machines to determine if artifacts are underneath the ground. Once they know the location, they can begin digging for the pieces.
According to Dennis Peterson, manager at Spiro Mounds Archeological Center, pieces from Spiro, Okla., can be found all over the world.
Peterson said the Spiro Mounds were the first and only historic site in the state that people could attend.
According to Scott Hammerstedt, an archeologist professor at Oklahoma University, major digging has not taken place at the mounds since 1982.
Hammerstedt said some small digging happened in October of 2014, but the first major digging of the site will happen this summer with students form Oklahoma University and the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.
Students will spend five weeks at the mounds digging for pieces of history. The students will receive five college credits for their work.
Peterson said "We think it's important for the history of Oklahoma, the history of Arkansas, this whole area, knowing who was here before us, how they lived [and] what they did with their lives."
The Spiro Mounds Archeological Center houses the arts and items discovered at the mounds.
Peterson said the center has been open since 1978.