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Cahokia - Wikipedia Cahokia Mounds kəˈhoʊkiə (11 MS 2) [2] is the site of a Native American city (which existed c 1050–1350 CE) [3] directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St Louis The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St Louis and Collinsville [4]
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site At its peak, around 1100, this metropolis stretched over 4,000 acres, encompassed about 120 earthen mounds, and hosted a population of nearly 20,000 individuals – larger than London at that time The State of Illinois now protects roughly 2,200 acres of the central portion of the Site
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site: World Heritage Site The earthen mounds at Cahokia offer some of the most complex archaeological sites north of Central Mexico and is a truly unique example of the complex social and economic development of indigenous Americans prior to contact with Europeans
Cahokia - World History Encyclopedia The original name of this city has been lost – Cahokia is a modern-day designation from the tribe that lived nearby in the 19th century – but it flourished between c 600-c 1350 CE
Cahokia: The rise and fall of North America’s largest pre . . . Cahokia was a pre-Columbian city-state It was once the largest urban center north of Mexico It was home to a vibrant culture that rivaled the great cities of Europe at the time Despite its grandeur, Cahokia was overlooked and dismissed as a footnote in history
Cahokia Mounds, Illinois: A Forgotten Native-American City Nicknamed America’s Forgotten City or The City of the Sun, the massive complex once contained as many as 40,000 people and spread across nearly 4,000 acres The most notable features of the site are hand-made earthen mounds which held temples, political buildings, and burial pits