Cahokia
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Archaeology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
- Geographical Location: Illinois
- Date: c. 900-1250
Cahokia is a large urban site on the east bank of the Mississippi River valley in what is now Illinois, across the river from St. Louis, Missouri. It is the site of one of several Native American cultural and commercial centers that existed in an area bounded by the Gulf of Mexico and the present states of Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
Large public structures dominate the central part of the site, with smaller ones located at or near the community periphery. Large storage facilities were concentrated in two areas in the northwestern portion of the site. Near the southern edge...
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