Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is a wonderful resource for educating young students about the settlement known today as Cahokia, but as it turns out, it’s even better at igniting debates.

Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800–1400), when it ...

The architecture is telling too: The organization of the mounds in Cahokia leads archeologists to believe this city had some level of urban planning, and was not just a collection of villages.

Cancel anytime. Take a look from the air at the 2,200 acre Cahokia Mounds state historic site that was once home to a large prehistoric native civilization. Video by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@ ...

“Seeing it makes people realize that American Indians in this area were highly organized,” says Bill Iseminger, assistant manager of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. “They had a complex society ...

The Cahokia Mounds are just a few miles east from downtown St. Louis. It is a historic site in southern Illinois. 3 Habits You Should Start Now for Longevity, According to a New Study Butterfinger ...

The inhabitants of Cahokia did not use a writing system, and researchers today rely heavily on archaeology to interpret it. The name of the people who built the mounds is lost to time, so the city ...

Excavations at Cahokia, famous for its pre-Columbian mounds, challenge the idea that residents destroyed the city through wood clearing. By Asher Elbein A thousand years ago, a city rose on the ...

“People from around the world come here to see the Cahokia Mounds, and it’s right in our backyard,” said Amy Wagenknecht, one of the students’ teachers. The students were among the ...

One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic ...

View of Monks Mound Temple at Cahokia Mounds as seen through the the award-winning app which makes on location views possible. The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society has won an excellence award for ...