Verified38.6600° N · 90.0600° W · 130 m
Cahokia Mounds
Cahokia
Emergent Mississippian to Stirling phase·Mississippian (Illinoian)·🇺🇸 Illinois, St. Clair County, United States
About
About Cahokia Mounds
Largest Mississippian centre (650–1400 CE) with 120 mounds including Monks Mound (30 m, 1000x700 ft base, largest earthen platform north of Mexico). Population 10–20,000 at 1050 CE peak – larger than London.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 900–1200 CE (Monks Mound c.900–1050)
- Period
- Emergent Mississippian to Stirling phase
- Culture
- Mississippian (Illinoian)
- Purpose
- Political-religious capital of Mississippian world
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 900–1200 CE (Monks Mound c.900–1050)
Initial construction
c. 1699 CE
Major expansion
Location
Where it is
38.6600° N · 90.0600° W · 130 m
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