In the American Midwest, a mysterious location exhibits the ancient ingenuity of the indigenous people of North America. The Cahokia Mounds site stands on the other side of the river from what is now ...

ST. LOUIS — A recent study has cast doubt on the long-held belief that drought, caused the decline of Cahokia, a once-thriving Native American settlement near present-day St. Louis. The Cahokia Mounds ...

COLLINSVILLE — A movement to designate Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as part of the National Park System may be picking up again. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have reintroduced a ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is one of the most studied Native American sites in the country. Recently, Saint Louis University professors, students and visiting scholars ...

1981 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - Map of the inscribed property 2016 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - Map of the inscribed property Clarification / adopted 2016 Cahokia Mounds State ...

CHICAGO -- While she was teaching, architectural historian Sally A. Kitt Chappell specialized in modern buildings and city planning, but in retirement she has turned her eyes to some of Illinois' ...

Jeanette Cohill volunteers at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. But on Sunday, she was among the visitors to the 12th annual Contemporary Indian Art Show at the site. "I had to come and look ...

The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois. Archaeologist Natalie Mueller's new study casts ...

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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 ...