Cahokia Mounds


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Cahokia Mounds
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Origin

• First settled in 650 A.D.
• Mound building began in 1050 A.D.
• Original name unknown

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Monks Mound

• Central focus of ceremonial center
• Largest man-made earthen mound in North America
• History Channel stated Worlds Largest Pyramid

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Location

• Near Collinsville Illinois
• Near Mississippi River
• Building began at the beginning of the
  Mississippian cultural period

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Famous for

• Building giant mounds
• -some as high as 100 ft
• No legends records or mention of them by the
  local tribes
• Population- as many as 20000

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Decline

• Started in 1200 A.D.
• Reasons
• - climate changes
• - war
• - diseases
• -drought
• Completely abandoned by 1400 A.D.