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  1. Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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    americangeo.substack.com/p/the <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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    libarts.source.colostate.edu/n <-- shared technical article
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    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical media article
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia <-- shared wiki page
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    H/T @American Geographical Society
    “When people think of pre-Columbian cities in the Americas before European colonization, examples such as Tenochtitlan, Chichen Itza, or Cusco usually come to mind. However, few know that there is another pre-Columbian city located in the present-day United States: Cahokia. Known for its impressive mounds, Cahokia in the 12th century CE was the largest metropolitan area and the most complex political system in North America north of Mexico.
    Cahokia was a dynamic urban center with large-scale cultural influence. That cultural influence is called the term “Mississippian.” The Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands depended on an area of high natural and agricultural productivity, and absorbed much of the rural population in the development of Cahokia, transforming their labor from agriculture to public works. Archaeologists use “Mississippian” to refer to people who were part of a cultural tradition whose maximal expression occurred at Cahokia, and that was widespread across major portions of the Mississippi River valley, the Southeastern U.S., and beyond toward the Gulf Coast and as far north/northwest as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Cahokia had religious, political, and cultural exchanges over this vast area.
    At its peak, the population of Cahokia was believed to be roughly between 10,000 and 40,000 people, rivaling the size of many European cities at the time. As it collapsed, its population reoccupied the countryside, and later, left the region. The ability to study the full course of a city’s life from development to collapse and abandonment is rare, and studying Cahokia reveals important insights on early urban life at the hub of a vast riverine trade network spanning North America. Despite the ancient city’s prominence in the Eastern Woodlands area during the Mississippian Period (900 - 1600 CE), much has yet to be uncovered about this settlement…”
    #water #hydrology #ancienthistory #AGSGlobe #Mississippian #Urbanism #Mississippi #Geography #Cahokia #FirstNation #preColumbian #Missouri #mounds #archaeology #NorthAmerica #urban #city #foodsecurity #watersecurity #metropolitan #ancient #culture #spatialanalysis
    @AmericanGeographicalSociety

  2. Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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    americangeo.substack.com/p/the <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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    libarts.source.colostate.edu/n <-- shared technical article
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    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical media article
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia <-- shared wiki page
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    H/T @American Geographical Society
    “When people think of pre-Columbian cities in the Americas before European colonization, examples such as Tenochtitlan, Chichen Itza, or Cusco usually come to mind. However, few know that there is another pre-Columbian city located in the present-day United States: Cahokia. Known for its impressive mounds, Cahokia in the 12th century CE was the largest metropolitan area and the most complex political system in North America north of Mexico.
    Cahokia was a dynamic urban center with large-scale cultural influence. That cultural influence is called the term “Mississippian.” The Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands depended on an area of high natural and agricultural productivity, and absorbed much of the rural population in the development of Cahokia, transforming their labor from agriculture to public works. Archaeologists use “Mississippian” to refer to people who were part of a cultural tradition whose maximal expression occurred at Cahokia, and that was widespread across major portions of the Mississippi River valley, the Southeastern U.S., and beyond toward the Gulf Coast and as far north/northwest as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Cahokia had religious, political, and cultural exchanges over this vast area.
    At its peak, the population of Cahokia was believed to be roughly between 10,000 and 40,000 people, rivaling the size of many European cities at the time. As it collapsed, its population reoccupied the countryside, and later, left the region. The ability to study the full course of a city’s life from development to collapse and abandonment is rare, and studying Cahokia reveals important insights on early urban life at the hub of a vast riverine trade network spanning North America. Despite the ancient city’s prominence in the Eastern Woodlands area during the Mississippian Period (900 - 1600 CE), much has yet to be uncovered about this settlement…”

    @AmericanGeographicalSociety

  3. Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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    americangeo.substack.com/p/the <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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    libarts.source.colostate.edu/n <-- shared technical article
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    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical media article
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia <-- shared wiki page
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    H/T @American Geographical Society
    “When people think of pre-Columbian cities in the Americas before European colonization, examples such as Tenochtitlan, Chichen Itza, or Cusco usually come to mind. However, few know that there is another pre-Columbian city located in the present-day United States: Cahokia. Known for its impressive mounds, Cahokia in the 12th century CE was the largest metropolitan area and the most complex political system in North America north of Mexico.
    Cahokia was a dynamic urban center with large-scale cultural influence. That cultural influence is called the term “Mississippian.” The Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands depended on an area of high natural and agricultural productivity, and absorbed much of the rural population in the development of Cahokia, transforming their labor from agriculture to public works. Archaeologists use “Mississippian” to refer to people who were part of a cultural tradition whose maximal expression occurred at Cahokia, and that was widespread across major portions of the Mississippi River valley, the Southeastern U.S., and beyond toward the Gulf Coast and as far north/northwest as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Cahokia had religious, political, and cultural exchanges over this vast area.
    At its peak, the population of Cahokia was believed to be roughly between 10,000 and 40,000 people, rivaling the size of many European cities at the time. As it collapsed, its population reoccupied the countryside, and later, left the region. The ability to study the full course of a city’s life from development to collapse and abandonment is rare, and studying Cahokia reveals important insights on early urban life at the hub of a vast riverine trade network spanning North America. Despite the ancient city’s prominence in the Eastern Woodlands area during the Mississippian Period (900 - 1600 CE), much has yet to be uncovered about this settlement…”
    #water #hydrology #ancienthistory #AGSGlobe #Mississippian #Urbanism #Mississippi #Geography #Cahokia #FirstNation #preColumbian #Missouri #mounds #archaeology #NorthAmerica #urban #city #foodsecurity #watersecurity #metropolitan #ancient #culture #spatialanalysis
    @AmericanGeographicalSociety

  4. Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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    americangeo.substack.com/p/the <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
    --
    libarts.source.colostate.edu/n <-- shared technical article
    --
    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical media article
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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia <-- shared wiki page
    --
    H/T @American Geographical Society
    “When people think of pre-Columbian cities in the Americas before European colonization, examples such as Tenochtitlan, Chichen Itza, or Cusco usually come to mind. However, few know that there is another pre-Columbian city located in the present-day United States: Cahokia. Known for its impressive mounds, Cahokia in the 12th century CE was the largest metropolitan area and the most complex political system in North America north of Mexico.
    Cahokia was a dynamic urban center with large-scale cultural influence. That cultural influence is called the term “Mississippian.” The Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands depended on an area of high natural and agricultural productivity, and absorbed much of the rural population in the development of Cahokia, transforming their labor from agriculture to public works. Archaeologists use “Mississippian” to refer to people who were part of a cultural tradition whose maximal expression occurred at Cahokia, and that was widespread across major portions of the Mississippi River valley, the Southeastern U.S., and beyond toward the Gulf Coast and as far north/northwest as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Cahokia had religious, political, and cultural exchanges over this vast area.
    At its peak, the population of Cahokia was believed to be roughly between 10,000 and 40,000 people, rivaling the size of many European cities at the time. As it collapsed, its population reoccupied the countryside, and later, left the region. The ability to study the full course of a city’s life from development to collapse and abandonment is rare, and studying Cahokia reveals important insights on early urban life at the hub of a vast riverine trade network spanning North America. Despite the ancient city’s prominence in the Eastern Woodlands area during the Mississippian Period (900 - 1600 CE), much has yet to be uncovered about this settlement…”
    #water #hydrology #ancienthistory #AGSGlobe #Mississippian #Urbanism #Mississippi #Geography #Cahokia #FirstNation #preColumbian #Missouri #mounds #archaeology #NorthAmerica #urban #city #foodsecurity #watersecurity #metropolitan #ancient #culture #spatialanalysis
    @AmericanGeographicalSociety

  5. Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
    --
    americangeo.substack.com/p/the <-- shared technical article
    --
    doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
    --
    libarts.source.colostate.edu/n <-- shared technical article
    --
    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical media article
    --
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia <-- shared wiki page
    --
    H/T @American Geographical Society
    “When people think of pre-Columbian cities in the Americas before European colonization, examples such as Tenochtitlan, Chichen Itza, or Cusco usually come to mind. However, few know that there is another pre-Columbian city located in the present-day United States: Cahokia. Known for its impressive mounds, Cahokia in the 12th century CE was the largest metropolitan area and the most complex political system in North America north of Mexico.
    Cahokia was a dynamic urban center with large-scale cultural influence. That cultural influence is called the term “Mississippian.” The Mississippian culture in the Eastern Woodlands depended on an area of high natural and agricultural productivity, and absorbed much of the rural population in the development of Cahokia, transforming their labor from agriculture to public works. Archaeologists use “Mississippian” to refer to people who were part of a cultural tradition whose maximal expression occurred at Cahokia, and that was widespread across major portions of the Mississippi River valley, the Southeastern U.S., and beyond toward the Gulf Coast and as far north/northwest as Wisconsin and South Dakota. Cahokia had religious, political, and cultural exchanges over this vast area.
    At its peak, the population of Cahokia was believed to be roughly between 10,000 and 40,000 people, rivaling the size of many European cities at the time. As it collapsed, its population reoccupied the countryside, and later, left the region. The ability to study the full course of a city’s life from development to collapse and abandonment is rare, and studying Cahokia reveals important insights on early urban life at the hub of a vast riverine trade network spanning North America. Despite the ancient city’s prominence in the Eastern Woodlands area during the Mississippian Period (900 - 1600 CE), much has yet to be uncovered about this settlement…”
    #water #hydrology #ancienthistory #AGSGlobe #Mississippian #Urbanism #Mississippi #Geography #Cahokia #FirstNation #preColumbian #Missouri #mounds #archaeology #NorthAmerica #urban #city #foodsecurity #watersecurity #metropolitan #ancient #culture #spatialanalysis
    @AmericanGeographicalSociety

  6. Scientists believe corn farming may have fueled the rapid rise of Cahokia, North America’s largest ancient city… before climate disasters and unrest brought it down.
    #Cahokia #LostCivilization #AncientMysteries #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  7. Scientists believe corn farming may have fueled the rapid rise of Cahokia, North America’s largest ancient city… before climate disasters and unrest brought it down.
    #Cahokia #LostCivilization #AncientMysteries #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  8. @sundogplanets

    The book _A Universe Less Traveled_ about an alternate timeline in which an earthquake hits #StLouis, followed by reconstruction that unites the city, also features a thriving #Cahokia based on indigenous principles. Will have to check out this other take!

    ericvonschrader.com/book-1

  9. @sundogplanets

    The book _A Universe Less Traveled_ about an alternate timeline in which an earthquake hits #StLouis, followed by reconstruction that unites the city, also features a thriving #Cahokia based on indigenous principles. Will have to check out this other take!

    ericvonschrader.com/book-1

  10. Most of the roads and #trails used by Native Americans did not make it into written history, but interestingly, one of the few that did is near me. Known as the Edwards Trace, it originally ran from #Cahokia near #StLouis to #Peoria #Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_

  11. Most of the roads and #trails used by Native Americans did not make it into written history, but interestingly, one of the few that did is near me. Known as the Edwards Trace, it originally ran from #Cahokia near #StLouis to #Peoria #Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_

  12. Most of the roads and #trails used by Native Americans did not make it into written history, but interestingly, one of the few that did is near me. Known as the Edwards Trace, it originally ran from #Cahokia near #StLouis to #Peoria #Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_

  13. Most of the roads and #trails used by Native Americans did not make it into written history, but interestingly, one of the few that did is near me. Known as the Edwards Trace, it originally ran from #Cahokia near #StLouis to #Peoria #Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_

  14. Most of the roads and #trails used by Native Americans did not make it into written history, but interestingly, one of the few that did is near me. Known as the Edwards Trace, it originally ran from #Cahokia near #StLouis to #Peoria #Illinois en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_

  15. Trying to get a very basic sense of land use in Cahokia to give some non-European and colonial content in the history chunk of my zoning class en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia #Cahokia

  16. Trying to get a very basic sense of land use in Cahokia to give some non-European and colonial content in the history chunk of my zoning class en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia #Cahokia

  17. 🌍🗿 Cahokia’s secrets unlocked! New analysis of a massive 1124 CE wooden post reveals America’s lost megacity’s peak—transported 110 miles, symbolizing vast trade & influence. Why did it vanish? Read more: thedebrief.org/the-rise-and-my

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Cahokia #AncientAmerica #ArchaeologyMystery #LostCity

  18. A newly dated wooden monument reveals how far Cahokia’s reach extended—and how its monumental heart slowed by 1175 CE. The rise and fall of North America’s first city, told through one pole. #Archaeology #Cahokia #HumanOrigins #History anthropology.net/p/when-the-po

  19. A newly dated wooden monument reveals how far Cahokia’s reach extended—and how its monumental heart slowed by 1175 CE. The rise and fall of North America’s first city, told through one pole. #Archaeology #Cahokia #HumanOrigins #History anthropology.net/p/when-the-po

  20. If you're coming to the 2025 #FreeCAD #NorthAmerican Meetup this August 8-10, this handy wikivoyage page should help you make the most of your visit to Central #Illinois (go see #Cahokia too tho btw) en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Springf

  21. If you're coming to the 2025 #FreeCAD #NorthAmerican Meetup this August 8-10, this handy wikivoyage page should help you make the most of your visit to Central #Illinois (go see #Cahokia too tho btw) en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Springf

  22. En el estado norteamericano de Illinois se encuentran los restos de Cahokia, un yacimiento arqueológico amerindio que fue una importante ciudad precolombina. Su historia se remonta al siglo VIII, o al menos eso sugieren los restos encontrados. Sus habitantes cultivaban maíz y trabajaban el cobre, y no fue hasta mediados del siglo X cuando se fundó el asentamiento de Cahokia, que atrajo a muchas personas de los alrededores, lo que lo convirtió en un importante centro de comercio. La ciudad estaba amurallada, y los edificios importantes estaban protegidos detrás de sus muros. Su declive llegó entre los años 1200 y 1400, cuando la población comenzó a abandonarlo, se piensa que por la sequía o por conflictos políticos. Protegidas por la UNESCO, sus pirámides verdes en los alrededores de la ciudad de San Luís esconden para siempre los misterios de la mayor civilización al norte del río Grande. Al más grande se le conoce como el Túmulo del Monje, y mide nada menos que 30,5 metros, sobre una base de 316 metros. Sin duda, fue un edificio importante.

    #articulos
    #cahokia

  23. En el estado norteamericano de Illinois se encuentran los restos de Cahokia, un yacimiento arqueológico amerindio que fue una importante ciudad precolombina. Su historia se remonta al siglo VIII, o al menos eso sugieren los restos encontrados. Sus habitantes cultivaban maíz y trabajaban el cobre, y no fue hasta mediados del siglo X cuando se fundó el asentamiento de Cahokia, que atrajo a muchas personas de los alrededores, lo que lo convirtió en un importante centro de comercio. La ciudad estaba amurallada, y los edificios importantes estaban protegidos detrás de sus muros. Su declive llegó entre los años 1200 y 1400, cuando la población comenzó a abandonarlo, se piensa que por la sequía o por conflictos políticos. Protegidas por la UNESCO, sus pirámides verdes en los alrededores de la ciudad de San Luís esconden para siempre los misterios de la mayor civilización al norte del río Grande. Al más grande se le conoce como el Túmulo del Monje, y mide nada menos que 30,5 metros, sobre una base de 316 metros. Sin duda, fue un edificio importante.

    #articulos
    #cahokia

  24. This mound might not look like much to us today, but it’s the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas—part of a #vibrant community often called “America’s Oldest City.”

    Around AD 1150, Cahokia was the largest prehistoric community north of Mexico, with as many as 20,000 residents (larger than most European cities). #opcWeeklyTheme 📷

    #Illinois #MoundBuilders #MississippiRiver #prehistory #Cahokia #StatePark

  25. This mound might not look like much to us today, but it’s the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas—part of a #vibrant community often called “America’s Oldest City.”

    Around AD 1150, Cahokia was the largest prehistoric community north of Mexico, with as many as 20,000 residents (larger than most European cities). #opcWeeklyTheme 📷

    #Illinois #MoundBuilders #MississippiRiver #prehistory #Cahokia #StatePark

  26. Argh, trying to plan a little trip and the visitor center at #Cahokia Mounds (the remnants of an ancient pre-Columbian North American city near St. Louis) is still closed for renovations... Closed since March 2022, although the site is still open, it's just not the same without that extra background #STL