#precolumbian — Public Fediverse posts
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Lujoso espejo wari del periodo Horizonte Medio (600-1000 d.C.) fabricado en madera de aliso (Alnus) con un mosaico de incrustaciones de conchas de Spondylus, nácar, calcedonia y turquesa, con una superficie reflectante de pirita. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Lujoso espejo wari del periodo Horizonte Medio (600-1000 d.C.) fabricado en madera de aliso (Alnus) con un mosaico de incrustaciones de conchas de Spondylus, nácar, calcedonia y turquesa, con una superficie reflectante de pirita. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Lujoso espejo wari del periodo Horizonte Medio (600-1000 d.C.) fabricado en madera de aliso (Alnus) con un mosaico de incrustaciones de conchas de Spondylus, nácar, calcedonia y turquesa, con una superficie reflectante de pirita. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Lujoso espejo wari del periodo Horizonte Medio (600-1000 d.C.) fabricado en madera de aliso (Alnus) con un mosaico de incrustaciones de conchas de Spondylus, nácar, calcedonia y turquesa, con una superficie reflectante de pirita. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Lujoso espejo wari del periodo Horizonte Medio (600-1000 d.C.) fabricado en madera de aliso (Alnus) con un mosaico de incrustaciones de conchas de Spondylus, nácar, calcedonia y turquesa, con una superficie reflectante de pirita. 🏛️Dumbarton Oaks #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Ai Apaec, el héroe mochica (1-800 d.C.) que viaja entre mundos con sus poderes del felino de la tierra, el ave del cielo y la serpiente del subsuelo,. Se embarcó en la misión en recuperar al Sol perdido en el horizonte, adquiriendo las habilidades de los animales custodios que se encuentra, pero muere, renaciendo como el maíz y recuperando el Sol. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Ai Apaec, el héroe mochica (1-800 d.C.) que viaja entre mundos con sus poderes del felino de la tierra, el ave del cielo y la serpiente del subsuelo,. Se embarcó en la misión en recuperar al Sol perdido en el horizonte, adquiriendo las habilidades de los animales custodios que se encuentra, pero muere, renaciendo como el maíz y recuperando el Sol. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Ai Apaec, el héroe mochica (1-800 d.C.) que viaja entre mundos con sus poderes del felino de la tierra, el ave del cielo y la serpiente del subsuelo,. Se embarcó en la misión en recuperar al Sol perdido en el horizonte, adquiriendo las habilidades de los animales custodios que se encuentra, pero muere, renaciendo como el maíz y recuperando el Sol. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Ai Apaec, el héroe mochica (1-800 d.C.) que viaja entre mundos con sus poderes del felino de la tierra, el ave del cielo y la serpiente del subsuelo,. Se embarcó en la misión en recuperar al Sol perdido en el horizonte, adquiriendo las habilidades de los animales custodios que se encuentra, pero muere, renaciendo como el maíz y recuperando el Sol. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Ai Apaec, el héroe mochica (1-800 d.C.) que viaja entre mundos con sus poderes del felino de la tierra, el ave del cielo y la serpiente del subsuelo,. Se embarcó en la misión en recuperar al Sol perdido en el horizonte, adquiriendo las habilidades de los animales custodios que se encuentra, pero muere, renaciendo como el maíz y recuperando el Sol. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Figura de mono, posiblemente doméstico por el collar y los aretes, de la cultura Jama-Coaque (500 a.C.-1530 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Casa del Alabado #ecuador #precolombino #precolumbian
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Figura de mono, posiblemente doméstico por el collar y los aretes, de la cultura Jama-Coaque (500 a.C.-1530 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Casa del Alabado #ecuador #precolombino #precolumbian
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Figura de mono, posiblemente doméstico por el collar y los aretes, de la cultura Jama-Coaque (500 a.C.-1530 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Casa del Alabado #ecuador #precolombino #precolumbian
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Figura de mono, posiblemente doméstico por el collar y los aretes, de la cultura Jama-Coaque (500 a.C.-1530 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Casa del Alabado #ecuador #precolombino #precolumbian
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Figura de mono, posiblemente doméstico por el collar y los aretes, de la cultura Jama-Coaque (500 a.C.-1530 d.C.). 🏛️Museo Casa del Alabado #ecuador #precolombino #precolumbian
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Túnica chimú, posiblemente bajo dominio inca (1450-1550), de fibra de camélido importada y algodón para un hombre de alto rango. Fue creada por partes y por distintas personas, lo que explica las diferencias entre los felinos. 🏛️MET #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Túnica chimú, posiblemente bajo dominio inca (1450-1550), de fibra de camélido importada y algodón para un hombre de alto rango. Fue creada por partes y por distintas personas, lo que explica las diferencias entre los felinos. 🏛️MET #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Túnica chimú, posiblemente bajo dominio inca (1450-1550), de fibra de camélido importada y algodón para un hombre de alto rango. Fue creada por partes y por distintas personas, lo que explica las diferencias entre los felinos. 🏛️MET #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Túnica chimú, posiblemente bajo dominio inca (1450-1550), de fibra de camélido importada y algodón para un hombre de alto rango. Fue creada por partes y por distintas personas, lo que explica las diferencias entre los felinos. 🏛️MET #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Túnica chimú, posiblemente bajo dominio inca (1450-1550), de fibra de camélido importada y algodón para un hombre de alto rango. Fue creada por partes y por distintas personas, lo que explica las diferencias entre los felinos. 🏛️MET #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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La cultura nazca (100-700 d.C.) representó al boto u orca en su famoso geoglifo de 60 metros, pero también en figuras de cerámicas y cuencos desde las culturas paracas y topará. No se trataba de simples imágenes de animales, sino de un ser mítico. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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La cultura nazca (100-700 d.C.) representó al boto u orca en su famoso geoglifo de 60 metros, pero también en figuras de cerámicas y cuencos desde las culturas paracas y topará. No se trataba de simples imágenes de animales, sino de un ser mítico. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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La cultura nazca (100-700 d.C.) representó al boto u orca en su famoso geoglifo de 60 metros, pero también en figuras de cerámicas y cuencos desde las culturas paracas y topará. No se trataba de simples imágenes de animales, sino de un ser mítico. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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La cultura nazca (100-700 d.C.) representó al boto u orca en su famoso geoglifo de 60 metros, pero también en figuras de cerámicas y cuencos desde las culturas paracas y topará. No se trataba de simples imágenes de animales, sino de un ser mítico. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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La cultura nazca (100-700 d.C.) representó al boto u orca en su famoso geoglifo de 60 metros, pero también en figuras de cerámicas y cuencos desde las culturas paracas y topará. No se trataba de simples imágenes de animales, sino de un ser mítico. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Collar de cuarzo con dije del mismo material de 100x55 mm que habría usado un líder moche (200 a.C.-800 d.C.) para distinguirse. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Collar de cuarzo con dije del mismo material de 100x55 mm que habría usado un líder moche (200 a.C.-800 d.C.) para distinguirse. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Collar de cuarzo con dije del mismo material de 100x55 mm que habría usado un líder moche (200 a.C.-800 d.C.) para distinguirse. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Collar de cuarzo con dije del mismo material de 100x55 mm que habría usado un líder moche (200 a.C.-800 d.C.) para distinguirse. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Collar de cuarzo con dije del mismo material de 100x55 mm que habría usado un líder moche (200 a.C.-800 d.C.) para distinguirse. 🏛️Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Manto paracas-nazca de la primera fase del periodo intermedio temprano (s. I d.C.) con imágenes de chamanes con cuatro bloques de color que, por sus errores, se sabe que fue elaborado por cuatro personas, cada una en un bloque de color. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Manto paracas-nazca de la primera fase del periodo intermedio temprano (s. I d.C.) con imágenes de chamanes con cuatro bloques de color que, por sus errores, se sabe que fue elaborado por cuatro personas, cada una en un bloque de color. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Manto paracas-nazca de la primera fase del periodo intermedio temprano (s. I d.C.) con imágenes de chamanes con cuatro bloques de color que, por sus errores, se sabe que fue elaborado por cuatro personas, cada una en un bloque de color. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Manto paracas-nazca de la primera fase del periodo intermedio temprano (s. I d.C.) con imágenes de chamanes con cuatro bloques de color que, por sus errores, se sabe que fue elaborado por cuatro personas, cada una en un bloque de color. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Manto paracas-nazca de la primera fase del periodo intermedio temprano (s. I d.C.) con imágenes de chamanes con cuatro bloques de color que, por sus errores, se sabe que fue elaborado por cuatro personas, cada una en un bloque de color. 🏛️Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston #peru #precolombino #precolumbian
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Mexico Recovers 27 Archaeological and Paleontological Pieces that Remained in Italy https://www.byteseu.com/2204351/ #Archeology #Artifact #Italy #Mexico #Milan #PreColumbian
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Uno de los diez fragmentos de la tela chimú (periodo intermedio tardío: 1200-1290) del prisionero. Se interpreta a un líder masculino rodeado de prisioneros en un patio. El artista pintó rápidamente, mezclando el verde en la propia tela. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #precolombino #precolumbian #peru
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Uno de los diez fragmentos de la tela chimú (periodo intermedio tardío: 1200-1290) del prisionero. Se interpreta a un líder masculino rodeado de prisioneros en un patio. El artista pintó rápidamente, mezclando el verde en la propia tela. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #precolombino #precolumbian #peru
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Uno de los diez fragmentos de la tela chimú (periodo intermedio tardío: 1200-1290) del prisionero. Se interpreta a un líder masculino rodeado de prisioneros en un patio. El artista pintó rápidamente, mezclando el verde en la propia tela. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #precolombino #precolumbian #peru
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Uno de los diez fragmentos de la tela chimú (periodo intermedio tardío: 1200-1290) del prisionero. Se interpreta a un líder masculino rodeado de prisioneros en un patio. El artista pintó rápidamente, mezclando el verde en la propia tela. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #precolombino #precolumbian #peru
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Uno de los diez fragmentos de la tela chimú (periodo intermedio tardío: 1200-1290) del prisionero. Se interpreta a un líder masculino rodeado de prisioneros en un patio. El artista pintó rápidamente, mezclando el verde en la propia tela. 🏛️Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Princeton #precolombino #precolumbian #peru
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
#archaeology #astronomy #math #ancient #science #precolumbian #mesoamerica #indigenous #history #art
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
#archaeology #astronomy #math #ancient #science #precolumbian #mesoamerica #indigenous #history #art
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
#archaeology #astronomy #math #ancient #science #precolumbian #mesoamerica #indigenous #history #art
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
#archaeology #astronomy #math #ancient #science #precolumbian #mesoamerica #indigenous #history #art
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
#archaeology #astronomy #math #ancient #science #precolumbian #mesoamerica #indigenous #history #art
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Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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https://americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-globe-ancient-urbanism-on <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/north-americas-first-city-20000-people-in-1050-c-e/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131030-cahokia-native-american-flood-mystery-archaeology-pollen <-- shared technical media article
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https://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 -
Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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https://americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-globe-ancient-urbanism-on <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/north-americas-first-city-20000-people-in-1050-c-e/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131030-cahokia-native-american-flood-mystery-archaeology-pollen <-- shared technical media article
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https://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 -
Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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https://americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-globe-ancient-urbanism-on <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/north-americas-first-city-20000-people-in-1050-c-e/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131030-cahokia-native-american-flood-mystery-archaeology-pollen <-- shared technical media article
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https://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 -
Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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https://americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-globe-ancient-urbanism-on <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/north-americas-first-city-20000-people-in-1050-c-e/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131030-cahokia-native-american-flood-mystery-archaeology-pollen <-- shared technical media article
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https://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 -
Ancient Urbanism on the Mississippi - The Geography of Cahokia
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https://americangeo.substack.com/p/the-ags-globe-ancient-urbanism-on <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2019.00006 <-- shared paper
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https://libarts.source.colostate.edu/north-americas-first-city-20000-people-in-1050-c-e/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131030-cahokia-native-american-flood-mystery-archaeology-pollen <-- shared technical media article
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https://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…”
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