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Today, the Cahokia Mounds are considered to be the largest and most complex archaeological site north of the great pre-Columbian cities in Mexico. The city's original name is unknown. The mounds were later named after the Cahokia tribe, a historic Illiniwek people living in the area when the first French explorers arrived in the 17th century. [8]
The Dickson Mounds Museum is a museum erected on the site in 1972 by the U.S. state of Illinois; it describes the life cycles and culture of Native Americans living in the Illinois River valley over a period of 12,000 years since the last ice age. The museum is part of the Illinois State Museum system. [5]
A mound complex which includes mounds, a geometric enclosure and numerous habitation areas, it is the largest group of Middle Woodland mounds in the United States. The complex covers approximately 400 acres (1.6 km 2) and contains at least 30 mounds, 17 of which have been identified as being completely or partially constructed by prehistoric ...
The mounds in Beattie Park probably date from the early part of the time period 700-1100, when most of the effigy mounds seem to have been built. The grouping represents the remnants of a cluster that originally included nine conical mounds, a linear mound, an earthen embankment, and two effigy mounds: a bird and a turtle. [2]
The Kincaid Mounds Historic Site (11MX2-11; 11PO2-10) [3] c. 1050–1400 CE, [4] is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the southern tip of present-day U.S. state of Illinois, along the Ohio River.
[3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...
The Starr Village and Mound Group , is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located on a bluff overlooking Macoupin Creek southwest of Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois. [ 1 ] Artifacts
Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica.The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, the mound size was calculated in 1988 as about 100 feet (30 m) high, 955 feet (291 m) long including the access ramp at the southern end ...