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Cahokia Mounds (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 03 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an ancient Native American Mississippian city (ca. 600-1400 CE) and other prehistoric Indian mounds; located on the Mississippi River; the suburbs of the ancient city are found in East St. Louis, 8 miles away; was largest city on the continent. |
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| Cahokia Mounds (preferred,C,V)
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| Cahokia (C,V)
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............ | site is named after a 17th-cen. tribe that lived nearby, & does not reflect the name of the ancient Mississippians |
| Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (C,V)
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| Cahokia Mounds State Park (C,V)
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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flourished by 1,000 CE, declined by 1350 CE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| state park (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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| Mississippian (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| historical connection .... |
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Kentucky, Ballard county) [8712706] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Cahokia .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Illinois, Saint Clair county) [7013489] |
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