Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
World Heritage
USA
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Located approximately 13 km northeast of St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia Mounds is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was primarily inhabited during the Mississippian period (800-1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 hectares and included about 120 mounds. It is a classic example of a complex chiefdom society, with many satellite mound centers and numerous outlying hamlets and villages. This agricultural society may have numbered 10-20,000 people at its peak between 1050 and 1150. Major features of the site include the Monks Mound, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas, covering more than 5 hectares and standing 30 meters high.
# Mississippi Period
# Pre-Columbian Settlements
# Emirate Society
# Mound Center
# Agricultural Society
# Monks Mound
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