Cahokia Mounds.......

[superduty]

I live near these mounds which are located near the St Louis metro area. They are one of the biggest mound complexes in North America. Its a very informative place to visit if you enjoy Native American artifacts. Heres a few pics of my own and some links..

















Cahokia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





Archaeology of Cahokia Mounds





Cahokia Mounds - The oldest archeaological site in America

[echostar61]

Cool Pics SD, There sure is some Nice Places located near you
Thanks for sharing

Terri

[EBCIII]

Very cool SD!! I would for sure like to see those, Beale.

[Buster]

Very cool indeed Superduty........Buster.....

[superduty]

hey Terri you got any pics of Conner Prairie ?? Sounds like a cool place. Theres a place like it near Springfield IL called New Salem. Abe Lincoln lived there for a short time.

[EPC Guy]

When we were kids living in Indiana, we would go to Lake of the Ozarks, MO each year for vacation...passing thru the St. Louis area one year - we stopped to visit this site...I was young - but enjoyed it!

[echostar61]

Originally Posted by superduty

hey Terri you got any pics of Conner Prairie ?? Sounds like a cool place. Theres a place like it near Springfield IL called New Salem. Abe Lincoln lived there for a short time.

No, I dont know why but I didnt take any
I have some of the canal in Metamora that are nice

Terri

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Those are pretty cool SD....imagine trying to build those....with shovels....or no shovels....too cool...

[superduty]

Originally Posted by Tn Dirt Digger

Those are pretty cool SD....imagine trying to build those....with shovels....or no shovels....too cool...

I think they probably taxed people. They probably said" if you want to do business in our town you must deliver a certain number of baskets of dirt to the temple" and over the years it just added up. They think 20,ooo plus people lived there at the time of its greatest population.

[janiece]

Nice photos! I haven't been there for several years and should get back there again. The last time I went I was with two other people and we were on our way back from a ballgame. I could have spent a lot more time there but they were ready to go so we did. I need to get back to Kampsville, too. I used to attend some programs there but haven't for years.