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Monks Mound
Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
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Tagscahokia
4 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mississippian (c.1050–1250 CE) Early–Middle Mississippian Stirling phase · Mississippian (Cahokia)
The Mitchell Site (11S2) is a Middle Mississippian mound-and-village suburb of Greater Cahokia on the Horseshoe Lake meander opposite Collinsville, Illinois.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Early Mississippian (Stirling antecedent) · Cahokia Mississippian with Oneota interaction
Northernmost Cahokia-affiliated platform mounds (1050–1100 CE) on Mississippi bluffs — 500-km colony.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian Emergent–Early 900–1150 CE · Mississippian (Cahokia)
Mississippian timber Stonehenge: 410 m 48-post solar calendar aligned to Monks Mound solstice.
