Cahokia is America’s forgotten city and the largest and most complex ancient archaeological site located north of the Pre-Columbian cities of Mexico. It is perhaps the greatest ancient civilization found between the arid desert of Mexico and northern parts of the United States of America.
Archaeologists place Cahokia as one of the greatest and most influential settlements in the Mississippian culture that developed settlements of what is today known as the central and southeastern United States; five hundred years before Europeans came to the New Continent. The original name of this ancient city is unknown. The mounds that are located in the …read more