Interesting facts about Cahokia

The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is an archaeological site directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. It is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. The site covers 890 hectares (2,200 acres), or about 9 square kilometers (3.5 square miles), and contains about 80 mounds, but the ancient city was much … Read more