Cahokia Mounds region

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Mississippian culture center archaeological region pre-Columbian archaeological site

The Cahokia Mounds region is a major pre-Columbian archaeological area in the Mississippi River valley, known for its large earthen mounds and as the center of one of North America’s most complex ancient Indigenous urban societies.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Cahokia 8
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 4
Cahokia Mounds 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture center ⓘ
archaeological region ⓘ
pre-Columbian archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFor complex social stratification ⓘ
craft specialization ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
planned urban layout ⓘ
regional political influence ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial activities ⓘ
associatedWith Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
ancestral communities of many contemporary Native nations ⓘ
contains over 100 earthen mounds ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
floruit c. 1050–1350 CE ⓘ
governingBody Illinois Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
hasPart Grand Plaza ⓘ
Monks Mound ⓘ
Woodhenge ⓘ
borrow pits ⓘ
palisaide fortifications ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Cahokia Mounds Museum and Interpretive Center ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
knownFor central plaza layout ⓘ
complex pre-Columbian urban planning ⓘ
evidence of long-distance trade networks ⓘ
high population density in pre-Columbian times ⓘ
large earthen platform mounds ⓘ
monumental earthworks ⓘ
woodhenge-style timber circles ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
North America ⓘ
locatedNear Mississippi River ⓘ
St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
partOf American Bottoms ⓘ
surface form: American Bottom
peakPopulation tens of thousands of inhabitants ⓘ
preservationStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
recognizedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
researchField Indigenous history ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
significance major pre-Columbian urban center in North America ⓘ
timePeriod Mississippian culture ⓘ
surface form: Mississippian period
tourism open to the public as a historic site ⓘ
unescoWorldHeritageSiteSince 1982 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mound City → associatedWith → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
Mississippian culture → hasCapitalSite → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Mississippian culture → majorSite → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Southeastern Woodlands → hasArchaeologicalSite → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
East St. Louis, Illinois → locatedNear → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
East St. Louis, Illinois → adjacentTo → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia, Illinois
National Historic Landmarks in Illinois → contains → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Emerald Acropolis → associatedWith → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia region
southeastern ceremonial complex → associatedWithSite → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Middle Mississippian → associatedWith → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds
Kincaid Mounds → associatedWith → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Illinois Country → importantSettlement → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Illinois Country → indigenousInhabitants → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia (Illinois subgroup)
Illinois peoples → subgroup → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia
Pontiac (Ottawa war leader) → placeOfDeath → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
subject surface form: Pontiac
this entity surface form: Cahokia, Illinois Country
State Historic Sites of Illinois → hasPart → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Collinsville, Illinois → knownFor → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Collinsville, Illinois → hasHeritageSite → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia Mounds
Illinois campaign → relatedTo → Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cahokia