Cahokia is one of the places which could easily serve well in the National Treasure movie series for the belief immense secrets and riches are hidden here. This article came about because of some typical journo melodrama on the subject in which it inquires plaintively, why did they vanish from this lost city. The city is not lost and that's just journo fantasy as it was first spotted by Spanish explorers in roughly the sixteenth century. Maybe Lee Bey just didn't hear about it until now. (WIKI: Cahokia)
The city of Cahokia represents one of America's most extraordinary accomplishments and journos such as the femlibs on The Guardian dredge it up sometimes for the gee whiz aspect but most of their presentation, at least the wrapping, is poppycock and research has actually continued throughout.
(Ed: you sound a little tired of liberals!)
A little? The only one left is Noam Chomsky and the rest are nothing more than round-heeled pop tarts who couldn't even be bothered to listen to him. Granny had it right as they ain't worth doodleysquat. Here's the journo whoop de do from Ms Bey at the Guardian: Lost cities #8: mystery of Cahokia – why did North America's largest city vanish?
It didn't fucking vanish and it's in Collinsville, Illinois. The people did abandon it around 1350 but there are multiple theories as to why it happened. That the problem throws science into a tizzy is bloody rubbish.
The article did have some swell pics but they were found the same way the author found the subject: Google. Pfft.
Cahokia was astounding and keep in mind the year is about the same as the Norman Conquest of England.
Like hell it's lost when a road was built right in front of it.
The (cough) lost city is actually an Illinois tourist attraction and the road goes right through where the city was lying but there is hope to expand the preserve area to more fully-represent the ancient city. They built it more than five hundred years before Columbus landed and all of it was constructed with stone tools although they did work copper for the purpose of simple jewelry.
Note: the car gives an excellent perspective on the size of this mound.
There was no direct study of Cahokia while I was engaged in a formal study of Anthropology, simply because it wasn't a primary focus, but Beth Dillingham, one of my all-time favorite professors at the University of Cincinnati, could easily have extemporized on this or any other aspect of American Indian history and culture at great length. Her passion for it was an endless delight.
Harry Dillingham was her husband and just as much the unique character as she was. Everyone I ever heard loved both of them and their passion for their fields plus simply being really good people.
Something else I've mentioned from time to time has been an Indian Mound state park I saw as a kid but I didn't have luck finding again. It turns out that one is near St Louis but it was built by the same Mississippian culture as the Cahokia construction. The object in finding it was to shoot video and, judging from the situation in the picture, it wouldn't have been difficult nor likely offensive to anyone to do it.
The city of Cahokia represents one of America's most extraordinary accomplishments and journos such as the femlibs on The Guardian dredge it up sometimes for the gee whiz aspect but most of their presentation, at least the wrapping, is poppycock and research has actually continued throughout.
(Ed: you sound a little tired of liberals!)
A little? The only one left is Noam Chomsky and the rest are nothing more than round-heeled pop tarts who couldn't even be bothered to listen to him. Granny had it right as they ain't worth doodleysquat. Here's the journo whoop de do from Ms Bey at the Guardian: Lost cities #8: mystery of Cahokia – why did North America's largest city vanish?
It didn't fucking vanish and it's in Collinsville, Illinois. The people did abandon it around 1350 but there are multiple theories as to why it happened. That the problem throws science into a tizzy is bloody rubbish.
The article did have some swell pics but they were found the same way the author found the subject: Google. Pfft.
Cahokia was astounding and keep in mind the year is about the same as the Norman Conquest of England.
Like hell it's lost when a road was built right in front of it.
The (cough) lost city is actually an Illinois tourist attraction and the road goes right through where the city was lying but there is hope to expand the preserve area to more fully-represent the ancient city. They built it more than five hundred years before Columbus landed and all of it was constructed with stone tools although they did work copper for the purpose of simple jewelry.
Note: the car gives an excellent perspective on the size of this mound.
There was no direct study of Cahokia while I was engaged in a formal study of Anthropology, simply because it wasn't a primary focus, but Beth Dillingham, one of my all-time favorite professors at the University of Cincinnati, could easily have extemporized on this or any other aspect of American Indian history and culture at great length. Her passion for it was an endless delight.
Harry Dillingham was her husband and just as much the unique character as she was. Everyone I ever heard loved both of them and their passion for their fields plus simply being really good people.
Something else I've mentioned from time to time has been an Indian Mound state park I saw as a kid but I didn't have luck finding again. It turns out that one is near St Louis but it was built by the same Mississippian culture as the Cahokia construction. The object in finding it was to shoot video and, judging from the situation in the picture, it wouldn't have been difficult nor likely offensive to anyone to do it.
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