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1000 AD- MOUND CITY
With this attraction we attempt to honor the mysterious city of Cahokia, one of the most underutilized tourist attractions in the St Louis area. The Mississippian Indians who lived in this area constructed an amazing city of earthen mounds and a civilization of at one time 20,000 people- larger than any in North America and rivaling the largest cities of Europe at the time.
The Mound Builders constructed an amazingly advanced civilization for the time, utilizing
advanced astronomy, agriculture, and economics. After peaking around 1250 AD, the culture mysteriously declined and disappeared, so much so that no record of it existed once the first European explorers visited the area in the 17th century. The mystery of what happened to this metropolis centers around things that affect us today, war, political strife, climate change, and overuse of resources.
advanced astronomy, agriculture, and economics. After peaking around 1250 AD, the culture mysteriously declined and disappeared, so much so that no record of it existed once the first European explorers visited the area in the 17th century. The mystery of what happened to this metropolis centers around things that affect us today, war, political strife, climate change, and overuse of resources.
Built on the Illinois side of the Mississippi, this exhibit will honor this great and mysterious people with a small but faithful recreation of the mounds at their peak, complete with a fountain that will emphasize how important the rivers were to these people in increasing their trade and influence with areas both north and south. Actors could be hired to act out what archeologists believe the indians to be like.
A simple, but respectful exhibit should showcase this great lost city and its compelling story. It also can reinforce what a central and pivotal location St Louis
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