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    The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly...
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    The Cahokia Woodhenge was a series of large timber circles located roughly 850 metres (2,790 ft) to the west of Monks Mound at the Mississippian culture...
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  • The Cahokia (Miami-Illinois: kahokiaki) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe and member of the Illinois Confederation; their territory was...
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    Cahokia is a settlement and former village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, founded as a colonial French mission in 1689. Located east of...
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  • Look up Cahokia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cahokia may refer to; Cahokia, Illinois, a former city Cahokia, or Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site...
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    Cahokia Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It was founded on May 6, 2021, by the merger of the villages of Cahokia and Alorton...
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    villages linked together by loose trading networks. The largest city was Cahokia, believed to be a major religious center located in what is present-day...
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    Cahokia Downs was an American horse racing track located on Highway 15 near the town of Alorton, St. Clair County, Illinois. Run by the East St. Louis...
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    at Cahokia until 1250. The cultivation of the Three Sisters crops by Cahokian residents produced a food surplus large enough to support Cahokia's expanded...
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    The Cahokia polity was a political entity that existed with Cahokia as its center and exercising control over outlying areas. Unlike other Mississippian...
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    Observance at Cahokia Mounds". Collinsville Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2017-12-20. "Cahokia Mounds Mark Spring Equinox : The keepers of Cahokia Mounds will...
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  • Cahokia Unit School District 187 is a school district based in Cahokia Heights, Illinois in Greater St. Louis/Metro East. Its service area includes Cahokia...
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    Illinois Illinois census statistical areas Alorton, Cahokia, and Centreville merged to form the city of Cahokia Heights on May 6, 2021. Clearlake Village was...
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    in Teotihuacán The reconstructed Cahokia Woodhenge, a large timber circle located at the Mississippian culture Cahokia archaeological site near Collinsville...
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  • The Cahokia Conference is a high school athletic and competitive activity organization which currently consists of 18 schools in southwestern Illinois...
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    The Kaskaskia–Cahokia Trail was the first road (used for walking and stagecoaches) in Illinois, running from Kaskaskia to Cahokia. The Confederated Peorias...
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    The Cahokia Courthouse State Historic Site is a reconstructed French-Canadian structure built about 1740 at what is now 107 Elm Street, Cahokia Heights...
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  • the primary expert on the Cahokia mounds, the largest ancient metropolis in North America. Published books include Cahokia, the Great Native American...
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    with Ostara. The reconstructed Cahokia Woodhenge, a large timber circle located at the Mississippian culture Cahokia archaeological site near Collinsville...
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  • Cahokia High School is a public high school in Cahokia Heights, Illinois, United States that is part of the Cahokia Unit School District 187. In 2013...
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    thousands of years, including the advanced civilization centered in the Cahokia region. The French were the first Europeans to arrive, settling near the...
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    The second USS Cahokia (ATA-186) was laid down as ATR-113, reclassified ATA-186 on 15 May 1944, and launched 18 September 1944 by Levingston Shipbuilding...
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    with its rich alluvial soil, served as the center for the pre-Columbian Cahokia Mounds civilization, and later the French settlement of Illinois Country...
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    ceased to exist, being incorporated along with Alorton and Cahokia into the new city of Cahokia Heights. Centreville was located at 38°35′4″N 90°6′14″W...
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    Mesoamerican cultures. A weapon of similar form was discovered in pieces at Cahokia, Illinois, in 1948 by Gregory Perino. Greatly damaged by a plow, the weapon...
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    located at 116 Church Street in the St. Clair County, Illinois city of Cahokia Heights. Built beginning in 1786, it is a remarkably unaltered example...
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  • United States. The reconstructed Cahokia Woodhenge, a large timber circle located at the Mississippian culture Cahokia archaeological site near Collinsville...
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    the Midwestern United States used palisades. A prominent example is the Cahokia Mounds site in Collinsville, Illinois. A wooden stockade with a series...
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  • Angkor Vallis 57.3 246.0 Angkor, ancient city in Cambodia Cahokia Vallis 65.6 233.1 Cahokia Mounds, ancient city in Illinois, United States Caral Vallis...
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    Monks Mound (category Cahokia)
    beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, the mound...
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