The Washington Post developed a list of the top-12 U.S. sites to visit that have a scientific backstory. Unsurprisingly, Monk’s Mound made the list. “Giza has the Great Pyramid. Collinsville has Monk’s Mound. Sure, people have been hanging around Giza a lot longer — as long ago as the 26th century B.C. On the […]
Two University of Illinois anthropologists talk about their work at the ancient city of Cahokia in a new, four-part documentary about the cities built by Native Americans prior to European colonization and their sophisticated cultures. “Native America” will premiere on PBS beginning Oct. 23. The episode featuring U. of I. researchers, “Native America: Cities of […]
Staff from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) are looking to new technology to tie Cahokia’s grid to real-world coordinates. This will be the first time researchers and other state agencies will be able to integrate lidar with excavation data at Cahokia. In conjunction with the Illinois Historic Division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, […]
Archaeologists and researchers from the University of Illinois have spent over a century studying Cahokia, North America’s first native city. For the first time, this wealth of knowledge about Cahokia has been used to create a Story Map entitled, Re-Envisioning Greater Cahokia. Staff from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) are responsible for turning the […]