Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a lost city emerges

LA Times ^ | August 19, 2018 | David Kelly

[Salamander]

One of the best/worst eps, ever.

[fishtank]

[DeFault User]

There are Indian Mounds in the Carolinas constructed by the Pee Dee Indians. Town Creek Mound in NC has been restored and is an interesting place to visit.

[jalisco555]

Zap Rowsdower, is that you?

Curses, you beat me to it. First thing I thought of.

[wally_bert]

I had to look up the name.

[jalisco555]

Check out the MST3K episode. It’s episode #910, The Final Sacrifice. It’s hilarious.

[Clutch Martin]

“What were they made of that absolutely nothing remains today?”

The gardens were noted in journals and subsequently were no longer in existence in a rather short period of time. If there is archeological evidence those early journals did not record it. Perhaps the gardens were constructed of materials easily decayed or yet to be unearthed.

[Political Junkie Too]

Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a lost city casino emerges

Fixed it.

-PJ

[Albion Wilde]

Fascinating! Thanks for posting this.

[Monkey Face]

Nothing that is found in North America is going to surprise me, as far as “lost cities” are concerned. There were quite a few native peoples here.

I say, let’s see what they have and leave the gubmint out of it. They’ll just muck everything up.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks all! Given the interest in the thread, here's the Cahokia keyword, sorted mostly chrono, with two topics removed:

• The Lost City of Cahokia [2006]
• A Stone Pyramid At Cahokia, Illinois [2002]
• Ancient Illinois Village Unearths Lode Of Questions [2002]
• New technique helps solve mystery of ancient figurines (Cahokia) [2003]
• Birdman Tablet Discovered during Excavations at the East Lobe of Monks Mound [1971] [2006]
• Swansea woman donates birdman tablet to Mounds[Illinois] [2007]
• Much Still To Be Learned About Cahokia Mounds [2008]
• Human sacrifice! Archaeologist creates stir with new book on Cahokia Mounds [2009]
• Copper men: Archaeologists uncover Stone Age copper workshop near Monk's Mound [2010]
• Cahokia's Woodhenge: a supprising implication [sic] [2010]
• America's Forgotten City [2010]
• Science explains ancient copper artifacts [2011]
• Researchers find evidence of ritual use of 'black drink' at Cahokia [2012]
• Cahokia assistant teacher charged with sexual contact, transmitting HIV to teen [2013]
• Epic Fire Marked 'Beginning of the End' for Ancient Culture of Cahokia, New Digs Suggest [2014]
• Infamous Mass Grave of Young Women in Ancient City of Cahokia Also Holds Men: Study [2014]
• Infamous Mass Grave of Young Women in Ancient City of Cahokia Also Holds Men: Study [2014]
• The First US City Was Full of Immigrants [2014]
• Did a Mega-Flood Doom Ancient American City of Cahokia? [2014]
• America's Largest Earthwork, Cahokia's Monks Mound, May Have Been Built in Only 20 Years, Study Says [2015]
• Lost cities #8: mystery of Cahokia - why did North America's largest city vanish? [2016]
• Lake Sediments Record Climate Change At Cahokia [2017]

[kagnew]

“Lost city? Kansas? So THAT’S where I left it.”

Nope, that’s where hillary’s 30.000 e-mails have been hidden.

[kagnew]

“Lost city? Kansas? So THAT’S where I left it.”

Nope, that’s where hillary’s 30.000 e-mails have been hidden.

[dfwgator]

Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, ‘cause Kansas is going bye-bye!”

[marktwain]

At the peak, Cahokia had a larger population than London and some believe Paris.

Of course. London had a very small population at times.

[marktwain]

Chaokia disappered long before Columbus reached the new world.

"But rather than developing, like London, into a modern metropolis, Cahokia is more like the fabled lost continent of Atlantis. Having become a major population centre around AD1050, by 1350 it was largely abandoned by its people – and no one is sure why. Neither war, disease, nor European conquest drove Cahokia’s residents from their homes. Indeed, the first white man to reach these lands, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, didn’t do so until 1540."

So Chaokia or "Cahokia", was abandoned a 150 years before Columbus.

[colorado tanker]

Just so y’all know, this place is pronounced ar-KANSAS City.

[ozarkgirl]

Just so y’all know, this place is pronounced ar-KANSAS City.

Yep, and the river that flows through Kansas is called the Ar-KANSAS River. (Husband is a Kansas native).

[piasa]

Skip cutting the grass TWO times and everything gets overrun

[neverevergiveup]

“Skip cutting the grass TWO times and everything gets overrun”

You are so right - as was made totally apparent to me this past week when I finally cut the grass. I’m going to buy goats..