Much Still To Be Learned About Cahokia Mounds

Examiner ^ | 4-6-2008 | Elizabeth Donald

[blam]

Letter From Newfoundland: Homing In On The Red Paint People

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Rinky-dink is a good description. I believe what is now a maintenance shed was the museum. All I remember about it is the human skeleton they had on display. The area was also very heavily-wooded at the time and, as I mentioned, was more of a state park than a historic site, with picnics and other recreation going on. I’m surprised some of the smaller mounds weren’t seriously damaged, because kids played on them and people evidently sat on them to get a free view of the old Falcon Drive-In Theater that used to stand at the edge of the site.

[maine-iac7]

Chaco Canyon, pre-Pueblo is the one I would dearly love to see.

A ‘relaxed” horseshoe shaped ‘apartment’ building that housed hundreds, 5 stories high, superbly built of stone with many walls still standing, straight and true, is quite a testament to the ancient builders...the shape oriented the inside curve to the south, passive solar...

Stone/cement work that is still perfect after hundreds of years

These walls were once plastered and painted

This was the ‘county seat’, as it were, with a system of wide, concrete (a better form than ours today of roads spread out across the land to outlying villages.

It is place like Cahokia and Chaco Canyon that were, for the better part of the last 400 years, ignored. Inconvenient evidence of thriving civilizations that didn't fit within the “nothing but roaming savages”, the rationale for Manifest Destiny”?

[stayathomemom]

I mentioned this article to my husband and we were discussing our recollections. I remembered a skeleton in what seemed like a chicken coop. It’s been a while.;)

[gardengirl]

Wow! Thanks for posts 11 and 12! That pretty much confirms what I’ve always suspected. I’ll have to see if I can get a copy of that book—Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York”

My family has always been interested in stuff like that.

[gardengirl]

Sorry—posts 14 and 15. It has been a long day!

[Dustbunny]

Interesting.

[AFPhys]

People have lived in Central North America for ten thousand years. Great climate. Wonderful growing conditions. Plenty of water, food, fuel, etc.

One has to wonder why people with so many advantages remained absolutely primitive for millenia after others advanced so far.

[sevenbak]

You are most welcome. It's completely fascinating to me as well. You should read the whole first chapter of that book I linked. There's a ton more there. Also, here's something I recently came across. It's an ancient paved road, now underwater in Wisconsin. Amazing stuff. Here's some pics and a link.

http://www.atthecreation.com/ROAD/UNDERWATER.RD.html

[gardengirl]

But...but...but... Those can’t be manmade/laid pavers. Everyone knows ancient humans were too stupid to come in out of the rain! And much too ignorant to build something like that!

LOL Do I really need to add the sarcasm tag?!

Thakns! I really do love stuff like that, and I’m going to look for a copy of that book—Amazon? If/when I get time!

[sevenbak]

No need for the tag. ;-)

I'm halfway through a book that's really interesting. It's called “Red Earth - WHite lies” Fascinating stuff. We tend to think we are so superior and know the history of this land more than the “Savages” We don't have a clue.

[gardengirl]

Too cool! I’ll look for that one as well. I work at a garden center—greenhouse manager—I don’t have time right now for much of anything but I’ll definitely make time when we slow down!

[fella]

If you want to know more about the people who built those mounds just get yourself a “Book of Morman” from the LDS people the next time they come to your door. /SARC>

[Marburg72]

I put together a history of the Cahokia Mounds site and it is located here:
http://www.freewebs.com/historyofmonksmound

Please take a look and let me know if you have any comments.

Thanks
Vince

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, sorry everyone, extra ping to this topic. No wonder it looked familiar. I’m goin’ to bed.

Marburg72, I haven’t read it yet, but it looks like a lot of work went into it, and here’s yet another ping to everyone on GGG, with your link:

http://www.freewebs.com/historyofmonksmound/

[indcons]

Interesting. Looks kinda similar to the kivas in Mesa Verde.

[indcons]

Thanks for the pings, Sunken Civ

[Bellflower]

Thank you for that interesting site. Lots about Wis legends. I'm from Wis and find it fascinating.

[Marburg72]

Thanks for the pings. I hope that this information is interesting to others. Please send to anyone that you think may be interested. I appreciate your positive feedback.
Regards;
Vince