22 JUNE, 2024 NATHAN FALDE
While carrying out excavations at the site of North America’s first great city, which is called Cahokia by historians, a team of archaeologists and students from Saint Louis University unearthed a virtual treasure trove of Native American artifacts and ruins dating back to approximately 1100 to 1200 AD.
Located near the site of modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia was constructed by the mound-building Mississippian culture, which gave the nearby river its name. The excavation team was digging just to the west of the Cahokia Mounds when they made their discoveries, which surpassed the modest expectations they had when they launched their explorations.
In an excavation layer associated with the Sterling Phase of the Mississippian Period, the team members unearthed wall trenches and assorted structures that they quickly established were between 800 and 900 years old. They also recovered many pieces of ceramic pottery and tools known as microdrills that were mixed in with the rubble of the buried buildings. The archaeologists who organized the excavations were delighted to find so many significant artifacts from this particular time period.
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology-americas-ancient-places/cahokia-0020971
While carrying out excavations at the site of North America’s first great city, which is called Cahokia by historians, a team of archaeologists and students from Saint Louis University unearthed a virtual treasure trove of Native American artifacts and ruins dating back to approximately 1100 to 1200 AD.
Located near the site of modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia was constructed by the mound-building Mississippian culture, which gave the nearby river its name. The excavation team was digging just to the west of the Cahokia Mounds when they made their discoveries, which surpassed the modest expectations they had when they launched their explorations.
In an excavation layer associated with the Sterling Phase of the Mississippian Period, the team members unearthed wall trenches and assorted structures that they quickly established were between 800 and 900 years old. They also recovered many pieces of ceramic pottery and tools known as microdrills that were mixed in with the rubble of the buried buildings. The archaeologists who organized the excavations were delighted to find so many significant artifacts from this particular time period.
SOURCE
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology-americas-ancient-places/cahokia-0020971
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