But I suppose Cahokia is lucky. Less than ten miles to the west, the ancient Indian mounds that gave St. Louis the nickname Mound City ... American Bottom and substantial parts of the Mississippi ...

In the American ... of how important Cahokia was to the ancient Midwest. The mounds themselves are just the beginning. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a thriving city surrounding them.

Well before the Europeans arrived, the indigenous people of North America raised cities that rivaled those an ocean away. From Teotihuacan to Cahokia, these ancient metropolises featured striking ...