Cahokia ancient America's great city on the Mississippi

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  • Auteur: Pauketat, Timothy R.
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    Recorded Books, LLC.

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    Wilson, George K.

    Résumé:

    Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. Louis reveal "woodhenges" and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.

    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781461814726

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Recorded Books, LLC.

Wilson, George K.

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Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. Louis reveal "woodhenges" and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.

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Prince Frederick, MD

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