Cahokia Mounds

On Sunday we took a trip down to Cahokia Mounds, located east of St. Louis. The Cahokia Mounds include Monks Mound, which is the largest Native American earthworks in the United States. Supporters have had to fight hard to keep some of the outer, smaller mounds from being demolished to make way for housing developments and roads.

Unfortunately I was ill that day, so I didn't feel up to touring the mounds themselves, but I got some good pictures anyway. The photos of Monks Mound and Woodhenge I took when we stopped the car in the parking lots near them.

The sign in front of the Interpretive Center.
The bronze reliefs on the outside of the
doors to the Interpretive Center.
The bronze reliefs on the inside of the doors.

A model of the Cahokia Mounds.
Different areas would light up while a recording explained each part.
There was a life-size diorama of an entire
Mississippian indian village. This guy is a toolmaker handing his work to someone else.
The front part of Monks Mound.

The back part of Monks Mound.
A recreation of "Woodhenge", a circle of wood
posts that were used for marking the solstices and equinoxes, and maybe festival days too.
Another photo of Woodhenge.

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The sign in front of the Interpretive Center.	The bronze reliefs on the outside of the doors to the Interpretive Center.	The bronze reliefs on the inside of the doors.
A model of the Cahokia Mounds. Different areas would light up while a recording explained each part.	There was a life-size diorama of an entire Mississippian indian village. This guy is a toolmaker handing his work to someone else.	The front part of Monks Mound.
The back part of Monks Mound.	A recreation of "Woodhenge", a circle of wood posts that were used for marking the solstices and equinoxes, and maybe festival days too.	Another photo of Woodhenge.