Episode description

Topping out at 30,000 residents, Cahokia was the largest city of the Mississippian Culture and is located in the same place as current day St. Louis. One of its defining features today is the massive earthen mounds, many that still exist today. Much of this city's story is lost, but archaeology and oral traditions can help us learn a surprising amount.

This wraps up our reading of "Book: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age" by Annalee Newitz.

Next week we will read the first three chapters "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz.

#archaeology #Cahokia