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Book Cahokia The Great Native American Metropolis

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Book: Cahokia The Great Native American Metropolis
Authors: Biloine Whiting Young and Melvin L. Fowler
Publisher : ‎ University of Illinois Press (2000)
Type: Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
Language: ‎ English
Hardcover: ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0252025024

Excerpt from the back cover:

Five centuries before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, indigenous North Americans had already built a vast urban center on the banks of the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. This is the story of North America's largest archaeological site, told through the lives, personalities, and conflicts of the men and women who excavated and studied it."

"Through this narrative the history of discovering the archaeological significance of Cahokia unfolds. Young and Fowler interweave documentation of the excavations at the site with the tribal legends of several Native peoples. By providing new insight into the practices and worldview of Cahokia's inhabitants, Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis deepens and enriches our perspective on those who inhabited the Midwest before European contact."

We're familiar with our Native American artist friends of today, but let's delve deeper into a group of Indigenous People prior to contact.

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