This Adventure will take you to 5 points along a concrete sidewalk around the plaza at Cahokia Mounds. Time - 30 min. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site preserves the largest prehistoric Indian city north of Mexico. The city covered about 4000 acres and had around 120 mounds. The site was inhabited from AD 700-1350. The State of Illinois preserves the central section of the city, 2200 acres and 72 of the 80 remaining mounds. The site was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1965. In 1982, the site was designated as a World Heritage Site for its significance in the prehistory of North America by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). At its peak the city had a population of about 20,000 people. These people were farmers, craftsmen and traders. Long-distance trade from other villages brought sea shells from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, copper from Lake Superior, mica from the southern Appalachians and chert, salt, minerals and other goods from the Midwest.
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