Cahokia Mounds - America's Lost City: Ritual, Sacrifices and Engineering Feats - Mound Builders
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- The Cahokia Mounds Historic Site is the largest prehistoric Indian site north of Mexico. The mounds covered about 4000 acres and included at least 120 mounds. The state of Illinois now protects 2200 acres of the central portion of the site and 72 of the 80 remaining mounds. The site was named a U S National Historic landmark in 1965 and in 1982 the United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization designated Cahokia Mounds as a World Heritage site for its significance in the prehistory of North America.
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I love history and I get out and go find it every week! I have found some amazing history just by getting out and exploring!
I try to pronounce everything properly. I really do try, so please forgive me if I don't pronounce something properly. :) Be Nice!
This was very professional and entertaining. I'm going to look up some of your other work. Thank you for sharing.
53 young women sacrificed? No wonder the United Nations didn't want any further excavations in the area. So much for the idea of peaceful loving Native Americans pre-Columbus
GOOD. We don’t care to have anything to do with UN anyways. 👍
After seeing the CBS Sunday Morning segment today about the Ohio ancient burial site, I remembered visiting Cahokia Mounds as a kid when we lived near there about 6 or 7 decades ago. I googled the site and found this very informative video. Thanks for putting it together.
Great video !!!!!
Thank you Julie for doing all the driving and foot work to bring us these educational videos! Very intriguing, I wish we could time travel and spend a month with some ancient tribes..... Let me add, peaceful tribes that is! Thank you.
Time travel would be amazing! I wish that on every site that I visit. I’m glad that you enjoyed the videos. Thank you so much for watching. I appreciate it more than you know!
All of these historic sites around the country could be made more interesting and educational by providing a visitor's center that would overview the history, shows what life was like, what the people looked like, the caste / hierarchy, costumes, etc. + 3-D renderings of the entire site. They do this in part with brochures but it could be done and projected onto large screens and dioramas could be built.
In addition, build at least one of the little hut villages for people to see something physical there beyond the mounds and explanatory signs.
They do have an amazing visitor center. It was being renovated when I was there, but I have been in there. It is full of artifacts and they do actually have an area where they have set up some huts. I was super sad that the visitor center wasn’t open so I could show you all.
Thank you for all your hard work! That looked like a ton of walking! I got to see the top of monks mound and didn’t even break a sweat, I doubt if I could make it up there anyway! Great video as usual, your narration is top notch and I always feel like I’m there with you when I’m watching!
Those stairs about did me in!!!!!! Thank you for the encouragement! I’m glad you enjoyed the visit.
Remember going there for a field trip as a kid…
My Cub Scout troop was named after Cahokia Mound and I also recall field trips there.
Wow never knew this place existed, thanks for sharing this.
Great video. Had no idea you were in my neck of the woods! Been following your channel for awhile (though I'm a bit behind on my subscription list) so it woulda been cool to meet you! Did you go see the world's largest catsup bottle too while there?
this was an awesome video. thank you for sharing. a lot of great information was presented. what a trip that must of been.
It was extra enjoyable!!!!
great work! have always wanted to visit Cahokia. I know seeing the roads going through itt all would anger me. seems like the space deserves more respect then its been given.
Oh yeah, that road was smack dab in the middle of that site. There has been a lot of destruction in that area from farming and roads. There was a factory right next to Woodhenge.
Another nice piece of work Julie.
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!
I live about 10 miles from Cahokia Mounds. Hopefully the renovated museum will be finished in early 2024.
Thanks for the great video, Julie. I live in Michigan. There's a National Park here called "Isle Royal National Park". It's an island in the northwest corner of the majestic Lake Superior. I've hiked and camped there. Could you make a video there about the extensive cooper mining that was done by the American Indians and then by the "white man"? The old trenches are still there where the mining was done...
The park is very quiet since no automobiles are allowed. There are very few people. Just the hikers.This means that everyone that you do meet are cool people...
PEACE
This site is fascinating, there’s evidence of occupation going back to 1200 BC
Neetoo 😁👍
Wonder if the elite and rulers had to offer someone from their family for sacrifice? Always the poor and lesser people. Just like today.
I was thinking that too. And I was also thinking what a waste of young people’s lives, killed just to accompany someone of a higher rank than them to the afterlife. It doesn’t seem right to our modern day. Brains. But I guess to the Mississippians it was just part of their religion. I’m just glad I don’t live back in that time!
The REAL place of ‘finds’ in this area, was their LandFill for Trash and other debris. Has that been excavated?
Why didn’t they settle closer to the Mississippi River for food ?
Rivers flood. You want to be close but not too close. Horseshoe lake broke off from the Mississippi ages ago and provided all the benefits of the river without the flooding side effect.
Since it’s just a mound and grass- the state should build huts all around and really mimic what it looked like. This would really invite more to come see
So many artifacts point to the feathered serpent. The bird and the snake is the common symbol in Mexico and South America. The symbols of Jesus. The bird, as coming from the heavens, yet meek and lowly, as the snake, held up on Moses’ staff, that the children of Israel were ask to look up to. This theme is everywhere to be found in the New World
“Climate Change”? In the 1100-1200’s - 🤦🏼♀️ (of course ‘manmade’ 🙄😏) 😂
Give me a frigN Break!
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