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Cahokia Beaker

Caption: Residents of Cahokia, a massive pre-Columbian settlement near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, consumed "Black Drink" from special pottery vessels like this one.

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer

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