Cahokia (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Cahokia

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The pre-Columbian settlement at Cahokia was the largest city in North America north of Mexico, with as many as 50,000 people living there at its peak.

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Painting by Lloyd K. Townsend. Image courtesy of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois.

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Image may be used only to accompany stories about the research described in this release. Credit required: Painting by Lloyd K. Townsend. Courtesy of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois.

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