Cahokia Mounds: America's First City

by William Iseminger

Book Overview

About one thousand years ago, a phenomenon occurred in a fertile tract of Mississippi River flood plain known today as the American Bottom. This phenomenon came to be called Cahokia Mounds, America's first city.

Interpreting the rich heritage of a site like Cahokia Mounds is a balancing act; the interpreter must speak as a scholar to the general public on behalf of an entirely different civilization. Since even those three groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596297344
• ISBN13: 9781596297340
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"