Cahokia's Rattlesnake Causeway. Issue 2 (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baires, Sarah E.
• Is Part Of: Midcontinental journal of archaeology. Volume 39:Issue 2(2014)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; United States -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 977
• DOI: 10.1179/2327427113Y.0000000005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-1109

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Recent archaeological test excavations at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site located in Collinsville, IL, document the planned and early construction of a large earthen causeway. Approximately 1-km long and 18-m wide, the Rattlesnake Causeway orientated Cahokia's 5° offset grid and tied Cahokia's central precinct to at least one if not two ridge-top mortuary mounds. The results of this excavation present new information on Cahokia's city plan, one that included the construction of at least 104 earthen monuments, a large central plaza, and an extensive earthen causeway marking the midline of the site.</p> </abstract>