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Earthworks (archaeology)
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In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks can themselves be archaeological features, or t
Offa's Dyke, Britain
Offa's Dyke, Britain
A survey of a Hopewell enclosure; Newark Earthworks in Ohio, U.S.
A survey of a Hopewell enclosure; Newark Earthworks in Ohio, U.S.
Great Serpent Mound in Ohio
Great Serpent Mound in Ohio
An 11th-century hill fort: Bielsko-Biała, Poland
An 11th-century hill fort: Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Cahokia
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The Cahokia Mounds is the site of a Native American city directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. Lo
Earthworks (archaeology)
…which are giant pyramid-shaped mounds with flat tops that once held temples made of wood. Examples of temple mounds include Monks Mound located at the Cahokia site in Collinsville, Illinois, and Mound H at the Crystal River site in Citrus County, Florida. The earthworks at Poverty Point occupy one of the…
Monks Mound is the largest earthen structure at Cahokia (for scale, people below and on top). About 80 earthen mounds or earthworks survive at the arc
Monks Mound is the largest earthen structure at Cahokia (for scale, people below and on top). About 80 earthen mounds or earthworks survive at the archeology site out of perhaps as many as 120 at the city's apex.
A human sacrifice of fifty-three women at Cahokia
A human sacrifice of fifty-three women at Cahokia
Mississippian period showing the multiple layers of mound construction, mound structures such as temples or mortuaries, ramps with log stairs, and pri
Mississippian period showing the multiple layers of mound construction, mound structures such as temples or mortuaries, ramps with log stairs, and prior structures under later layers, multiple terraces, and intrusive burials
Illustration of the central plaza at Cahokia as it may have looked at its peak 1050–1350 AD
Illustration of the central plaza at Cahokia as it may have looked at its peak 1050–1350 AD