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<< Text Pages >> Cahokia - Mound 66 - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Cahokia - Mound 66 Alternative Name: Rattlesnake Mound, Harding Mound
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: East St. Louis, IL  Nearest Village: Collinsville, IL
Latitude: 38.644220N  Longitude: 90.06341W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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bat400 saw from a distance on 1st Jul 2008 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 From aerial photos this is one of the larger mounds at Cahokia. And although it is not on an easily accessible footpath, it can be seen from Forest Blvd., south of the modern Cahokia park. It lies at the southern boundary of the city proper and is 430' by 170' (east-west by north-south) and 25-30 feet high. In the early 1900's a raised road or causway could be seen extending north from this mound toward the central area of Cahokia. The causeway was more recently confirm by Lidar imaging. The mound was excavated in the 1920's and a great unfilled trench through the mound can still be seen. This excavation was performed because it appeared that expansion by the nearby rail road was scheduled to completely level the mound. This did not occur. The mound had been used for burials: both the ancient people of Cahokia and the more recent French colonists.

Artificial Mound in St. Clare County, Illinois.
From aerial photos this is one of the larger mounds at Cahokia, although it is not on an easily accessible footpath. It lies at the southern boundary of the city proper and is 430' by 170' (east-west by north-south) and 25-30 feet high.

In the early 1900's a raised road or causway could be seen extending north from this mound toward the central area of Cahokia. The causeway was more recently confirm by Lidar imaging.
The mound was excavated in the 1920's and a great unfilled trench through the mound can still be seen. This excavation was performed because it appeared that expansion by the nearby rail road was scheduled to completely level the mound. This did not occur and the mound in its location remote from the rest of the park has been periodically vandalized by dirt bike and ATV riders.
The mound had been used for burials: both the ancient people of Cahokia and the more recent French colonists.
None of the approved walking trails of the Cahokia park lead to Mound 66, but it can be seen from Forest Blvd., south of the modern Cahokia park.
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