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Cahokian culture spread across eastern North America 1,000 years ago in an early example of diaspora

  • Written by Jayur Mehta, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florida State University
Cahokian culture spread across eastern North America 1,000 years ago in an early example of diasporaCahokia's mound-building culture flourished a millennium ago near modern-day St. Louis.JByard/iStock via Getty Images Plus

An expansive city flourished almost a thousand years ago in the bottomlands of the Mississippi River across the water from where St. Louis, Missouri stands today. It was one of the greatest pre-Columbian cities constructed...

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