[Aztlan] ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENTS FIND NORTH WALL AT CAHOKIA

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Bill Iseminger and his students have been digging at Cahokia  
northeast of Monk's Mound and have discovered the north wall of the  
palisade or stockade wall that surrounded Cahokia's central plaza and  
Monk's Mound, the largest pyramidal structure north of the Rio  
Grande. This is the first time a wall was confirmed along the north  
side. The wall discovered is probably the first wall constructed  
about 1175 CE. The students also found dog bones and a clay piece  
used for the game of chunkey.

Iseminger and his students will continue digging for a bastion that  
is part of the wall and for other walls.

The Edwardsville Journal has the story here;
http://edwardsvillejournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/07/12/news/ 
sj2tn20080712-0713gcj-moundsfinding0.ii1.txt

And here is a tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/5mo7j5

Mike Ruggeri



Mike Ruggeri's Mississippians and Mound Builders including the Adena  
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http://tinyurl.com/276d8z