It's as if we're back almost 200 years...this is part of the group atop one of the bigger mounds at Cahokia. This site is located across the Mississippi River, but you still get a great view of St. Louis if you look back to the west!
Today started out really cold and very windy, but in the end, it turned out to be a pretty decent day. It was our first of many field trips. We visited the settlement of Cahokia, which in its' prime rivaled in population cities like London, England and Paris, France. The mound we climbed up to this morning was thought to be a very sacred place, probably considered a temple. The surrounding area was filled with smaller mounds, which other structures would be built upon (shelters, storages, etc.).
This afternoon we visited Ste. Genevieve, about 60 miles south of St. Louis. This was also a very early settlement, which was moved a few times in history due to flooding of the Mississippi. It's a very quaint town, almost New Englandish in a way. Perfect with the changing of the leaves!
Tomorrow, we'll be back in class...the next two days will cover Tribal Affairs. I'll keep posting!
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