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Wisconsin archaeology

As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding

Posted on August 21, 2015

As with rivers, civilizations across the world rise and fall. Sometimes, the rise and fall of rivers has something to do with it. At Cahokia, the largest prehistoric settlement in the Americas north of Mexico, …

Posted in UW-Madison Anthropology NewsTagged Sissel Schroeder, Wisconsin archaeology

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