Where and when -- Introduction: Those who came before -- Explorers and early archaeologists -- Racing the bulldozers -- Evidence accumulates -- Great ceremonial center disintegrates -- Interview with Timothy Pauketat -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Cahokia Mounds and related sites in the American midwest -- Index
Summary
Describes what is known of the ancient city of Cahokia, a site in present-day Illinois which was inhabited by Native Americans from about 700 A.D. to 1400 A.D., the Missippippian culture of which it was a part, and the archaeological investigations undertaken there
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index