Monks Mound
Original Photo

Anthropos goes to Cahokia

March 18th & 19th, 2006
 

Welcome to the pictures site for Anthropos, Northeastern Illinois University's student Anthropology organization, and our trip to the Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, IL. Cahokia is the site of "the remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico" and was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1982 by UNESCO. Located across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Cahokia is home to not only man-made earthen structures, or mounds, but also to a circle of posts known as Woodhenge. Cahokia sits on 2200 acres and includes Monks Mound, which, at 100 feet, is the largest man-made earthen structure in North America.

On the following pages you will (soon) find pictures taken by the Students and Faculty that went on the trip. If you have pictures you would like to have put up, please email me. If you find an error among these pages (whether it be contact, code, whatever) email me.

 

In order to download a picture on the following pages:

  • right click on the image and select "Save As"
  • Select location on your computer, name file, and click SAVE
  • If you're using a Mac, you obviously have computer skills that surpass mine and don't need my help
  • If you find you need the original high-res image, email me and I will get it up for you as quickly as possible; please reference the location/file name of the image you need
  • I recommend checking out CVS.com for some cheap, quality prints

Information for this site taken from (because I don't want to figure out how to do a bibliography or footnotes online):

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