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Source/Further reading:
World History Encyclopedia: worldhistory.org/cahokia/
Britannica, overview: britannica.com/place/Cahokia-Mounds
Guardian, Lost Cities: Cahokia: theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/17/lost-cities-8-mystery-ahokia-illinois-mississippians-native-americans-vanish
Nat Geo, America’s Forgotten City: nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/americas-forgotten-city
Nat Geo, why was Cahokia abandoned? nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/why-was-ancient-city-of-cahokia-abandoned-new-clues-rule-out-one-theory
BBC, The US’s lost ancient megacity: bbc.com/travel/article/20210412-the-us-lost-ancient-megacity
NPR, Climactic effects on Cahokia: npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/10/513963490/1-000-years-ago-corn-made-this-society-big-then-a-changing-climate-destroyed-the
Woodhenge: drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-cahokia-woodhenge.html
Cahokia visitor numbers: chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-trav-cahokia-mounds-0621-20200621-jynxy75k7jb5tm7fvnt62moacm-story.html
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Source/Further reading:
World History Encyclopedia: worldhistory.org/cahokia/
Britannica, overview: britannica.com/place/Cahokia-Mounds
Guardian, Lost Cities: Cahokia: theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/17/lost-cities-8-mystery-ahokia-illinois-mississippians-native-americans-vanish
Nat Geo, America’s Forgotten City: nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/americas-forgotten-city
Nat Geo, why was Cahokia abandoned? nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/why-was-ancient-city-of-cahokia-abandoned-new-clues-rule-out-one-theory
BBC, The US’s lost ancient megacity: bbc.com/travel/article/20210412-the-us-lost-ancient-megacity
NPR, Climactic effects on Cahokia: npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/10/513963490/1-000-years-ago-corn-made-this-society-big-then-a-changing-climate-destroyed-the
Woodhenge: drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-cahokia-woodhenge.html
Cahokia visitor numbers: chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-trav-cahokia-mounds-0621-20200621-jynxy75k7jb5tm7fvnt62moacm-story.html
