Best vacation spot from 1050-1300 CE? The Cahokia Mounds. The real reason Cahokia was so populated and powerful was because of the steady supply of immigrants coming in. Maybe the Cahokian’s lives were so extravagant for the sole purpose of attracting tourists. Read more and learn about their crazy lives. The Cahokians were a branch of Mississippian culture, they were settled along the Mississippi River in present day East St. Louis and Collinsville. Cahokia’s growth was triggered around 1050 CE and flourished until they largely disappeared by the 1300s. The Cahokians built the largest mounds and had the most people of all Mississippian settlements. In fact, Cahokia became the largest settlement North of Mexico until 1760, when it was overtaken
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This may have been great for the leaders, but it sure wasn’t for the farmers. Document B says that, “to provide tribute without going hungry, farmers had to grow more corn than they needed to feed their families” (Van Derwarker, Mississippians and Maize 2015). An example of how this was beneficial to the chiefs is that they could use the maize to feed their workers, artisans, and elite families. Van Derwarker, Mississippians and Maize, 2015. In addition, both Document C and Document E provide evidence of trade with the Cahokians. The Document C note describes this painting as, “an artist's rendition of a trade scene” (Hampshire). The caption of the picture in Document C also describes, “trade goods, including conch shells and shell jewelry, likely from the Gulf of Mexico” (Hampshire). The Partial Inventory of Bones and Artifacts Found at Mound 72 in Document E states that, “the bones of a man and a woman in their twenties were buried with 20,000 shell beads, 2 bushels of Mica, 15 chunky stones, 3 rolls of sheet copper, and 332 stone arrow points'' (Iseminger, A Partial Inventory of Bones and Artifacts Found at Mound 72
This may have been great for the leaders, but it sure wasn’t for the farmers. Document B says that, “to provide tribute without going hungry, farmers had to grow more corn than they needed to feed their families” (Van Derwarker, Mississippians and Maize 2015). An example of how this was beneficial to the chiefs is that they could use the maize to feed their workers, artisans, and elite families. Van Derwarker, Mississippians and Maize, 2015. In addition, both Document C and Document E provide evidence of trade with the Cahokians. The Document C note describes this painting as, “an artist's rendition of a trade scene” (Hampshire). The caption of the picture in Document C also describes, “trade goods, including conch shells and shell jewelry, likely from the Gulf of Mexico” (Hampshire). The Partial Inventory of Bones and Artifacts Found at Mound 72 in Document E states that, “the bones of a man and a woman in their twenties were buried with 20,000 shell beads, 2 bushels of Mica, 15 chunky stones, 3 rolls of sheet copper, and 332 stone arrow points'' (Iseminger, A Partial Inventory of Bones and Artifacts Found at Mound 72