Cahokia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But Cahokia is surrounded by American robber barons eager to destroy its hierarchy and appropriate its treasures.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Laura Miller spoke to Francis Spufford, author of the alternate-history mystery novel Cahokia Jazz, which explores those possibilities.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2024
The story takes place in the 1920s, in a reimagined version of the ancient Indigenous city of Cahokia.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024
And it makes me wonder: How will future archaeologists interpret our contemporary relationship with Stonehenge, Egypt’s pyramids, Cahokia, Angkor Wat, and other ancient monuments?
From Science Magazine • Dec. 29, 2023
Cahokia Creek drained into a lake to the northwest, then went straight to the Mississippi, bypassing Cahokia altogether.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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