Mississippian Culture Cahokia (1010s)

Name: Mississippian Culture Cahokia (1010s)
Start: 1010
End: 1019

Type Event Region North America Time 1010–1019

In the early 11th century Cahokia, largest Mississippian center, transitioned from early to full florescence as Monks Mound and satellite settlements…

Timeline

1010–1019Monks Mound · IllinoisThe largest pre-Columbian earthwork pyramid in North America continued to be built up, indicating increased elite mobilization of labor and ceremonial authority; the layout of plazas, post circles (Woodhenge), and other ceremonial features anticipated the regional integration capacity of the Mississippian culture's later florescence.
1011–1019Middle Mississippi River basin · Mississippi River basinCahokia and satellite settlements throughout the basin formed a regional network through exchanges of maize agriculture, shell beads, stone materials, and ceremonial objects; 1010s archaeological strata show rising settlement density, preparing for the mid-11th-century population peak and ceremonial flourishing.

Sources

Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi — Timothy R. Pauketat (2009)
Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis — Biloine Whiting Young; Melvin L. Fowler (2000)