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| | Illinois Historic Preservation Agency - Cahokia Mounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | Covering about 4,000 acres, the Cahokia site was first inhabited around 700 A.D. and grew to a population of about 20,000 by 1100 A.D. Sixty-eight of the original one hundred and twenty entirely earthen mounds are preserved within the historic area. |
 | | Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological remnants of the central section of the ancient Indian city that is today known as Cahokia. |
 | | Cahokia became a regional center for the Mississippian culture after A.D. 900, with many outlying hamlets and villages, and major satellite towns near the modern communities of Mitchell, Dupo, Lebanon, East St. Louis, and St. Louis. |
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