Episode 62
Cahokia: The Medieval Mississippian City
American History Hit · History Hit
April 27, 202342m 35s
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Show Notes
<p>Nearly a thousand years ago, America's first city appeared in the Mississippi flood plain. Don finds out about a day in the life of Cahokia, what its vast mounds were used for, and why it is so poorly remembered nowadays.</p><br><p>Our guest is Timothy Pauketat, archaeologist and author of several major books about Cahokia. His latest book is called <em>Gods of Thunder: How Climate Change, Travel, and Spirituality Reshaped Precolonial America</em>.</p><br><p>Editing and sound design by Stuart Beckwith. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.</p>
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