Exhibits at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site near Collinsville have shown ancient peoples as hunters, fishers and pottery makers.
But Tim Pauketat's new book highlights a darker side, saying it appears they also practiced large-scale human sacrifices.
The book is Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi. The link above is to a much longer story in the Belleville News-Democrat.
Meanwhile in related news, construction crews uncovered 800 to 900-year-old human remains last week while digging a foundation for a new home in Collinsville. Experts believe them to be from the Mounds civilization.
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When I was a child we used to camp out by Monk's Mound when we went to St. Louis to see the Cardinals. One day in the late 60's my family was out in the car and came upon what must have been the people who were doing the important digs there at the time. Mostly what I remember was all the skeletons.
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