Embark on a 20-minute journey through Illinois' rich and diverse history. From the ancient Mississippian culture at Cahokia to the pivotal role in the Civil War and the rise of Chicago as a cultural ...

The Mississippian culture dates back 1,000 to 500 years ago. Carbon dating on the drawings and torch fragments date the charcoal paintings inside the cave to around 700 years ago, with carbon ...

Angel Mounds, located along the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana, was an important center of the Mississippian culture between about AD 1000 and 1450. This ancient American Indian town sprawled ...

In between the St. Johns culture Indians and the Mississippian Indians, was a pocket of hunter gatherers who also had contact with Northeast Florida residents about 1,000 years ago.

Cahokia's importance can't be overstated when talking about Mississippian culture, said Pauketat. "Cahokia is the big city, so things happen there first," Pauketat said.

A Native American culture that existed over 1000 years ago, the Mississippian civilization populated the Mississippi River Valley, extending from what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and ...

There are 40 charcoal drawings inside Dunbar Cave, about 200 yards from the entrance. Their meanings remain a mystery as the Mississippian culture dates back about 1,000 to 500 years ago.

Recent discoveries of Mississippian communities on the Illinois plateau, which rises above the Mississippi River plain some five miles east of Cahokia, are prompting some researchers to overhaul ...

Wilson’s childhood in southern Illinois led him to a lifelong interest in the Native American culture in the Mississippi River valley. He and Dana Bardolph, an archaeologist based at Northern ...

In between the St. Johns culture Indians and the Mississippian Indians, was a pocket of hunter gatherers who also had contact with Northeast Florida residents about 1,000 years ago.