Cahokia



There are many resources for the Cahokia project available in the McCulloch Library as well as on the databases and on the web. The library [|CATALOG] is a great place to start. Once there browse the Cahokia resource list.


 * __WEBSITES__**

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site http://www.cahokiamounds.com/cahokia.html

The Moundbuilders http://www.mississippian-artifacts.com/

Understanding Cultures--The Field Museum [|http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ancientamericas/understanding_basics_1.asp]

Civilizations and their collapse http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/

http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/collapse/index.html

Time keeping/ calendars http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html

Guns, Germs, Steel http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/

The above sites can provide background info on Cahokia and civilizations in general. The following might be a good start for your individual topics for research:

__**Tools**, **Crops**,__ **__Animals__**

[|Legacy of Science and Technology]

[|Washington State University-Agriculture Revolution]

[|History of agriculture]

[|The story of corn]

[|History of Corn]

[|History of the horse]

__**Geography**__

[|Climate change and civilization]

[|Geography as power]

__**Social Hierarchy**__

[|Definition of social hierarchy and related topics]


 * __Germs__**

[|History of smallpox]

[|History of epidemics]


 * __Communication__**

[|History of writing systems]


 * __Military/Protection__**

[|Cahokian Indians: America’s Ancient Warriors]

__**Trade**__

[|How ancient trade changed the world]

[|History of money]

[|History of money from ancient times to the present]

__**Government**__

[|Government reference links]

[|Govspot.com]

__**General Search help (If you don't know where to begin!)**__ [|Noodletools]

__**VIDEO**__

[|FOX 2 Story]