A study published earlier in 2024 that somehow went under the mainstream corporate media radar revealed clues as to why one of America’s largest ancient cities disappeared around the 13th century. And we bet you didn’t even know it existed.
The pre-Columbian settlement of Cahokia housed more than 50,000 people about 13 miles north-east of St. Louis, Missouri, according to The Independent. The region was designed around complex road systems, public plazas, and even housed an astronomical observatory, all of this occurring almost 300 years before America was discovered by Christopher Columbus.
It has long been presumed that Cahokia was abandoned because of agricultural shifts and climate disruptions, explains the study published in the journal The Holocene. Data obtained from the Cahokia Mounds archaeological site suggests the dramatic agricultural failures boasted by Big Archaeology are inaccurate.
COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS – MAY 14: The archeological remains of the Cahokia mounds, a 13th century Native American city, are preserved as a national historic site, May 14, 2021, in Collinsville, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
“We saw no evidence that prairie grasses were taking over, which we would expect in a scenario where widespread crop failure was occurring,” author Natalie Mueller told EurekAlert.
The Indigenous populations, known to science as the Cahokians, were renowned for their engineering capabilities and irrigation techniques, which likely allowed crops to continue flourishing even during climatic fluctuations. (RELATED: Hey America, Your History Just Changed Forever)
So, what prompted the population to abandon their largest city (that we know of)? “I don’t envision a scene where thousands of people were suddenly streaming out of town,” Mueller explained. “People probably just spread out to be near kin or to find different opportunities.”
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Cahokia is believed to have lasted from at least 800 A.D. to 1350, according to dated information from UNESCO. (RELATED: A 27,000-Year-Old Pyramid Is Causing Much Debate For Big Archaeology)
You can visit the Cahokia Mounds today. And even though they’re far from the most ancient archaeological structures in North America, they’re certainly some of the most enthralling. They remind us that long before America was born, an entire civilization thrived in these beautiful lands.
