Category:Monks Mound

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English: Monks Mound (Cahokia Mound 38, sometimes written as Monk's Mound) is the largest Pre-Columbian en:earthworks north of Mezoamerica/Mexico. It was built and expanded repeatedly sometime between AD 900 and 1200, and lies at the southern line of modern-day Madison County at Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, USA.

Object location	38° 39′ 38″ N, 90° 03′ 43″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	38.660556; -90.061944

Monks Mound

part of Cahokia, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica

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Instance of

platform mound

Part of

Cahokia

Named after

Trappist Cistercian monk

Culture

Mississippian culture

Location

Madison County, Illinois

Width

775 ft

Length

955 ft

Height

30 m

Elevation above sea level

157 m

Map

38° 39′ 38.52″ N, 90° 03′ 43.2″ W

Authority file
Q280444 Library of Congress authority ID: sh97003597 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007563761005171
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This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000899.

Media in category "Monks Mound"

The following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total.

Approaching Monks Mound at Cahokia.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.03 MB
Atop-monks-mound.JPG 2,592 × 1,944; 2.7 MB
Cahokia monks mound HRoe 2008.jpg 585 × 257; 174 KB
Cahokia monks mound McAdams 1887.jpg 1,790 × 1,635; 2.18 MB
Cahokia Monks Mound.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 2.12 MB
Cahokia Mounds (3391748349).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 638 KB
Cahokia Mounds (3392559828).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 634 KB
Cahokia Mounds (3680443947).jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 609 KB
Cahokia Mounds, top of Monk's Mound (3392562252).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 647 KB
Cahokia Plaque 2.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.24 MB
Cahokia Plaque.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.16 MB
Cahokia-Monks-Mound.jpg 8,200 × 3,000; 3.96 MB
Cahokiaoverhead.png 365 × 230; 52 KB
Excavation at Monks Mound in Cahokia taken August 1st, 2007.jpg 500 × 375; 132 KB
Great River Road - An Aerial View of Monks Mound - NARA - 7718947.jpg 4,206 × 2,496; 2.32 MB
Image from page 203 of "Bulletin" (1901).jpg 1,002 × 730; 220 KB
Monk Mound - Flickr - GregTheBusker.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.05 MB
Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 6.71 MB
Monk's mound panorama.jpg 6,993 × 1,927; 5.37 MB
Monk's Mound viewed from the southeast,Cahokia.JPG 494 × 328; 65 KB
Monks Mound (adult on top for scale).png 3,624 × 2,464; 13.34 MB
Monks Mound (eastern view).png 4,608 × 3,456; 27.67 MB
Monks Mound at Sunrise.jpg 1,312 × 904; 1.34 MB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3963a.jpg 2,592 × 1,284; 668 KB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3978a.jpg 2,592 × 1,296; 1.55 MB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3980a.jpg 1,992 × 984; 1,014 KB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3995a.jpg 2,532 × 1,476; 999 KB
Monks Mound Close Shot.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 3.26 MB
Monks Mound in July.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 1.41 MB
Monks Mound Wide Shot.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.02 MB
Monks Mound-55.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 4.02 MB
Monks Mound.jpg 229 × 172; 18 KB
North from Monks Mound.jpg 3,840 × 2,736; 1.65 MB
Reconstructed stockade wall near Monks Mound.png 4,232 × 2,456; 12.37 MB
South end of the Great Cahokia Mound, showing the first terrace and approach.jpg 4,553 × 3,596; 3.26 MB
The First Terrace - Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 2,304 × 3,072; 6.79 MB
WV banner Cahokia Mounds Monk's Mound.jpg 6,300 × 900; 374 KB

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