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.
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part of Cahokia, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica | |||||
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Location | Madison County, Illinois | ||||
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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 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total.
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Approaching Monks Mound at Cahokia.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.03 MB
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Atop-monks-mound.JPG 2,592 × 1,944; 2.7 MB
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Cahokia monks mound HRoe 2008.jpg 585 × 257; 174 KB
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Cahokia monks mound McAdams 1887.jpg 1,790 × 1,635; 2.18 MB
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Cahokia Monks Mound.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 2.12 MB
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Cahokia Mounds (3391748349).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 638 KB
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Cahokia Mounds (3392559828).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 634 KB
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Cahokia Mounds (3680443947).jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 609 KB
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Cahokia Mounds, top of Monk's Mound (3392562252).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 647 KB
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Cahokia Plaque 2.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.24 MB
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Cahokia Plaque.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.16 MB
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Cahokia-Monks-Mound.jpg 8,200 × 3,000; 3.96 MB
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Cahokiaoverhead.png 365 × 230; 52 KB
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Excavation at Monks Mound in Cahokia taken August 1st, 2007.jpg 500 × 375; 132 KB
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Great River Road - An Aerial View of Monks Mound - NARA - 7718947.jpg 4,206 × 2,496; 2.32 MB
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Image from page 203 of "Bulletin" (1901).jpg 1,002 × 730; 220 KB
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Monk Mound - Flickr - GregTheBusker.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.05 MB
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Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 6.71 MB
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Monk's mound panorama.jpg 6,993 × 1,927; 5.37 MB
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Monk's Mound viewed from the southeast,Cahokia.JPG 494 × 328; 65 KB
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Monks Mound (5175100937).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.24 MB
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Monks Mound (adult on top for scale).png 3,624 × 2,464; 13.34 MB
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Monks Mound (eastern view).png 4,608 × 3,456; 27.67 MB
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Monks Mound at Sunrise.jpg 1,312 × 904; 1.34 MB
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Monks Mound Cahokia 3963a.jpg 2,592 × 1,284; 668 KB
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Monks Mound Cahokia 3978a.jpg 2,592 × 1,296; 1.55 MB
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Monks Mound Cahokia 3980a.jpg 1,992 × 984; 1,014 KB
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Monks Mound Cahokia 3995a.jpg 2,532 × 1,476; 999 KB
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Monks Mound Close Shot.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 3.26 MB
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Monks Mound in July.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 1.41 MB
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Monks Mound Wide Shot.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.02 MB
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Monks Mound-55.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 4.02 MB
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Monks Mound.jpg 229 × 172; 18 KB
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North from Monks Mound.jpg 3,840 × 2,736; 1.65 MB
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Reconstructed stockade wall near Monks Mound.png 4,232 × 2,456; 12.37 MB
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South end of the Great Cahokia Mound, showing the first terrace and approach.jpg 4,553 × 3,596; 3.26 MB
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The First Terrace - Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 2,304 × 3,072; 6.79 MB
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WV banner Cahokia Mounds Monk's Mound.jpg 6,300 × 900; 374 KB
Categories:
- Cahokia
- Native American mounds in Illinois
- Pre-Columbian architecture in Illinois
- Archaeological earthworks in the United States
- 11th-century architecture in the United States
- 12th-century architecture in the United States
- Pre-Columbian cultures of North America
- 30-meter-tall structures in the United States