COLLINSVILLE — A movement to designate Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as part of the National Park System may be picking up again. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have reintroduced a ...

CHICAGO -- While she was teaching, architectural historian Sally A. Kitt Chappell specialized in modern buildings and city planning, but in retirement she has turned her eyes to some of Illinois' ...

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Two University of Illinois archaeologists say it's time to make Cahokia Mounds a national park. Thomas Emerson and Timothy Pauketat say Illinois officials deserve great credit for their work since the ...

Cahokia Mounds, an area located in Southern Illinois, is rich in history, but also offers some bits of a mystery about its early settlers.

ST. LOUIS — A recent study has cast doubt on the long-held belief that drought, caused the decline of Cahokia, a once-thriving Native American settlement near present-day St. Louis. The Cahokia Mounds ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Forget the snow - the most interesting mounds this winter will be the ones 600- to 1,200-years-old to be discussed during the ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- It's so much a part of the landscape that metro-east residents often don't even notice it, except when a visiting relative notices: "Look, there's the mound." Rising from ...

DECATUR - The Macon County Conservation District is inviting central Illinois residents to explore the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site during a special trip on May 21. Officials say the trip will ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Encircled like an island by the ruins of a prehistoric city, the sprawling building that had been a department store was an eyesore to caretakers of the hallowed site. Never ...

The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois. Archaeologist Natalie Mueller's new study casts ...