The architecture is telling too: The organization of the mounds in Cahokia leads archeologists to believe this city had some level of urban planning, and was not just a collection of villages.

View of Monks Mound Temple at Cahokia Mounds as seen through the the award-winning app which makes on location views possible. The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society has won an excellence award for ...

JOHN SWISTAK JR. / JOURNAL Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville. Ongoing archaeological work will be the topic of conversation at this year's Mississippian Conference at Cahokia Mounds.