Susan Alt has received research funding from IU’s Office for the Vice President for Research to begin a new field project this summer. The landscape archaeology project “From Weeping Hills to Hidden Caves: Exploring Cahokia’s Vibrant Landscapes” will conduct initial surveys of the region surrounding the world-famous archaeological site of Cahokia, near modern St Louis, the only pre-Columbian city in North America, to evaluate alternative hypotheses to explain the emergence of this particular location as a major urban center.
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