Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site

The above is a replica of Caddo Home in the Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site in eastern Texas. "Typical" houses of historical buildings were rebuilt using historical reference from early Spanish magazines.

"This village is made up of 40 huts to prevent frequent storms, surrounded by dense forests and many small lakes, many of them falling there and becoming effective obstacles. "

"Protected place" Cabeza de Vaca pointed out that on the coastal exploration he explored after landed in 1528, it is probably the earliest record of Indian mounds. It is unknown whether the first Europeans regarded these villages as artificial or as natural.

The translation and editor of Cyclo Covey magazine speculated that this village could prosper in the Apalachicola River, but it is likely to be the current location of Tallahassee, Florida. To follow Cabaza de Vaca 's American adventure see the virtual classroom.

Shortly after Cabeza de Vaca arrived in Mexico City to tell him about his eight-year adventure, Hernando de Soto began exploring Indian villages and inland lands. He discovered a wide network of villages that flourished in trade and agriculture. Many of the relevant land structures were abandoned during this due to the arrival of Europeans or the depletion of resources near large and medium-sized villages.

These mounds have many uses. The temples' mounds are held for ceremonial exercises while others find the grave. Mound has many practical uses such as observation of whole village and forest, escape from flood, avoidance of storm and so on.

These mounds are difficult to construct, many of which contain tens of thousands of cubic yards of soil. Most other mounds are spherical, conical or pyramid while other mounds are engraved in the form of animals and reptiles.

In another group, Caddoan Mound Builders has a complex society. The mounds and the earthwork construction are the foundation of a temple, a public building, a chief residence, or a leader's cemetery. Some of these mounds are 30 feet tall, over 400 feet or more than 5 feet long, covering 17,000 square feet. Their mounds are made of dirty baskets. Archaeologists have discovered many ruins on the Arkansas River near Spiro. These ceremonial mounds show that Caddoan Mound Builders are basketball and tree workers, made of cloth, copper, shells and stones. These were made between 900 and 1450 AD.

In the center of the historic site is the monk's mound of the largest soil construction. At 100 feet, it is the largest prehistoric mound in North America. The length of the mound is 1000 feet, the width is 800 feet, and it consists of 4 terraces. Each terrace can be added at different times. Estimated 22 million cubic feet of land is used to build mounds between 900 and 1200 AD. The mound was named after the French priest who lived in the early 1800s. Over the years, the mound has been severely eroded or damaged by humans, so the original size is still uncertain

The shape and design of the Cahokia Hills National Historic Site, materials and materials, places and the environment are reality. Several mounds have been destroyed by past planting and development, but many mounds are only cut off, there are still bases of mounds. Modern buildings such as the interpretation center were built on concrete slabs to avoid destroying potential archeological resources. Major expressways and railroads are passing through the premises, but neither is obscured. The highway is built on the floodplain of Cahokia Creek and does not significantly affect the underground major archaeological features.