The distribution of "long-nosed god maskettes" is among the evidence supporting the theory that this site was the center of a missionizing religion.
The distribution of "long-nosed god maskettes" is among the evidence supporting the theory that this site was the center of a missionizing religion. A burial at this site is believed to contain an impersonator of the culture hero Red Horn, or "He Who Wears Human Heads as Earrings". This site contains the earliest known evidence for the consumption of Black Drink. A game in which players try to throw spears at the spot where a rolling stone stops originated at this site. The first place where (*) chunkey was played, the most famous feature of this site was named for the French Trappists who briefly lived on it in the early 19th century. Home to Monk's Mound, for 10 points, name this center of the Mississippian culture and the only Pre-Columbian city north of Mexico.
The distribution of "long-nosed god maskettes" is among the evidence supporting the theory that this site was the center of a missionizing religion.
Cahokia