Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City

Description

About one thousand years ago| a phenomenon occurred in a fertile tract of Mississippi River flood plain known today as the “American Bottom.” This phenomenon came to be called Cahokia Mounds–America’s first city.
Interpreting the rich heritage of a site like Cahokia Mounds is a balancing act; the interpreter must speak as a scholar to the general public on behalf of an entirely different civilization.
Since even those three groups are splintered into myriad dialects of perspective| sometimes it is hard to know what language to use.
But William Iseminger’s work at the site has given him nearly four decades of practice in Cahokia Conversation 101| and he tells the story of the place and its ancient culture (as well as its place in contemporary culture) with the clarity and confidence of a native speaker.