What is Cahokia?
{{Use American English|date=February 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox protected area |name=Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site |photo=Monks Mound in July.JPG |photo_caption=[[Monks Mound]], the largest earthen structure at Cahokia <small>(for scale, an adult is standing on top)</small> |map=USA |relief=1 |map_caption= |location=[[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair County]], [[Illinois]], U.S. |nearest_city=[[Collinsville, Illinois]] |coordinates={{coords|38|39|14|N|90|3|52|W|region:US|display=inline, title}} |area_acre=2200 |established= |visitation_num= |visitation_year= |governing_body=[[Illinois Historic Preservation Agency]] |embedded1={{designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = WHS | designation1_offname = Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site | designation1_date = 1982 <small>(6th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small> | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_criteria = iii, iv | designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/198 198] | designation1_free1name = State Party | designation1_free1value = [[United States]] | designation1_free2name = Region | designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in North America|Europe and North America]] | designation2 = NRHP | designation2_offname = Cahokia Mounds | designation2_date = October 15, 1966 | designation2_number = 66000899 | designation3 = NHL | designation3_offname = Cahokia Mounds | designation3_date = July 19, 1964 }}}} The '''Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site''' is a historic site of a [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] city of the [[Native American]] [[Cahokia people|Cahokia]] people. The park has 2,200 acres (900 ha) and 80 [[Mound builders|mounds]] made by the Cahokia people. The city was much larger than the area of the mounds. The city of Cahokia was one of the largest in the [[Mississippian culture]]. It existed from 1050 to 1350 CE. Cahokia Mounds is a [[National Historic Landmark]] and is a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]. It is one of [[List of World Heritage