And the physical site itself continues to speak.

Every rain that falls on Monks Mound carries a little sediment down its slopes, revealing and concealing features in the ongoing conversation between the structure and the natural processes acting on it.

Every year of tree growth and root action in the mound’s interior moves the evidence of earlier construction in ways that are both destructive and revelatory.

Every LiDAR survey of the surrounding suburban landscape reveals features in the terrain that nobody had previously recognized as significant.

The city is not finished talking.