It continued in the communities where Cahokia’s dispersed population settled.

It continued in the mound-building traditions of the Southeast that persisted through the early centuries of European contact.

It continued in the cultural practices of the nations that claim Mississippian heritage today.

The line from Cahokia to the present is not broken.

It is simply obscured — by the same history that built parking lots over the remains of one of the greatest cities North America has ever seen.

The Mounds in the Morning Light