Category:Monks Mound

**Monks Mound**
	part of Cahokia, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica
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Instance of	platform mound;
Part of	Cahokia;
Named after	Trappist Cistercian monk;
Culture	Mississippian culture;
Location	Madison County, Illinois
Width	775 ft;
Length	955 ft;
Height	30 m;
Elevation above sea level	157 m;
	38° 39′ 38.52″ N, 90° 03′ 43.2″ W
Authority file
	Q280444; Library of Congress authority ID: sh97003597; J9U ID: 987007563761005171
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English: Monks Mound (Cahokia Mound 38, sometimes written as Monk's Mound) is the largest Pre-Columbian en:earthworks north of Mezoamerica/Mexico. It was built and expanded repeatedly sometime between AD 900 and 1200, and lies at the southern line of modern-day Madison County at Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, USA.

Object location	38° 39′ 38″ N, 90° 03′ 43″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	38.660556; -90.061944

This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000899.

Media in category "Monks Mound"

The following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total.

Approaching Monks Mound at Cahokia.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.03 MB
Atop-monks-mound.JPG 2,592 × 1,944; 2.7 MB
Cahokia monks mound HRoe 2008.jpg 585 × 257; 174 KB
Cahokia monks mound McAdams 1887.jpg 1,790 × 1,635; 2.18 MB
Cahokia Monks Mound.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 2.12 MB
Cahokia Mounds (3391748349).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 638 KB
Cahokia Mounds (3392559828).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 634 KB
Cahokia Mounds (3680443947).jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 609 KB
Cahokia Mounds, top of Monk's Mound (3392562252).jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 647 KB
Cahokia Plaque 2.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.24 MB
Cahokia Plaque.png 2,272 × 1,704; 4.16 MB
Cahokia-Monks-Mound.jpg 8,200 × 3,000; 3.96 MB
Cahokiaoverhead.png 365 × 230; 52 KB
Excavation at Monks Mound in Cahokia taken August 1st, 2007.jpg 500 × 375; 132 KB
Great River Road - An Aerial View of Monks Mound - NARA - 7718947.jpg 4,206 × 2,496; 2.32 MB
Image from page 203 of "Bulletin" (1901).jpg 1,002 × 730; 220 KB
Monk Mound - Flickr - GregTheBusker.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.05 MB
Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 6.71 MB
Monk's mound panorama.jpg 6,993 × 1,927; 5.37 MB
Monk's Mound viewed from the southeast,Cahokia.JPG 494 × 328; 65 KB
Monks Mound (5175100937).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.24 MB
Monks Mound (adult on top for scale).png 3,624 × 2,464; 13.34 MB
Monks Mound (eastern view).png 4,608 × 3,456; 27.67 MB
Monks Mound at Sunrise.jpg 1,312 × 904; 1.34 MB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3963a.jpg 2,592 × 1,284; 668 KB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3978a.jpg 2,592 × 1,296; 1.55 MB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3980a.jpg 1,992 × 984; 1,014 KB
Monks Mound Cahokia 3995a.jpg 2,532 × 1,476; 999 KB
Monks Mound Close Shot.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 3.26 MB
Monks Mound in July.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 1.41 MB
Monks Mound Wide Shot.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.02 MB
Monks Mound-55.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 4.02 MB
Monks Mound.jpg 229 × 172; 18 KB
North from Monks Mound.jpg 3,840 × 2,736; 1.65 MB
Reconstructed stockade wall near Monks Mound.png 4,232 × 2,456; 12.37 MB
South end of the Great Cahokia Mound, showing the first terrace and approach.jpg 4,553 × 3,596; 3.26 MB
The First Terrace - Monk's Mound - panoramio.jpg 2,304 × 3,072; 6.79 MB
WV banner Cahokia Mounds Monk's Mound.jpg 6,300 × 900; 374 KB