Mound 72
Mound 72 is a small ridgetop mound located roughly 850 meters to the south of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Early in the site's history, the location began as a circle of 48 large wooden posts known as a "woodhenge".Photo: Carptrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Heironymous Rowe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monks Mound and Mound 34.
Monks Mound
Archaeological site
Photo: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Monks Mound is situated 3,400 feet north of Mound 72.
Mound 34
Archaeological site
Mound 34 is a small platform mound located roughly 400 metres to the east of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Excavations near Mound 34 from 2002 to 2010 revealed the remains of a copper workshop, although the one of a kind discovery had been found in the late 1950s by archaeologist Gregory Perino, but lost for 60 years. Mound 34 is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Mound 72.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include State Park Place and Fairmont City.
State Park Place
Hamlet
State Park Place is an unincorporated community in Madison and St. Clair counties, Illinois, United States. State Park Place borders Collinsville to the east and Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site to the west.
Fairmont City
Fairmont City is a village in St. Clair and Madison counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,265 at the 2020 census, down from 2,635 in 2010.Washington Park
Village
Washington Park is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,592 as of the 2020 census, down from 4,196 in 2010. Washington Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Mound 72.
Mound 72
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: small ridgetop mound
- Categories: cemetery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: St. Clair, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.65105° or 38° 39′ 4″ northLongitude
-90.06352° or 90° 3′ 49″ westOpen location code
86CFMW2P+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 871494161OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q10396696
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